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Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”

Generations of Mortal Kombat

In the wheelhouse of fighting games, Mortal Kombat has garnered a reputation through the years. Since the original game back in 1992, the series holds a special place in the industry for its absolute brutality and unrestrained use of blood, gore, and guts.

Bagels is Back!

Not to be overly dramatic, but by the beard of Zeus, Bagels is back! Bringing it back to earth, Bagels on the Hudson has a special place in the hearts and stomachs of just about every Stevens student, young and old.

Quest for “smart genes” is dumb

For more than 20 years, I have hammered behavioral genetics, which attempts to pinpoint the genetic underpinnings of an enormous variety of human traits and disorders, from homosexuality and religiosity to alcoholism and depression.

Google announces giant phone and medium tablet

Google announced its new suite of Nexus devices last week, including the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet. The Nexus 6 iterates on last year’s Nexus 5 with a faster 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB of RAM, 3220 mAh, 13 MP camera, water-resistance, dual front-facing speakers, and most notably, a massive 5.96-inch screen.

Information systems are not secure at all

Last Friday, millions of Snapchat users were dismayed to find 200,000 of their sent pictures leaked on the Internet. The leak came from a third-party plugin that uses Snapchat’s unofficial API, Snapsaved.com,