Laugh, Think, Cry, Laugh Again | Jessamyn Fairfield

by | May 17, 2019

Comedy is a way to show our humanity. Comedy makes people listen. Have you ever tried to get a physicist to talk about their academic research at a stand-up night? Jessamyn uses comedy to communicate difficult topics, and humanize things which can be hard to talk...

HIV – Curing the Incurable | Daniel Aaron Donahue

by | May 17, 2019

HIV-positive individuals continue to face stigma and discrimination. For the 2 million people who are infected with HIV every year, this means a lifetime of treatment without a final cure, although methods for keeping the disease at bay do exist. The key to curing HIV...

What Is Inside a Neutron Star? | Laura Fabbietti

by | May 17, 2019

When stars collapse in a supernova, what is left is either a black hole or a neutron star. We don’t know what’s inside a neutron star, and so far, we have no way of looking inside one. Physics shows that curious things like strange quarks, which make up hyperons...