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Opinion: The Online Privacy You Deserve—Individual Measures You Can Take to Protect Your Data Online
Technology

Opinion: The Online Privacy You Deserve—Individual Measures You Can Take to Protect Your Data Online

By Sophia Tartar Recent data-breach scandals, such as the Facebook-Cambridge Analytical Data Scandal, have been inciting privacy concerns all around the world. Escape hacking attempts, cyberstalking, personal data profiles, location tracking, personalized marketing, and data breaches by understanding the ways they work, their effects on your day-to-day life, and how you can take action.  Why Does Privacy Matter? Just like you may not want your friends to know about your deepest secrets, you may not want your family members, key interests, travel plans, or political beliefs to be revealed by major companies such as Google and Facebook. Unfortunately, not only can your information in many search engines be legally searched by lawyers and sold to companies, but it can also be us...
Neurobiology of Empathy: Illuminating Human Relationships 
Biology

Neurobiology of Empathy: Illuminating Human Relationships 

By Mia Abou-Ezzi In the complex web of human emotions, empathy stands as a powerful incentive that provides a connection between the gap of individuals, fostering understanding, compassion, and connection. It is an inherent ability that allows us to step into other’s perspectives, to comprehend their experiences, and to share their emotions. While empathy has long been regarded as a critical aspect of human nature, its neurobiological basis has fascinated researchers. The study of the neurobiology of empathy not only sheds light on human’s role in emotional resonance, but also touches on fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, and medicine. This essay embarks on empathy, exploring its neural basis and the potential it holds for shaping human relationships, societies, and well-being....
Creating Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes Using CRISPR Genome Editing
Biology, Technology

Creating Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes Using CRISPR Genome Editing

By Connor Gleason Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world. Diseases carried by mosquitoes kill more than 700,000 people annually, and one of the deadliest diseases carried by mosquitoes is malaria. Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum; in 2021, there were around 247,000,000 cases of the disease globally. Furthermore, over 619,000 people died from the disease in that same year. Malaria is most prominent in tropical and subtropical climates, and approximately half of the world’s population is at risk of the disease. Recent discoveries have revealed that CRISPR technology, a genome-editing tool, may be able to significantly reduce the rate of malaria transmission in two principal ways—by minimizing mosquito populations and by altering the way the disease’s para...