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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENTTEAM:Chief Executive Officer (Outgoing)
Mizel Djukic
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Table of Contents
A Review of the 5th World Conference of Science Journalists 3A Conversation with Ian Frazer 6Roll up your Entertainment 11
Rebecca Krall, Carnegie Mellon University
Human Computer Symbiosis 15
Pranai Tandon, Cornell University
The Case of the Pillow Angel 18
Julia Piper, UC Berkeley
Transgenic Animals: Paving the Way to New Frontiers in Medical and Scientific Research 21
Margaret Mallari, University of Chicago
Superorganisms 25
Yvette Han, Carnegie Mellon University
Animal Rights, Human Wrongs: A Rational Examination of Ethics Concerning Animals 26Are You What You Eat? 29
Hayley Hernstadt, University of Melbourne
Martha Stewart to 50 Cent: A Debacle of the Social Construction of Race 34Ariana Younai, UC BerkeleyRevisiting the Ruler: The Metamorphisis of Progress in the Modern World of Medicine 37
Nisha Narayan, UC Berkeley
The Cultural and Evoluntionary Basis of Sound Perception 41
Zara Khan, UC Berkeley
Why Pluto Should Be Plutoed 43
Jade Lao, University of Melbourne
Do We Need to Explore Space? 47
Karavya Vyas, UC San Diego
The E.O. Wilson Model for successful engagement between religious and scientific communities 50
Richard Milford, Arizona State University
Chinaʼs economic and environmental footprints in Africa 53
Caroline Lee, University of Georgetown
The Stuff of Nightmares 56
Sections
« prev | next »- A conversation with Ian Frazer
- Roll up your Entertainment
- Paving the Way to New Frontiers in Medical and Scientific Research
- Superorganisms
- Are You What You Eat?
- The Cultural and Evolutionary Basis of Sound Perception
- Why Pluto Should Be Plutoed
- Do We Need to Explore Space?
- for successful engagement between religious and scientific communities
- Chinaʼs economic and environmental footprints in Africa
- The stuff of nightmares
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