Columbia ScientistPublished Spring 2023

Edition 2 · Spring 2023

Seventeen pieces on heritable genome editing, geoengineering, predictive policing, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the environmental cost of gender reveal parties.

Cover of Columbia Scientist Edition 2, Spring 2023

Table of contents

17 pieces

  1. 6An Analysis of Heritable Human Genome Editing Through the Lens of EthicsBiology
  2. 8Examining the Ethics of GeoengineeringEnvironment
  3. 10What Are Quanta?Physics
  4. 12Economic Migration to Africa: Avoiding the World’s Most Dangerous KillersBiology
  5. 15My Body Is ArtArt
  6. 16Potential Impacts of Arctic Development from an Environmental ViewpointEnvironment
  7. 18Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing AITechnology
  8. 20Investigating “Designer Babies” Through the Lens of the He Jiankui CaseBiology
  9. 22The Abnormality of HumansArt
  10. 23Ethics of Smart City Predictive PolicingTechnology
  11. 25Racial Discrimination in Face Recognition TechnologyTechnology
  12. 27Should Google Scan Personal Files for the Public Good?Technology
  13. 29What are the Bioethics of Genetic Testing?Biology
  14. 31Ethical Considerations for an Aerospace Engineer: An Examination of ApproachesTechnology
  15. 33The Ultimate Quantum Detective: Nuclear Magnetic ResonanceChemistry
  16. 37How Gender Reveal Parties are Destroying our EnvironmentEnvironment
  17. 39Say “No” to Student Monitoring SoftwareTechnology

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