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Sunscreen: Beyond the (Skin’s) Surface
Saif Alam ed. Asmara Downey We’re all familiar with sunscreen: that greasy substance we begrudgingly apply in summer because the sun will burn us alive…
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Perfect Pitch or Perfect Practice
Perfect pitch has fascinated me ever since I first discovered it existed. About 0.01% of the population have it – about as rare as finding…
Winter Days
In the winter days the clouds paint the sky a melancholic shade of grey. The falling snow obscures all vision until you cannot even see two feet ahead.
Heart Block
Mobitz Type 1 (Wenckebach) is a type of second-degree heart block. It occurs when the time taken for electrical signals to travel from the atria to the ventricles lengthens with each heartbeat, eventually skipping a beat entirely.
The Colour of ‘A’ – the Science of Synesthesia
What if letters had colours and music had shapes? Discover the science behind synaesthesia and try an interactive at the end.
About Counting
Summer Pan ed. Kyren Lavan I’m not a numbers-person. My world revolves around words, phrases, punctuation – em-dashes, even. You can probably guess that maths…
What makes someone smart?
I think as medicine students, we hear a sentiment like this more often than not…
Medicine is NOT my entire personality
“I don’t want to just identify as a doctor, I want to identify as ME.”
Top 3 places to visit after a finals week crashout
Surprisingly, going outside is good for you!
A Silhouette and its Shadow
When we examine a moment in time, we can often characterise society by the distinctive silhouette of the people who occupied it.