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Confessions by the North Sea: May Dip, Baptism, and Sausage Rolls
A brilliant cotton-candy colored streak burned through the clouds in the first wee hours of May. The sky [...]
The St Andrews Decision
At the end of last summer, I visited the College of William and Mary to say goodbye to [...]
The End of Cherry Blossom Season
Tokyo’s cherry blossom season is nearing its end. The heavy rain, wind, and warming temperatures urge the blushing [...]
I’m Pretty Sure Scientists are the Only People Who Listen to Podcasts Regularly
Buckle up; I’m about to tell you what every scientist does not want you to know: we spend [...]
A Mediterranean Spring Break
Spring break: the fabled few days each March of a collegian’s career with the highest concentration of debauchery. [...]
Lessons Learned from Planning My Future
In a blog last semester, I talked about the question that strikes fear in the hearts of seniors [...]
Wasteless for Earth Week
For the past 46 years, people around the nation have spent April 22 celebrating Earth Day by both [...]
(Mostly) White Dudes at Play: A Brief History of Silicon Valley, Part 1: Academic-military-microwave-utopian-industrial complex: 1920-1970
What comes to mind when you think of “Silicon Valley”? Maybe you visualize a rabid, young, hoodie-clad tech [...]
The CRISPR-Cas9 Trilogy, CRISPR 101 Part 3: The Questions We Face
It has been said that the 19th century was the “century of physics,” the 20th was that of [...]
A Vacancy on the Bench: One 19th Century Alumnus’s Supreme Court Journey
The unexpected death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has ignited a political brawl over who [...]
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