The Consideration Initiative

  Who owns your DNA? Is it you, someone else, or nobody? DNA is like a blueprint that determines your unique qualities such as your eye color, your susceptibility to diseases, and even much of your personality. Until 2013, anyone who isolated a specific gene could apply to patent that unit of naturally occurring human…

  Every country wants to know where its strengths lie, where it surpasses other countries in its achievements.  Despite admirable rankings in other regards, the United States finds itself in the unpleasant first place slot for maternal mortality in the developed world. In fact, maternal mortality in the United States is still growing. Touching upon…

  What data about you circulates on the internet?  Perhaps you know what you have posted yourself to social media, and you have some degree of trust in companies that collect and manage the data stemming from your other online activity.  However, computer scientist Jordan Freitas invites us to look at this issue from a…

  Consider the things we live with, what they mean to us, how they influence our imaginations when we are creative, such as when we write or design.  I invite you to spend time with the material things that grab your attention and mean something to you, both intellectually and emotionally.  These things can shape the structure…

In her research, Molly functions as a protein marriage counselor. Instead of trying to uncover pieces of each person’s personality or experiences that fit together, she tries to pinpoint protein motifs that might be matches made in heaven. When her two proteins do not bind, the effects can be as disastrous for the human body…