Being A Scientist

by Macy Lynn Osborne-Frazier If you watched or heard about the 2024 Oscars, you may know that the movie Oppenheimer…

by Margaret Dedloff Barbara McClintock was a geneticist who studied the genetics of maize, also known as corn (Figure 1).…

by Megan Amason Think back to the last time you had a cold. What did you do to help alleviate…

by Rami Major From crime shows tracking down killers to the action movie Rampage with gene-edited predators, DNA and scientific…

By Regina Fernandez Fun rating: 2/5 Difficulty rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? The purpose of a laboratory notebook…

By Chad Lloyd Most people have heard of the scientific method. The scientific method is the process that we use…

By Michelle Engle The phrases “laboratory animals”, “lab rats”, and even the idea of scientific testing on lab mice tend…

By Kelsey Gray I was 16 years old the first time I stepped into a research lab. I was in…

By Yitong Li One of the biggest funding agencies in the United States, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends…

By Kelsey Gray If you were to play a word-association game and make lists of the words that go with…

By Lauriel Earley Using the internet gives you access to a wealth of information, but sometimes it’s too much! How…

By Tamara Vital Scientists communicate their findings to one another through the primary literature: papers that describe their work and…

By Mike Pablo “I want you to tell me ten mistakes you’ve made the next time we meet.” Flashback to…