Respecting Choice: A Study on Informed Consent and Respect for People’s Choices A patient being able to have a choice in their well-being is a complicated discussion because of how many factors contribute to it. Informed consent is a term used in the world of health care that means, you have the right to fully…
The Particle Father
Many people know now that all matter comes from a basic unit, and that is atoms. However, what if I told you that atoms are made of something even smaller? Atoms are believed to be made of quarks, which there are many types of. Leon M. Lederman was a CCNY alumni who sought to find…
The Rising Tide
What is gentrification? What makes it so bad for our local communities? Why should we even care? Gentrification is the transformation of a neighborhood from low value to high value. Or depending on who you ask, it means that a bunch of hipsters have moved in nearby. Although Gentrification is everywhere, today I would…
Bark
For as long as humans have been on this earth, there have been many languages that have allowed us to communicate and express ourselves with others. Language is a sort of glue that bonds not just humans but animals too. Growing up I always knew 2 languages, as I went to an all-English school in…
