Vol. 1 No. 5 (2025)

Link to full issue

At SciWISE, we approach science as something lived and felt. This issue moves between the intimate and the expansive, examining vulnerability, curiosity, and discovery across many forms.

We open with a short story, “The Weight of Every Breath” by Aulona Tofaj, a dual narrative on cystic fibrosis told through a patient’s voice and a physician’s reflection. From there, a poem, “Supernova” by Salma Abuzaiter, turns to the cosmos, where collapse becomes transformation.

Life at its most fragile returns in an abstract, “First Breaths and Second Chances” by Arun Nadarajah, followed by another poem, “A Neuron’s Lament: The Last 2 Minutes” by Rishi Agarwal, which sits quietly with memory, loss, and time. A moment of visual curiosity appears through a comic by Bolden on the cloud cell, before the issue expands outward again with a news report, “Solar Comeback: New Era of Space Weather” by Udval Altansukh.

We then step into the human side of medicine through an interview by Ameena Taher with medical improv facilitator Dr. Hartley Jafine, and close with a research paper by Ariana Hoogerdyk, Danielle Montocchio, and Dr. Jurek Kolasa on the behaviour and resilience of Caribbean periwinkle snails.

This issue invites readers to experience science not only as knowledge, but as something deeply human.

Link to references