Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Guest blogger Katie Pham is a neuroscience Ph.D. student interested in visual processing and memory research. She was born in Hanoi and raised in Northern… Read More »What Birds in Love Teach Us About How the Brain Processes Competing Motivations
Since the publication of Dune in 1965, Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga has been celebrated for its intricate world building and insightful exploration of societal issues.… Read More »Unveiling the Dangers of AI Through Dune’s Insights
What happens to us as we get older? In 1958, this deceptively simple question led Nathan Shock, then the head of gerontology at the National… Read More »Age of Enlightenment
If you have been on social media lately, you might be aware of North Carolina’s newest celebrity: Charlotte, a stingray that miraculously became pregnant in… Read More »You Are NOT the Father – How Parthenogenesis Can Explain the Miraculous Pregnancy of a Lone Stingray
“Michael hit me!” At 7 years old, that was the first sentence my older sister, Danielle, had ever spoken. Before, anything she said were one-word… Read More »Stigma on the Spectrum
The incorporation of machine learning into daily living has exponentially increased in recent years after the release of ChatGPT for public use. From generating digital… Read More »Disability Care and Artificial Intelligence
The number of studies regarding how our genes work has been increasing exponentially since the Human Genome Project started more than 30 years ago. Researchers… Read More »GWAS, The Key to Your Health
Let’s start with some honesty. I majored in history in college and learned many facts, dates and bits of information. I’d be lying if I… Read More »Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Waterborne Disease and Climate Change
We’ve come a long way from the humble pedometer. Today’s wearable technologies, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, collect a wealth of biometric data that… Read More »The Impact of Wearable Technologies on Health Research
Photos courtesy of the author. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is a holiday often associated with Hinduism and the Indian subcontinent. However, it is celebrated… Read More »Diwali 2023 in Baltimore