Articles by Jonathan Hielkema

Jonathan Hielkema

Jonathan Hielkema is a Chimes staff writer for the 2012-13 school year.

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Interfaith dialogue enriching

This past year was christened the Year of Interfaith Understanding, and it brought with it a whole raft of discussions a...

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Scientists learn to store data on DNA molecules

Because the amount of data people are generating and processing continues to grow at a remarkable pace, storage technolo...

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‘Silver and Gold’ explores secular twists on Christmas

Between 2006 and 2010 Sufjan Stevens released only a single album, a recording of a classical piece written for a film d...

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Gene variant helps determine circadian rhythms

A new article in the scientific journal Annals of Neurology has identified a gene that controls a number of what are cal...

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Breakthrough chemotherapy treatment performed in UK

Although it claims hundreds of thousands of lives per year in the United States alone, cancer is, in many cases, a treat...

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‘Ocean Roar’ lives up to its namesake

Low-fidelity production, so-called “lo-fi,” has been embraced by a diverse set of musicians and movements within the...

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Sustainable living a Christian calling

The Spirit calls all members to embrace God’s mission in their neighborhoods and in the world: to feed the hungry, bri...

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Hurricane Sandy stirs up climate change debate

Hurricane Sandy has caused an estimated $50 billion in damages throughout the East Coast, stopped electrical service to ...

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Simplicity and complexity coexist in healthy tension in Sun Araw and the Congos’ newest album

California-based musician Sun Araw produces experimental psychedelic music that owes an obvious debt to Jamaican dub pro...

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Microsoft Surface has potential, still rough around the edges

Microsoft is a software company that minted its considerable fortune producing products that ran on others’ hardware. ...