Category: Science

Let’s Talk While I Wait For My Train

I’m currently sitting at the Yawkey train station, watching the entire city of Boston go by. For some reason, even though it’s 5:30 pm, the traffic into the city is heavier than the traffic going out. The last few stragglers are wandering into the Red Sox game. Fenway park is right across the street, and I had to dodge the…

A Series of Surprises: I update you on five months of my life

Long time, no see, my dear readers! So much has happened since I last wrote to you from Copenhagen. Things have fallen back into place, into new formations, and I’m starting my senior year with kind of clarity that earlier in my Wellesley career I would never have expected. I’ll just run through the last few months of my life,…

A (Pharmaceutical) Tour of Denmark

Well, I didn’t update you all last week, but in my defense I was in Western Denmark. This is a clever term for Americans who know nothing of Denmark’s geography; the Danes would never call it “Western Denmark”. No, I visited Aarhus and Odense, Denmark’s second and third biggest cities respectively. Essentially, we were on a weeklong field trip, “we”…

How this semester has changed my thinking

How this semester has changed my thinking Every time I sit down with a cup of tea, I can’t help but think about the conceptual metaphor AFFECTION IS WARMTH and, suddenly the gently steaming hot liquid feels like a hug and exactly what I need at that moment. When you are eating a piece of bread, you are eating wheat,…

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