ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nahel Kapadia graduated in May 2013, majoring in Biological Sciences. Kate Cheney was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer at eighty-five years old. She requested assisted suicide, but her doctor refused to prescribe the lethal medication and instead referred her to a psychiatrist. Again, Kate was denied the … [Read more...] about Palliative Care: An Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide
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Man, Machine, and Mars
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sara Clayton is a junior at the University of Southern California studying public relations with double minors in web technologies and mobile app development. It seems that mankind has been portrayed as always having been at odds with artificial intelligence, or AI. Take the sci-fi film I, Robot: Del Spooner (Will Smith) … [Read more...] about Man, Machine, and Mars
Stealing Fire: Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and Mankind’s Identity in ‘Prometheus’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: From Berkeley, CA, Sonya Egoian is a junior double-majoring in Political Science and Narrative with a minor in French. "Even in the most innocent of minds, there are still secrets best left unrevealed." - Stephen King, The Outer Limits Released in June of 2012, director Ridley Scott's fifth installment of the Alien … [Read more...] about Stealing Fire: Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and Mankind’s Identity in ‘Prometheus’
Binge on Science, Purge the Blame
Each week on Scrolling Scribe, editors will select their favorite archived articles and repost them for your reading pleasure. You’re welcome. Eating disorders hardly qualify as a new phenomenon, as documented cases date back to the Middle Ages; however, these disorders have become a prevalent and unique healthcare problem in the United States. Eating disorders … [Read more...] about Binge on Science, Purge the Blame
Heroic Heroin Addicts
By Seda Sandy Mushyan Imagine a day in the summer of 1982, where fumes cloud up a dimly lit room. A man is underground in a basement, concocting his new creation. He looks at his watch and panic sets in. His clients are expecting their product soon, and he simply does not have enough time. He rushes the next few steps. This underground chemist, aiming to make the synthetic … [Read more...] about Heroic Heroin Addicts