“Learning and memory are generally associated with brains and r cells alone, but our study shows that other cells in the body can learn and form memories too.” Dr. Nikolay V. Kukushkin, NYU Professor “Your nervous system is your body’s command center. It works by sending messages, or electrical signals, between your brain and all the other parts of your body. These signals tell you to breathe, move, speak, and see, for example. Your nervous system keeps track of what’s going on inside and...

Justice. There’s no justice. Justice exists; it is palpable to those for whom the justice system was created. The system is in place, but it does not offer justice to all. It does not procure the well-being of all. It does not deliberate towards fairness. It is skewed towards those that the system exists to protect. If you ask descendants of slaves if there is justice, several will say no. If you ask the countless Black and Brown human beings incarcerated massively, disproportionately, and...

“No hope? Look up into the stars Or down into a baby’s face And tell me there is no hope…" No Hope? By Ann Weems in Searching for Shalom “Happy endings” or “happily ever afters” in stories, “novelas,” plays, movie scripts, or Disney movies generally mean that the story is given a fortunate and prosperous conclusion. The movie “Enchanted,” a satire of Disney classics, centers on the character Giselle, a woman navigating the realities of both her “Happily Ever After” storybook and the real...