Several years ago, a development stage pharmaceutical lab had produced a small molecule that could induce stem cell development at the site of injury in adults and trigger the regeneration of biological tissue and re-gaining of full functionality with little to no side effects. In other words, heart attack or stroke patients could be administered a drug [...]
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By Genevieve Shifke | January 5, 2012 While we’ve come a long way from the ridiculous 1930’s Reefer Madness film, our current approach to drug, or rather anti-drug, education could still use quite a bit of work, especially when it comes to marijuana. What happens when all those horrible things we learned about in health [...]
By Genevieve Shifke | December 28, 2012 I just want to turn off my cell phone. I want to hold down that thin button, wait for what seems like 5 days for the screen to fade, and then run my finger across the “slide to power off” bar at the top. I just can’t, though. [...]
By Genevieve Shifke | December 21, 2012 In a matter of hours after murdering 27 people, including his own mother, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, Adam Lanza became a household name. Those 27 victims, however, are merely the nameless, faceless bodies that comprise the statistic of “second most deadly shooting since Virginia [...]
By Haley Melikian | December 17, 2012 Stress is the worst. Even the people who claim to thrive under its weight are not immune to the side-effects which this chart outlines adorably with balloons as not to stress you out even more than you probably already are. Everyone I know, myself included, is hyper-conscious of [...]
By Genevieve Shifke | December 15, 2012 The idea to “treat others the way you want to be treated” is a common lesson taught to children across the globe, but what makes us want to follow this idea and lead a life of compassion? Are humans born with an innate sense of morality, or is [...]
Hollywood starlet Hayden Panettiere has gone from superhero cheerleader to country music singer, with the southern accent to match. Hayden Panettiere quite possibly became the coolest high school cheerleader ever when she played one that had superpowers in the show “Heroes”. Fast forward through a few not so successful forays into feature films, including the [...]
From basketball playing tomboy to the curves that brought sexy back, we examine the career trajectory of one of Hollywood’s most beautiful women, and, until recently, most eligible bachelorettes: Jessica Biel. If you’re an 80’s baby, growing up in the United States, chances are you were introduced to Jessica Biel when she was a member [...]
Sofia Vergara from Modern Family is the highest paid actress on TV. According to Forbes Magazine, the Modern Family main attraction, Sofia Vergara, has topped the charts as the highest paid actress on TV. For some reason, we don’t think anyone is complaining. Modern Family didn’t exactly revolutionize the sit-com landscape. The way the show is shot [...]
Harry Potter might be the second greatest literary movie franchise of our time (LOTR still reigns supreme), thanks in no small part, to the leading lady we watched grow up right in front of our eyes. Call her cute, call her sexy, call her timeless, call her an intellectual, call her what you like, Emma [...]
Energy independence is at the forefront of the economic and foreign policy dialogue, with the overarching issue being technology and business model reliability that can proliferate throughout the domestic and global markets, eventually replacing the need for fossil fuels. American energy independence fuels the diatribes of political candidates, scientists, and network talking heads alike. One [...]
Apple made the iPhone 4S available for pre-order on June 15th, 2010 and within the first 24 hours the company had received over 600,000 orders. When the phone was officially released on June 24th it topped 1.7 million purchases within three days. As of 2011, according to an Apple press release, there were over 73 [...]
Every generation thinks it’s the last. That’s a common saying amongst those who analyze their existence within a tight juxtaposition with the times in which they live. We hear about when times used to be better, mirrored by musings on how times used to be so bad. Bad and good are subjective, and without knowing [...]
Much like Black Friday finally puts big box retailers into the black, the Swimsuit Issue must be the only profitable endeavor for Sports Illustrated. Every year, the talented photographers and editors over at Sports Illustrated decide to forego covering sports, and remind everyone why we play sports in the first place…for the chicks, man. Landing [...]
She burst onto the scene as Seth’s lust-crush in “Superbad”, and since then, has proven to be quite possibly the coolest chick in Hollywood. You either have a thing for red heads, or you don’t. If you do, Emma Stone just might be the flavor of the past year. Emma Stone has had a tremendous [...]
We often overlook and take for granted the wondrous technologies we utilize in our daily lives. Forward thinking writers of the past however, almost prophetically predicted the seemingly “magical” world we live in today. Science fiction is often touted as the “stuff of wonder”, with subject matter that seemingly has no logical place in the [...]
Traditional media coverage of OWS has been obviously and expectedly flawed, biased, spun, and sensational, but what the 1% should understand, is that this movement isn’t personal, it’s institutional. Reason begs that we address every argument to gain insight and perspective when there’s conflict. For all of the compelling and thought provoking “We are the [...]
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge” – Issac Asimov Every opinion matters, counts, and should be heard whether it is based on facts and reason, or self-satisfying aggrandizing [...]
