SFYou: Dr. Rebecca Cobb’s Close Relationships Lab

By: Maya Beninteso, Peak Associate and Research Assistant in the Close Relationships Lab “The love of your life.” “The one.” “Your person.” These expressions reference...

Our current pandemic response doesn’t add up

Do the new COVID-19 measures make sense? There are many different sources that provide the country with information on COVID-19. In some cases, announcements about...

Advice For My 14-Year-Old Self

Dear me, As of writing this letter, I’m 21 (22 in January. What the hell happened to the time?!) and every single day I mourn...

Running on empty

Content warning: descriptions of disordered eating On January 7, 2022, I did not go on a run. I did not push through the pain and...

Twitter is beginning a new era and not everyone is in for it.

Wait, what’s happening on Twitter?  Elon finally finished the transaction to buy Twitter seemingly against his will and became its CEO. It’s only been a...

So You Want a Career in Science

Hello everyone, here’s your resident grad student rambling once again about the wonders of the scientific community. You are probably asking, and if not, you...

Gaining a new sense of self through therapy

In July 2019, I had the single worst emotional breakdown I have ever experienced, driving down the highway at 2:00 a.m. on the way...

The ABCs of Fact Checking and Media Bias

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the importance of scientific communications and novel steps STEM creators have taken towards scientific...

How health officials have botched COVID-19 messaging

Everyone wants the pandemic to be over, but we can’t will the virus away. We won’t bring an end to COVID-19 by pretending cases...

Remembering Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945. She was a Black trans woman, an activist, a sex worker, and a drag queen....