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Perspective: Forgiving My Almond Mom
Did her mother make her attach her worth to her body just as my mother did to her body just as I am doing to mine?
Ann Nguyen
Mar 1610 min read

Perspective: The Copperhead Connection
As I watched the snake crawl off into the darkness, I thought back to the copperhead incident of my youth that happened in those same woods.
Don Lyman
Feb 35 min read

Perspective: Confessions of a Science Communicator
Science communicator Julia Shangguan shares her journey into becoming a scientist and creating visual science comics.
Julia Shangguan
Jan 293 min read


Perspective: Take the Green Pill, You Stay out of Wonderland
Slimming pills and teas are often marketed with a kind of urgency that can often result in people taking products that destroy their bodies.
Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie
Nov 24, 20245 min read


Perspective: These Specimen Jars Aren't Too Jarring
Museums are not anachronisms, but rather, they are an important part of modern biological research with their vast specimen collections.
Don Lyman
Oct 19, 20245 min read

Perspective: In new song, Bad Bunny lights up Puerto Rico’s political corruption, climate inaction
In his latest song “Una Velita,” Bad Bunny calls out political corruption and energy inequality in his native Puerto Rico.
Angely Mercado
Oct 3, 20246 min read


Perspective: Mount Kenya's Risky Adventure
As the mountain’s ecosystems weaken due to increased tourism, its future looks uncertain, especially with failing governmental stewardship.
Kang-Chun Cheng
Sep 11, 202410 min read


Perspective: For This Desire, I Choose The Sun
I chose Nchuanwu to mean ‘To chase the sun’. It is more romantic, and more true to me because everything on Earth happens under the sun.
Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie
Jun 7, 20245 min read


Perspective: Am I Invasive?
After all, kudzu’s war with cultural perception in the States is something I identify with.
Ayurella Horn-Muller
Mar 26, 20248 min read

Perspective: Losing My Pink
Many believe, like I once did, that the similarities between a human baby and a lizard ended at the phylotypic stage. I was wrong.
Emma Schmitt
Dec 27, 20235 min read
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