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Los Angeles native singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams released “Risk” on May 1, over a year since she last had new music.

The frustration with the overuse and misapplication of the term “quantum” in contemporary media . . . is palpable.

I guess I should start with a formal apology. I tried. I really did! But despite my best efforts to not cave into the demons telling me to go down the EDM/techno/house rabbit hole, here we are.

“What kind of American are you?”

Get excited folks, there’s a new cowboy in Tech Town, and he’s here to bring you playlists.

All bark, no bite.

I am a big believer in destiny, that commander of events that places people where they need to be exactly when they need to.

As the beginning of February comes back around, you may notice an increase in red or dragon imagery on campus or around Pasadena; Lunar New Year is approaching on the 10th, a celebration of a new year timed by the lunar calendar instead of solar calendar.

To remind readers where we left off in the previous episode, Elizabeth Zott — female chemist in the 1950s who mastered out of her UCLA Ph.D. program and became a lab technician at Hastings — is now working in Dr. Calvin Evans laboratory.

(Lessons In Chemistry Apple TV+ series: Season 1 Episode 1: Little Miss Hastings) The novel was picked up by Apple TV+ and turned into an eight-episode mini series starring Brie Larson. This recurring column will review each episode from my perspective as an actual woman in chemistry.