Space Medicine

Today was the second session of Space Medicine, the only elective I’m taking this block. Growing up, my father never pushed me towards any particular field of science except one – astronomy. In fact, thanks to him, I was probably the only 1st grader who owned the entire library of Isaac Asimov’s space-related articles, videos, and programs (though at that time, all I could appreciate were the beautiful pictures). Around the time of high school and college, I became grossly interested in string theory and probability equations examining singularities in space-time. Now I’ve been given a chance to learn about how one of my childhood science interests ties in directly with my future career in medicine. Read more