Opinion | Why Every Doctor Needs a ‘Badness’ Plan
As physicians, we all know what “badness” is in medicine. “Badness” is a word many physicians use to convey a painful, complicated, tragic, or adverse clinical experience. Badness is usually some bad and particularly emotional “bad.” Due to medical training most physicians struggle to describe their emotions or even allow themselves to acknowledge emotions, especially […]
Opinion | ‘It’s a Word Calculator on Steroids’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s a word calculator on steroids.” — Daniel Chow, MD, MBA, of the University of California Irvine, on large language models like ChatGPT being used to plagiarize scientific research. “It’s like gold. This is the reality. It’s crazy.” — Jody Dushay, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, on diabetes patients’ difficulty getting […]
The Important Life Stage We Should Be Talking About — But You Probably Haven’t Heard Of It
The word matrescence sounds a lot like adolescence, and that’s not a coincidence. Like adolescence, matrescence — the developmental process of becoming a mother — is a time of transition in nearly every facet of a woman’s life. It changes her physically, hormonally, psychologically, socially, even politically and spiritually. While adolescence is its own field […]
Are You In A ‘Permacrisis?’ Here’s How To Tell.
Collins Dictionary named “permacrisis” the word of the year for 2022. In short, it means “an extended period of instability and insecurity.” After all we’ve gone through this year — COVID variants, mass shootings, the war in Ukraine and more — you probably find that definition relatable. You may have experienced hopelessness, anxiety, loneliness, grief […]
Solving the puzzle of 2D disorder: An interdisciplinary team developed a new method to characterize disorder in 2D materials
When players try to solve word games, they attempt to put together clues to find the solution. Sure, it helps to have a strong vocabulary, but finding the right answers to those puzzles is as much about logic and strategy as it is about being a wordsmith. Using a surprisingly comparable process, an interdisciplinary team […]
Opinion | Why I Defended William Husel in Court
A well-known proverb exclaims, “the law is an ass.” When we say “ass,” here we refer to the donkey variety. “Ass” is the origin of the word asinine, meaning stupid, foolish, and obstinate. To be fair to donkeys, this is not justified. Nevertheless, when it comes to the law, rigidity and obstinance are, on occasion, […]
Seashell-inspired shield protects materials in hostile environments: Environmentally friendly coating outperforms conventional materials
Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels experiencing average conditions on Earth and yet heat-resistant enough at 1,500 degrees Celsius or 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit to shield instruments against flying debris, raises the question: what […]
New molecule sets stage for nickel as a ‘greener’ photocatalyst, reveals key steps in reaction process: Researchers have developed a new ligand that promotes a direct nickel-photocatalyzed cross-coupling reaction.
In recent years, the golden word in precious metals is palladium. A crucial component in automobile catalytic converters and in emerging hydrogen fuel cell technology, the demand for this rare silvery white transition metal continues to outstrip supply, driving its price per ounce far above gold and silver. Palladium and other rare, costly precious metals […]
There Are 3 Types Of Perfectionism. Which Category Are You?
While the word “perfectionist” is thrown around a lot, it’s a relatable label that makes many of us feel anxious and inadequate. A study published in Psychological Bulletin found rates of people identifying as perfectionists increased between 1989 and 2016. And for women of color, being perfect can seem like the only option. But did […]
HHS’s Climate Change Office: Not Open Yet, but Getting Positive Reviews
WASHINGTON — Mum’s still the word when it comes to the new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity at HHS, but advocates on the subject seem happy with what they’ve seen so far. The office’s creation was mandated by President Biden in a January 27 executive order on “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home […]