Author: Marchelle Calnan

How stars and UFOs set one astrophysicist on her path.

Treating my cat for depression caused me to question the state of anxiety in animals and us.

In either ninth or tenth grade, my friend Dan and I found a book of “Truly Tasteless Jokes” on the cafeteria floor. Our teenage psyches were quickly mesmerized, and we spent the majority of lunch reading it cover to cover. I laughed at one dead baby joke in particular (which I can’t repeat here). It […]

Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.

The open nature of the science of classification virtually guarantees fights.

Why life is constrained to be about the sizes we see on Earth.

The people pushing themselves to the moral limit.

From ecstasy to withdrawal, the lover resembles an addict.

Patrick Soon-Shiong is opening a new front in the war on the deadly disease.

After watching The Big Short, I felt I had a decent grasp on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. The film, which is being released across the United States today, is based on the book by Michael Lewis, and describes how a few prescient financiers bet against the debt bubble and made millions. Still, […]