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BABY FACE(BOOK)
Anti-vaxxers are nearly as old as vaccines themselves. What were they arguing about back in the 1800s? Well, pretty much the same things that anti-vaxxers argue about today. In Part 3 of the COVID Vaccines miniseries, we’ll discuss the historical anti-vaxx movement and why modern anti-vaxxers have found their home on social media.
SCIENTISTS RESTRICTING THEIR OWN RESEARCH: THE HISTORICAL ASILOMAR MEETING
Forty years ago, at the birth of gene-editing technology, 140 brilliant scientists from all over the world met at Asilomar to discuss its usage. Now that they could join pieces of DNA in artificial ways, what should they do with it? What are the experiments they need to answer relevant questions? And more importantly, are those experiments safe and responsible? After 3 long days of intense discussion, scientists showed the public that they could self-regulate and set a precedent for scientific regulation.
EXPLORING INVISIBLE WORLDS
It’s often said that we know more about space than we do about Earth’s own oceans. In the case of the midocean ridges, the maxim is pretty much true.
X MARKS THE SPOT OF THE DOUBLE HELIX
Picture a molecule of DNA. What does it look like? You probably envisioned the twisted ladder-like structure known as the double helix. Today, “double helix” is so intertwined with our understanding of DNA that a Google image search of the phrase brings up diagram after diagram of the molecule. But how was this structure discovered? How did scientists determine such an intricate design without being able to see DNA under a microscope? The answer came largely from this picture seen above.