What happens when you throw money at a problem? Find out how “Operation Warp Speed” fast-tracked the rapid development of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Grace Harold’s new piece.
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Miguel Angél enjoying life and spreading joy
Miguel Angél — Special Needs in the time of coronavirus
Graduate student Andrés Villegas remembers how much light his brother brought to the world in this piece originally published on Medium.
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Paige Helmer had doubts that the pandemic would hit NYC, but then her husband woke with a fever.
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The history of science is full of examples of discovery, both intentional and accidental. But how do scientists study subject matter incapable of being explained by simple models? And additionally, if science can produce favorable results (say, in the clinic), to what extent does it matter whether or not the results can be fully explained? Here, Siddhant Iyer outlines the ways in which scientists may study as-of-yet unexplained phenomena and argues for a framework involving the use of complex models while also acknowledging limitations.