Not long ago, the term “RNAi”—short for “RNA interference”—became common to the vernacular of scientists and non-scientists alike as a huge potential step for basic scientific studies and new therapeutic…
QS-2November 25, 2019
The resurgence of stories of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown—particularly, for subscribers of HBO where the series “Chernobyl” presents incredibly explicit detail of this technological catastrophe—coincides with significant and…
QS-2November 4, 2019
To readers of this blog this might seem like an odd question, but consider it for a moment: do you trust science? If your answer is a resounding “yes”, can…
QS-2June 24, 2019
Think about this concept: over the past few decades, plastics have been so synonymous with the world’s packaging and products, that it is now present within many things we consume,…
QS-2June 17, 2019
This month, the New York Times is publishing a number of stories—more specifically, obituaries—in a series entitled, “The Overlooked”, that features the lives, the challenges, and accomplishments of some incredible…
QS-2June 10, 2019
The Human Genome Project—the complete sequencing of the chromosomal DNA of Homo sapiens—was completed in April 2003. While the acquisition of this dataset was a monumental international technical achievement and…
QS-2June 3, 2019
Among the topics of health and medicine that are pervasive today is the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Namely, resistance to even the most powerful antibiotics—in strains including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…
QS-2May 19, 2019
