http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices Written by a revolving team of student writers, Student Voices covers current research, emerging ideas, compelling people, and key debates in science for the undergraduate and high school student community. http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beautiful_creative_science_photography Photography in science is a tricky business. Andrew Williston, curatorial a... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:49:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beautiful_creative_science_photography 2009-11-04T12:49:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pre_med_don_t_ask The pre-med: an organism known for its ruthless competitiveness, its obsessive s... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:05 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pre_med_don_t_ask 2009-10-29T11:10:05Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/memorizing_techniques_from_around_the While students in UK or US universities have only just started their new academi... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:36 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/memorizing_techniques_from_around_the 2009-10-27T13:28:36Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_to_make_a_scitable A change in theme for this blog today: a number of people have been asking for g... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_to_make_a_scitable 2009-10-22T17:00:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_nobel_prize In my last blog post ( Three's Company: A Trio of Americans Wins the Nobel Prize... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:10:27 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_nobel_prize 2009-10-15T13:10:27Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/songs_for_a_new_age Is making music something that is uniquely human? Are our musical tastes too com... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:17:15 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/songs_for_a_new_age 2009-10-14T20:17:15Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_jorge_cham Jorge Cham started drawing the comic Piled Higher and Deeper ( PhDComics ) in... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:08:37 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_jorge_cham 2009-10-13T13:08:37Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company Three Americans have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for ... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:14:44 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company 2009-10-07T00:14:44Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_2_fatal When I was still in primary school, my parents would shove me in bed at 9 p.m sh... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:38:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_2_fatal 2009-09-30T21:38:52Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_perspective_on_vision In the early 1960s, Hubel and Wiesel, two of the grandfathers of modern neurosci... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:44:23 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_perspective_on_vision 2009-09-23T18:44:23Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/8220_i_see_8221_said Do you remember your friend who couldn't hack it at "Stop and Go," claiming he d... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:23:02 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/8220_i_see_8221_said 2009-09-23T02:23:02Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_typical_day_of_a Malaysians are never late for classes. Mauritians always are and I'm a Mauritia... Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:22:22 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_typical_day_of_a 2009-08-25T17:22:22Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_write_choice At a time when most seniors are agonizing over their futures and last year of co... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:32:31 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_write_choice 2009-08-20T11:32:31Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_i_pam1 Students enrolled in Medicine classes can get very weird after a couple of semes... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:38:04 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_i_pam1 2009-08-19T12:38:04Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/alice_through_the_ivory_tower It's that time of year again; the time when everything seems a little slower and... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:31 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/alice_through_the_ivory_tower 2009-08-18T14:25:31Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_or_not_part For the past month, I've been bashing biofuels. Corn energy crops lead to expand... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:18:26 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_or_not_part 2009-08-11T18:18:26Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_part_2 In a previous blog post, I had described the downside of corn-derived ethanol fo... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:33:16 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_part_2 2009-08-04T18:33:16Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/patience_with_patients The presiding doctor scrawled medical terms all over the white board, the sticky... Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:14 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/patience_with_patients 2009-07-31T18:05:14Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ieureka It might seem pretentious, but notepads are essentials of the trade for any "ser... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:37:45 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ieureka 2009-07-29T17:37:45Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/test_post In the 2009 Geneva Auto Show in January, the luxury car company Bentley unveiled... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:44:23 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/test_post 2009-07-23T17:44:23Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_ii In Part I , I discussed the exciting medical innovations that brain-computer in... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:37:15 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_ii 2009-07-22T16:37:15Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetics_fail There's ignorance, and then there's horrifying misconception. And individuals li... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:25:34 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetics_fail 2009-07-15T21:25:34Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/undoing_pollution_with_plants In abandoned explosives testing areas and mining sites now reduced to rubble, on... