Aug 1, 2021Problems With Mass Incarceration: Poverty and MarginalizationThe poor are being targeted — The U.S. alone has less than 5% of the global population, but it houses about 22% of the world’s prisoners. [1] The U.S. prison houses about 2.12 million prisoners, of those, 59% are minorities, in comparison to the only 26% in the entire United States population that are minorities [2]…7 min read7 min read
May 15, 2021Why It’s Always Day 1.“Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.” — Jeff Bezos Think about the first day of a new job. The excitement you have walking into the office with your things, meeting your new…Enjoy Writing4 min readEnjoy Writing4 min read
Published in CaptureCoat·May 1, 2021Meet CaptureCoat- The Future of Carbon CaptureBy: Saras Agrawal, Co-Founder of CaptureCoat Abstract: Carbon emissions are one of the biggest reasons for global warming, with almost 35 billion tons produced per year. Over the last 20 years we’ve seen smaller scale solutions, like carbon capture facilities. But, these solutions haven’t proven to be scalable and make a…11 min read11 min read
Apr 12, 2021Turning Seawater Into Fuel?Google X’s Discontinued Project: Project Foghorn — 29% of all green house gas emissions are byproducts of vehicle transportation. In the United States, these vehicles were the cause of 75% of all carbon monoxide pollution. And, 97% of all this pollution was due to the use of fossil fuels. In 2013, a team at X (then Google…3 min read3 min read
Apr 5, 2021The Global Problem That’s Holding Us BackKids in this generation don’t believe in themselves. I know how this sounds. Not a global problem right? Just a little bit of lack of self-confidence. That’s the mentality that we’ve all grown up with, something that we have grown into, being told at a young age that we can…2 min read2 min read
Mar 30, 2021The Ethics of LongevityI’m a human longevity nerd. I’ve read dozens of papers on the topic, written multiple articles, and built projects. But, something that I’ve always struggled with is the question: is living longer ethical? DISCLAIMER: I’d like to start this article off by saying, this piece comes from the heart, and…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Feb 22, 2021Could Viruses be the Cure to Cancer?It sounds weird, I know. But, surprisingly, new studies and procedures, called oncolytic virotherapy, maybe realizing this new weird way of using some of the deadliest diseases of the past, to get rid of the single worst disease in our present. What is Cancer? Cancer, in basis, is when a cell just doesn't…Cancer7 min readCancer7 min read
Feb 7, 2021Using Sea Urchins to Increase Telomere LengthAbstract: Our solution, involves using the telomere functions within sea urchins, in which we see a high lifespan, in human cellular function, and restoration using Crispr Cas9 technologies. What is Telomere Shortening & Senescence Every time a cell splits, the telomeres shorten. Telomeres work sort of like the ends of shoelaces if we replace the shoelace with…4 min read4 min read
Feb 2, 2021NanosensorsRevolutionizing the nanotech world — Nanotechnology is one of the emerging technologies that have the possibility to impact almost every field. At a high level, nanotechnology is making new things at the molecular, or atomic level, at about 1 billionth of a metre. …Nanotechnology5 min readNanotechnology5 min read
Jan 26, 2021The Last Mile Logistics of Vaccine Rollout.As vaccines become the future, and most likely one of the most important things of 2021, there are some interesting things that governments will have to overcome in the last mile of vaccine rollout. In a conference done by the PathCheck Foundation, guest speaker Sanjay Serma talked about this topic…Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read
