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Exhaled chemicals reveal children’s microbiome health

Tiny traces of chemicals in the breath are beginning to reveal big secrets about the gut. New research suggests that by “sniffing” these molecules, clinicians may someday diagnose microbiome-related diseases quickly and non-invasively, especially in children.

Chanel and Dior…idk

Chanel and Dior have finally shown their couture shows, and I have mixed feelings about the houses. 

I have fought tooth and nail defending Matthieu Blazy since he started his time at Chanel because it felt like the old Chanel clientele, that were very commercially driven by Virginie Viard, which was not clicking with the minimalism that Blazy was infusing into his pieces.

Commuter lunch

My lunch is never warm by the time I eat it.

By noon, it has absorbed the rhythm of the commute: the shaking of the train, the rush of staircases, the pressure of moving with purpose.

A trippy stay with The Hour of the Star

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector is a short novella following our narrator, Rodrigo, as he tries to tell a story about a poor woman named Macabea.

Strangers

I think Taylor Swift says it best: “Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere.” Even though I’m not exactly sure who she is talking about,  whenever I hear this lyric, I can’t help but relate, especially as I slowly approach the end of my time in college.

Schindler’s List: On saving one more

World War II and the Holocaust stand among the darkest times in human history, and portraying them in film is extremely difficult while ensuring sensitivity and historical accuracy.

The second first semester

Only a few weeks ago, the Stevens population returned for the spring semester. While most came back this semester to continue in their given program, many freshmen— myself included—came back to start a new program as in the past month, we switched our majors.