Meet the Medical Student Challenging Racial Bias with TikTok
EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Joel Bervell: You have the freedom to choose another doctor if you feel like you're not being heard. Here are five tips about what you should do if you don't feel heard when you go to the doctor's office. When I look back on why I started my TikTok, COVID had a hit
Hint of Crack in Standard Model Vanishes in LHC Data
A discrepancy in the measurement of a type of particle decay had raised hopes of new physicsA detector of the LHCb experiment under construction. Credit: Maximilien Brice/CERNA once-promising hint of new physics from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator, has melted away, quashing one of physicists’ best hopes for a major
A Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking
It was around 2:30 on a Saturday afternoon this May, according to court documents, when Payton Gendron gunned down 32-year-old Roberta Drury outside a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. It is impossible to know exactly what crossed Gendron’s mind in that moment, but if a manifesto published under his name is any indication, he
‘Persuasion Fatigue’ Is a Unique Form of Social Frustration
Credit: urbazon/Getty ImagesThe holiday season is upon us again. With it, many of us brace for dinner-table debates. In an era of social discord, viral misinformation and pandemic-induced stress, arguing with other people is an invitation to exasperation. One common scene plays out as follows. You want to convince a friend or a family member
How to Construct Buildings That Have a Positive Impact on Climate and Biodiversity
Our built environment—from houses to offices, schools and shops—is not environmentally benign. Buildings and the construction industry are, in fact, the world’s biggest consumer of raw materials and contribute 25–40% of global carbon dioxide emissions (F. Pomponi & A. J. Moncaster Clean. Prod. 143, 710–718; 2017). Making buildings part of a circular economy that minimizes the waste
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