Authored by: Max Turtz Art by: Camille Parisot Every day, people consume thousands of small plastic pieces without even realizing it [Leslie et al., 2022; Amato-Lourenço et al., 2021]. These small fragments, once thought to stay in the environment, are now found within our bodies, and what used to be seen as a problem for oceans has now become a problem for us as well. Microplastics, the name given to plastic pieces less than five millimeters in size, are abundant. They orig

Authored by: Mary Wall Art by: Grace Liu In February, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration. Since assuming this role, he has generated considerable controversy [1]. Critics have targeted his funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health and his restructuring of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel [2]. Supporters have praised his efforts to limit processed foods in the American diet an

Authored By: Maia Phillips Art By: Chloe Lee According to the American Cancer Society, melanoma is a skin cancer that is highly preventable, so why do almost 105,000 people get diagnosed with melanoma and over 8,000 die per year [1]? The field of melanoma has made major strides since 2000, going from a largely incurable disease to having many treatment options [2]. Despite these improvements, there are still prevalent socioeconomic and racial disparities. A major tool of mela