While the English language only has one word for “memory,” the truth is that memory comes in many different forms. Psychologists break … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Mechanisms of Memory Shape Our Realities
MANDAL: Dynamic Interests Push Science
In 19th-century Spain, a young boy who wished only to become an artistwas met by disapproval from his parents, who urged him to pursue a … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Dynamic Interests Push Science
MANDAL: Personal Personas Subject to Change
In 1848, a company sought to clear some land for a railroad in Vermont. To clear land, foremen must explode rocks, and unsurprisingly, this … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Personal Personas Subject to Change
Digging Past Implausibility
A friend who visited me a week ago swears by zodiac signs, claiming my personality was “such an Aquarius; so goal-driven, stubborn and … [Read more...] about Digging Past Implausibility
MANDAL: Hot Hearts and Cooler Heads
Like many intellectual disciplines, the study of biology can be traced back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. A true empiricist, Aristotle … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Hot Hearts and Cooler Heads
Brains, Booze and Bad Decisions
Around this time last year in the spring of 2015, I saw a poster on campus that read “Make Good Decisions.” This poster was obviously in … [Read more...] about Brains, Booze and Bad Decisions
MANDAL: Seeing the Reality Beyond Our Senses
This world contains realities that we were not born to perceive. For instance, the Earth’s magnetic field constantly passes through each … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Seeing the Reality Beyond Our Senses
MANDAL: The Science of Freestyle Rapping
In 1997, a boy named Marshall from Detroit ventured off to Los Angeles to compete in the Rap Olympics, a nationwide rap battle tournament. … [Read more...] about MANDAL: The Science of Freestyle Rapping
MANDAL: Innovation Inspired By LSD
“What if I had not taken LSD ever; would I have still invented PCR? I don’t know. I doubt it. I seriously doubt it.” In 1986, biochemist … [Read more...] about MANDAL: Innovation Inspired By LSD
MANDAL: How Healthy Is Privacy?
The Google Life Sciences Division is up to something powerful and concerning. A newly independent sector of the transformed Alphabet, a … [Read more...] about MANDAL: How Healthy Is Privacy?
