By Jenna Beam Meet Edward Jenner, a physician from way back in the early 1800’s. Why do we care about […]
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The Amazing Horseshoe Crab
By Eva Vitucci The horseshoe crab, an animal that’s actually more closely related to sea spiders than sea crabs, has […]
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Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands
By Devina Thiono With Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still going strong, we’re hearing the phrase “wash your hands” more frequently. […]
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The Magical Minds of Sunflowers
By Lane Scher Sunflowers are one of my favorite plants. I like them not just because they grow tall and […]
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Long Live the Worms
By Rachel Cherney Immortality is a trait only possible in science fiction and fantasy. However, with scientific and medical advancements, […]
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What the heck is the spleen?
By Jenna Beam Let’s level with each other – everyone has a spleen, everyone knows that everyone has a spleen, […]
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Jumping Coronavirus
By Devina Thiono Earlier this year, there was a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China. It was later found that the […]
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Betelgeuse: The Road to SuperSTARdom
By Emma Goldberg Although the night sky appears peaceful and calm, the stars we see at night are constantly expanding, […]
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The Once and Future Chestnut Tree
By Lane Scher The American chestnut tree used to be the most common tree throughout the entire eastern United States, […]
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Future of Organ Transplants
By Rachel Cherney If you’ve received your driver’s license, chances are you had the option to decide to donate your […]
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Humpback Whales’ Top Tracks
By Emma Joy Goldberg Today’s top pop music charts include tracks from Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Harry Styles and Billie […]
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Do we really have the cure for HIV?
By Christian Agosto-Burgos The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged around 1920 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, probably as the […]
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Les Measle-ables
By Jenna Beam If you’ve been alive at any point since 1998, chances are you’ve heard about the anti-vax movement. […]
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Figs and Wasps: Name a More Iconic Duo
By Lane Scher In 350 BC, Aristotle wrote about wasps crawling out of ripe figs and then tunneling into the […]
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CAR T-cell therapy
By Devina Thiono Versión en Español In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 […]
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Vaping: An Attack on Your Immune System
By Carolina Herrera Vaping is safer than smoking tobacco you say? Tobacco smoking in the U.S. has decreased, however due […]
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Curing the Common Cold
By Emma Joy Goldberg It’s that time of year again. The time of year when, one by one, your friends, […]
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Are you stronger than a Shrimp?
By Rachel Cherney Earth is filled with some incredible sights and unbelievable creatures. You may have heard of the great […]
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The Battle Against the Bugs: Antibiotic Tolerance and Staph infections
By Jenna Beam Versión en Español Let’s talk about Staph. If you haven’t had a Staph infection, you probably know […]
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Making the World of Plastics More Transparent
By Candice Crilly Derived from the Greek word plastikos meaning “capable of being shaped or molded”, plastic is an umbrella […]
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