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Posts published by “Tianna Spitz”

Bat loss linked to 1,300 U.S. infant deaths

At what point does wildlife health become entangled with public health and safety? The anthropocene, the current period of human activity influencing the natural environment, is far-reaching and messy as it considers how human intervention, pollution, commercialization impacts the surrounding ecosystems to reveal how human health often heavily relies on ecological levels of key populations. 

A Tale of Two Cities: Dichotomies in violence and justice

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The line is infamous in English literature as Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, to frame the motif of duality throughout the seven monthly installments of the novel to-be.

Beggars in Spain: Sci-fi gene editing from future’s past

Human genetics remains a largely unexplored frontier in which our dabbling becomes an ethical debate of playing God. Before CRISPR gene editing technology was mainstream, the 1993 sci-fi novel Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress is set between 2008 to the 2030s and offers social and ethical commentary on present-day genetic engineering.

Evicted portrays the liminal space of homelessness

What does it mean to have a home, an address, or a hearth? While witnessing displacement and the desperate seek for refuge abroad, should we reflect on domestic insecurity?