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Ancient Responses to Climate Change

Written By: Ashley Koca Changes in the Earth’s climate can either make or break a civilization. It is best humanity learns now from past societies brought to their knees, as well as those who showed resilience in the face of nature’s whim, on how to

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Long Lingering COVID-19 Symptoms

Written by: Kaylee Zhou Once diagnosed with COVID-19, a majority of patients recover within two weeks; however, some continue to suffer from symptoms even after negative test results. As we all know, COVID-19 symptoms include coughing, fever, difficulty breathing, fatigue, among others, but some common

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How Cells Sacrifice Themselves to Boost Immunity

Written By: Osayenmwen Omozusi There are many cells in the human body. From cartilage cells, which form a firm tissue, to white blood cells that help with immunity, they are vital for human life. Recent information came out regarding the possibility of different cells in

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Burning Brazil

Written by Erin Yoo Edited by JuWon Park and Eunice Kim The Pantanal is burning. As the largest natural wetland in the world, the Pantanal is home to thousands of plant and animal species, many of which are endangered (Burchard-Levine, 2020). It’s  located in the

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Talking to Machines

Written by Gloria Wang In the past decade, the quest for artificial intelligence has taken off at a pace faster than anyone expected. From the deep learning breakthrough in 2012 to beating the Go world champion in 2016, artificial intelligence (AI) has improved by leaps

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Doudna and Charpentier Make Chemistry Nobel Prize History

Written By: Ashley Koca On October 7th, 2020, Nobel Prize history was made. For the first time, two women share the prize in chemistry for their co-discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier

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Federated learning for medical datasets 

Written By: JuWon Park “Garbage in, garbage out”, or GIGO, is a common saying in computing that describes the importance of human decision-making to create quality datasets for accurate models. In previous articles, we mentioned the potential applications of AI-driven diagnostics in institutions like hospitals.

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Mythbusting: SIR 2020-21

Written by: Rishitha Boddu Close your eyes and go back to that day in March 2020 when an unfortunate email was sent out to the entire IMSA student body. It informed us that we would most likely not return to campus to conclude the academic

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A Statistical Comparison

By: Eunice Kim The pandemic putting the entire global population into quarantine started only a last year. But with over 20 million cases in a matter of 8 months, it quickly became the greatest pandemic the world has ever seen in over a century. In

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The Debate Over Immunity in Context of COVID-19

Written By: Rishitha Boddu In recent weeks, several governments have been suggesting that individuals who have been identified to carry antibodies for the SARS-CoV-2 should be able to return to their pre-pandemic lifestyle (“Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19 2020). This would enable countries