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Parallels Between AlphaFold’s Neural Architecture and Human Spatial Reasoning 

Yiran Jiang ’26 AlphaFold, a neural network-based model that predicts a protein’s 3D structure from its amino acid sequence, has shown great potential to aid biochemical research and protein…

Emotional Decisions: A Cognitive Perspective on Accuracy

Nandhini Parthasarathy ’26 Emotions are often dismissed as irrational forces that undermine decision-making. However, emerging research suggests that emotions can contribute to accurate decisions when approached with a…

Why should STEM Students Care about The Liberal Arts at All?

Jim Heller ’28 In Dartmouth College’s Blobby (Baker Library lobby), the “Harold Rugg History Room,” exists at the end of the West Hall; this room contains a mini-exhibit…

Integrated Information Theory: A Neuroscientific Theory of Consciousness

Jim Heller ‘28  In Why Materialism Is Baloney, the author, Bernardo Kastrup, dismantles the common assumption that materialism – the belief that the universe is all physical stuff…

Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse: A Complex Connection 

Aditi Singh ’28 In 2020, author Robert Kolker published Hidden Valley Road, detailing the tragic story of the Galvin family, in which six out of twelve children were…