This week's Tuneage Tuesday features N.E.D. , a sweet band made up of gynecologic oncologists. The band's name stands for No Eviden...

These ladies will either inspire you or make you feel old. Contestants in the Google Science Fair came from all over the world, but three A...

It's that time of year, when young people across the country find the cure for their cases of "senioritis" by dressing in long...

Comic credit: xkcd.com We all know the value of good teaching. This Teacher Appreciation Week, take five minutes and drop a line to your ...

Comic credit: Surviving the World Most of the time when we talk about education, we talk about a greater need for focus on STEM topics, keep...

Comic credit: PhD Comics The weather has been lovely this week in Washington, DC. As usual, as soon as we don't need to be at our des...

The connection between art and science can be difficult to make. The exacting precision of studio art and the precise exercise of a lab expe...

New Voices is off tomorrow in celebration of a well-done work week . (Wouldn't it be lovely if every Friday was this way?) But never one...

Nerd! It’s a name you’re most likely proud of today. Most of us who go into science embrace the fact that we’re nerds because we love the ...

Now that it's had a bit of time to sink in, here are our thoughts on the State of the Union address made Tuesday evening. The following ...

The U.S. is ranked 35th in math and 29th in science worldwide. We've talked about these rankings on New Voices before. You've he...

We all know of some amazing women in science: Marie Curie, known for her work on radioactivity, Rosalind Franklin for identifying the struct...

You can't think about Thanksgiving without thinking about food, and since we at New Voices are all about healthy minds and bodies, we wa...

I have always been interested in learning how things work, particularly the biology in the world around me, which is why it wasn't surpr...

Blood cancer is a big part of my life. That sounds terrible, so let me explain. As mentioned in my introductory post, I coach the Leukem...

If everything you know about DNA came from CSI, there might be a few gaps in your knowledge. It’s not that I dislike these shows, but labor...

In the early 90’s, administrators at MIT realized that many of its students, while brilliant, were socially challenged. The bastion of engi...

Image credit: Montana Meth Project In 1998, I was a junior in high school and had never heard of heroin . However, heroin use was on the ris...

Fun fact: I was born legally deaf. An experimental surgery and three sets of tubes later, and I can hear a phone vibrating from two rooms aw...

According to Great Uncle Milton, this child is a "carrier monkey." December is a time for holiday cheer: family get-togethers, off...