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:52:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/undoing_pollution_with_plants 2009-07-14T19:52:52Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sofasaurus_rex_king_of_the When I hear the word dinosaur, the movie Jurassic Park instantly pops up in my h... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:15:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sofasaurus_rex_king_of_the 2009-07-13T21:15:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pass_me_that_cheeseburger_and There is a myth out there that food items with the words "fat-free" on the label... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:59:02 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pass_me_that_cheeseburger_and 2009-07-10T00:59:02Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_i A recent Ask the Experts question on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) got me c... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:05:32 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_i 2009-07-07T17:05:32Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_toxic_underbelly_of_green1 Want to reduce energy consumption and expense? Change your light bulbs-all of th... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:41:16 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_toxic_underbelly_of_green1 2009-07-06T18:41:16Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_drink_or_not_to Love drinking that cold beer after work? Think we should replace the old adage "... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:03:00 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_drink_or_not_to 2009-06-29T19:03:00Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_squid_named_ishmael Rachel Davis's recent Scitable Blog post about bacterial communication, biolumin... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:21 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_squid_named_ishmael 2009-06-26T18:37:21Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nanoparticle_concerns_getting_under_your1 Consider this scenario: Industrial secrets are kept under tight lock and key. Sc... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nanoparticle_concerns_getting_under_your1 2009-06-25T14:31:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/e_pluribus_unum_out_of Dr. Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University believes that bacterial communication... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:13:46 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/e_pluribus_unum_out_of 2009-06-25T07:13:46Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_twisted_tango_the_falsification In any human society, the activities of the rule-breakers are controlled by a sy... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:41 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_twisted_tango_the_falsification 2009-06-11T17:30:41Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_mice_and_men_recent The mouse is the workhorse of experimental biomedical research. The mouse geneti... Thu, 28 May 2009 21:59:12 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_mice_and_men_recent 2009-05-28T21:59:12Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nonprofit_harnesses_business_strategy_to Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating disease that kills most pat... Tue, 26 May 2009 13:46:20 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nonprofit_harnesses_business_strategy_to 2009-05-26T13:46:20Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_reason_for_decreased_cancer An extra copy of chromosome 21 causes the developmental disabilities associated ... Tue, 26 May 2009 13:25:49 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_reason_for_decreased_cancer 2009-05-26T13:25:49Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sticky_situation_reveals_part_of During the Eocene period, the swamp may have scared away most critters. Those th... Thu, 21 May 2009 20:59:02 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sticky_situation_reveals_part_of 2009-05-21T20:59:02Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fractions_of_a_second_can Psychologists will tell you that the question they are most frequently asked is,... Thu, 21 May 2009 13:24:36 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fractions_of_a_second_can 2009-05-21T13:24:36Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blood_cells_in_the_right Just like in any good murder mystery, information about where and when hematopoi... Mon, 18 May 2009 17:54:15 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blood_cells_in_the_right 2009-05-18T17:54:15Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/america_where_the_streets_are Once symptoms develop, you can diagnose yourself on the web. Before that point, ... Fri, 15 May 2009 14:19:32 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/america_where_the_streets_are 2009-05-15T14:19:32Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we_got_the_beat_and The ability to rock out was thought to be exclusively human. A video showcasing ... Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:21 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we_got_the_beat_and 2009-05-14T13:13:21Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/milk_it_does_some_bodies When I was little, I watched the movie Annie over and over. Since we had recor... Wed, 13 May 2009 14:26:19 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/milk_it_does_some_bodies 2009-05-13T14:26:19Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_marketing_campaigns_direct_scientific I see the Vitamin Water in the store. I know it won't really give me balance, fo... Tue, 12 May 2009 13:16:22 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_marketing_campaigns_direct_scientific 2009-05-12T13:16:22Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/don_8217_t_count_your For epidemics over recent years, the U.S. and Britain have worked together to ma... Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:04 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/don_8217_t_count_your 2009-05-08T13:25:04Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_search_of_a_one I had to drag my friends to see Disney's Earth, a film currently in theaters tha... Wed, 06 May 2009 18:57:29 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_search_of_a_one 2009-05-06T18:57:29Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/botox_for_the_brain Richard Dawkins promoted the idea of an "extended phenotype." He tried to convin... Fri, 01 May 2009 13:23:19 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/botox_for_the_brain 2009-05-01T13:23:19Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_flu_facts_in_the The million dollar question: should I cancel that vacation to Mexico or not? We ... