Sydney Levine
SYDNEY LEVINE
SCIENCE COLUMN | Levine: What does it take to feel someone else’s pain?

Last month, Jewish writer and Nobel Laureate Eli Wiesel was quoted in The New York Times as wishing a particular punishment on Bernie Madoff, the […]

March 25, 2009

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SCIENCE COLUMN | Levine: ‘It’s gross’: Dissecting the disgust reaction

Recently, I’ve been taking note of the instances in which people use “It’s just gross!” as an argument or explanation. Everyone has a disgust response […]

February 11, 2009

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Levine: Goodbye, or not, to autism patients

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Last semester, I interned at Chapel Haven, a residence for individuals with autism […]

January 21, 2009

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Up the Hill – Good Vibrations

After six years of oboe lessons, I still sounded like a drowning duck. My high school band director insisted that if I only practiced more […]

January 16, 2009

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Levine: Love is more than just science

As a scientist, I am, at times, guilty of aggressive empiricism — the notion that truths can only be learned (inasmuch as there are truths […]

November 19, 2008