Brainstorm
Brainstorm
The Daily Northwestern
We explore all things health, science, and tech-related. Don’t worry, Brainstorm’s got this down to a science.
Brainstorm: The Risks of Returning to Campus
As Northwestern students prepare to return to campus in the fall, what do they need to know about the risks of college life during the pandemic? Three COVID-19 experts at the Feinberg School of Medicine weigh in.
Jul 16, 2020
6 min
Brainstorm: Stopping the stigma
Auntie Flo has come to town… and not everyone knows what that actually means. Our latest episode of Period Pressure dives into the stigma behind periods and why it’s so hard to talk about them.
Jul 7, 2020
7 min
Brainstorm: Facts behind the flow
Periods don’t stop for a pandemic. The first episode of The Daily’s new series, Period Pressure, takes a look at menstrual health, and some of the challenges associated with it, especially in the midst of a pandemic.
Jun 26, 2020
6 min
Brainstorm: Dreaming in COVID-19
Why have people been having weird, vivid COVID-19-related dreams? The answer’s complicated.
May 6, 2020
7 min
Brainstorm: Unmasking the Research Behind COVID-19
When McCormick Professor Jiaxing Huang first heard about the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown in Wuhan, China, he asked himself what he could do to help. Then, he began developing a new kind of mask.
Apr 24, 2020
7 min
Brainstorm: What Past Pandemics Can Teach Us
This isn’t the first time the world has survived a pandemic, and it is possible history will repeat itself. What can the 1918 influenza and HIV tell us about what lies ahead? Listen as Jacob Fulton and Neya Thanikachalam break down the social and historical context of the novel coronavirus.
Apr 17, 2020
9 min
Brainstorm: Multilingualism and the Mind
How do the languages you speak change the way you think? The answer’s surprisingly complicated.
Apr 13, 2020
8 min
Brainstorm: Why does the Western world often overlook Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Brainstorm’s second episodes dives into Traditional Chinese Medicine, and why it’s often delegitimized in the Western world.
Feb 14, 2020
7 min
Brainstorm: Why does Social Darwinism still exist?
The first episode of Brainstorm, The Daily Northwestern’s health, science and tech podcast, explores the reasons why eugenics and Social Darwinism still exist and how people use the Theory of Evolution to justify these ideas.
Feb 3, 2020
10 min