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:49:09 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_flu_facts_in_the 2009-04-28T13:49:09Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_sharp_teeth_necessary_to Two warm-blooded mammal species have triumphed in the fast-paced environment of ... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:21:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_sharp_teeth_necessary_to 2009-04-08T20:21:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fighter_or_forager_it_depends Ants, always so busy and efficient, divide labor in their communities. Generally... Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:56:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fighter_or_forager_it_depends 2009-04-07T21:56:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ants_change_the_rules_of When I was told that I shared 50% genetic similarity with my siblings, I was agh... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:35:22 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ants_change_the_rules_of 2009-04-06T17:35:22Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gender_ratios_around_the_globe Nature Education Guest Writer Philip Duffy, PhD Post-doctoral Fellow, S... Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:16:06 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gender_ratios_around_the_globe 2009-04-03T03:16:06Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pheromones_the_key_ingredient_missing I have always believed in a sort of sixth sense. The underlying neurobiology con... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:33:21 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pheromones_the_key_ingredient_missing 2009-04-01T15:33:21Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_physiology_of_scaling_mt The record for fastest ascent of Mount Everest is currently held by Sherpa Pemba... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:14:23 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_physiology_of_scaling_mt 2009-03-31T16:14:23Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company_symbiosis_drug The evolutionary arms race that has resulted in the development of the hummingbi... Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:09:35 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company_symbiosis_drug 2009-03-30T16:09:35Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/attack_of_the_supermodel_tomatoes When my family told people that we were moving from our urban Park Slope neighbo... Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:54:20 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/attack_of_the_supermodel_tomatoes 2009-03-27T15:54:20Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_genetics_of_achondroplasia Genetics can seem dry when the real world applications are not made apparent. Ge... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:54:27 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_genetics_of_achondroplasia 2009-03-26T15:54:27Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/x_chromosome_inactivation_in_the Science is so much easier to understand when you can see it. When I was told tha... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:45:14 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/x_chromosome_inactivation_in_the 2009-03-25T21:45:14Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/freedom_liberty_and_fraternity The utility of scientific analysis lies in the fact that it is free of judgment.... Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:43:50 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/freedom_liberty_and_fraternity 2009-03-24T15:43:50Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_drought_faced_by_science When my family moved to California, my parents were all set to send me to the l... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:56:36 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_drought_faced_by_science 2009-03-23T17:56:36Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/natural_rainbow_gene_expression The natural world has once again proven its ability to outshine human attempts a... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:44:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/natural_rainbow_gene_expression 2009-03-20T15:44:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/i_ve_got_the_horse I had never gambled or been to a casino before, so I wanted to try it out. Afte... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:33:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/i_ve_got_the_horse 2009-03-19T16:33:52Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/taking_the_next_step_facilitating Millions of dollars and countless man-hours have been invested in working to mit... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:45:38 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/taking_the_next_step_facilitating 2009-03-18T20:45:38Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_elusive_gentleman_scientist I checked out the St. Patrick?s Day Parade in New Haven and was disappointe... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:37:07 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_elusive_gentleman_scientist 2009-03-17T15:37:07Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/champagne_supernova_when_the_interests Nature Education Guest Writer Philip Duffy, PhD Post-doctoral Fell... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/champagne_supernova_when_the_interests 2009-03-16T18:49:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chimeras_the_perfect_experiment For the behavioral experiments typically performed on mice, the perfect experime... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:23:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chimeras_the_perfect_experiment 2009-03-16T15:23:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_really_expensive_band_aid The administration?s budget proposals assumed an unemployment rate of 8.1% for ... Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:39:55 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_really_expensive_band_aid 2009-03-13T20:39:55Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/science_today_s_guild_system Science is extremely competitive, arduous and intellectually demanding. Not to ... Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:54:02 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/science_today_s_guild_system 2009-03-13T19:54:02Z