Climate change's future of pain and disease isn't imminent, it's already here
Read now →A new Lancet Countdown report presents the lifelong health consequences that a child born today will face
Hi! I'm Farah. I’m a graduate student at the University of Toronto, where my research involves sequencing patient DNA to better understand complex neurological disorders. When not in the lab, I write, speak and organize various science policy, communication, and outreach initiatives - including Wikipedia editing and Edit-A-Thons to increase the coverage of women and minority scientists in the online encyclopedia.
This OB-GYN is waging war on Goop products, pseudoscience, and health misinformation
Read now →Dr. Jen Gunter launches the Jensplaining digital series and The Vagina Bible to fight against health misinformation
People trust scientists, says landmark survey, but there are troubling trends
Read now →Landmark Wellcome Global Monitor report surveyed over 140,000 people in 140 countries
Meet Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya: the Russian mathematician who pushed through the Iron Curtain
Read now →In spite of personal tragedy, dire political circumstances and deteriorating health, her passion for mathematics burned bright
Scientists are fostering public trust on social media, one selfie at a time
Read now →A new study finds empirical evidence that #ScientistsWhoSelfie is an effective communication tool
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Short, glassy buildings are a bird’s worst nightmare
Read now →Windows are a gauntlet of mirrors and invisible walls
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A new comprehensive report shows how women in STEM face huge disadvantages
Read now →A prestigious medical journal provides overwhelming evidence for systemic barriers
How many things can scientists name -Seq? Let us count the ways
Read more →From lettuce to cat poop to human cells, we're ready to sequence it all
Good news: Canadian Arctic seals have not been eating plastics
Read more →Publishing null results helps us understand where wildlife is safe from plastic ingestion
A new test for cystic fibrosis takes just two minutes and a scrape across the forehead
Read more →Availability of better tests could lead to earlier diagnosis, which is crucial for effective management of the disease
Reddit's r/science community is one of science writing's biggest outlets, with the stats to prove it
Read more →At ASHG 2019, Jennifer (Piper) Below shares the numbers behind r/science's global reach
Genomics has a diversity problem. Here's how scientists are tackling it
Read more →At ASHG, researchers are seeing that using only data from white Europeans is leading to incorrect conclusions
You should wash your rice to reduce heavy metal contamination
Read more →Yes, washing rice involves sacrificing some of its nutritional value, but it also reduces the level of heavy metals present
Scientists tried to make knives out of frozen human poop
Read more →They wondered: is it possible to cut animal hides with a human feces blade?
Scientists have shown the perfect way to make pancakes, and that has huge implications
Read now →Some science is labeled "silly" by the media and politicians, but don't be fooled — simple research is extremely important
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Listen to your parents when they tell you to tidy up: it's good for your brain
Read now →Neuroscience and psychology findings support the KonMari Method
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