Op-Eds
Imaging
Keep the spaceflight record: restore funding for SPIF and the RPIF network
Most of the photos you see online are actually mosaics built from many smaller images. Behind each lies a vast record — thousands of data points, mission metadata, camera settings, and decades of notes. These aren’t just pretty pictures; they’re the evidence base for science, showing how far we’ve come in exploring our solar system. Read More
logos
Debunking the Debranding
We are not “change-averse”: we simply desire ever better change. Read More
social life
Punctuality: is it as important as we consider it to be?
Personally, I think it’s a give and take. I don’t really want to be stood up for hours, but it’s also important to be flexible and respect other cultures. Read More
art
Balancing consumption and creation
The problem isn’t consumption inherently, but rather how we consume. Read More
data
Polling problems, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant
It seems that identity politics and dissatisfaction with presidential candidates presents just as much of a problem for pollsters as their research methods. Read More
friends
The weight of perception
For some of us, this weight of being perceived presses quietly against our shoulders, altering the way we stand, the way we speak, and even the way we think. Read More
British
The UK is moving right
The stage was set for Labour’s sweeping victory in 2024, but the celebrations didn’t last long. Read More
emotions
The danger of neo-masculinity
This patriarchal view of manhood definitionally conflicts with the ideal of gender equality. Equality has no ruling class. Read More
court case
When courts decide science: the University and the cases that could decide our future
By September, UR reported at least twenty terminated federal grants, totaling $9 million in losses. That is not a policy debate — it is stalled research, frozen hiring, and real people caught in the middle. Read More
american dream
The American obsession with productivity, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant
The American Dream supposedly acts to propel the people of this country forward, but instead it drives people away from any kind of work-life balance. Read More
