Month: August 2013

ArtLab: In Translation

by Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab Given that artists + scientists employ similar approaches to developing their work and that this work is often presented in very similar mediums, it has eluded me for quite some time why art and science are generally thought of as being […]

Podcast: Symmetry

Podcast: Symmetry

If you place a ball on the top of a perfectly symmetric hill, it shouldn’t move. At least, not if you’re a theoretical physicist. In practice, we all know the ball will ‘choose’ a side. So, nature breaks symmetry. How do physicists deal with symmetry […]

Gene Patenting is a Matter of Perspective

Gene Patenting is a Matter of Perspective

By Gabrielle Rabinowitz, @GabrielleRab On a typical day as a molecular biology PhD student, I combine tiny amounts of clear liquid in a small plastic tube. One of those small droplets contains several billion molecules of RNA, each one a copy of the information from […]