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The Magical Minds of Sunflowers

March 12, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Lane Scher Sunflowers are one of my favorite plants. I like them not just because they grow tall and […]

Long Live the Worms

March 6, 2020March 2, 2021 admin

By Rachel Cherney Immortality is a trait only possible in science fiction and fantasy. However, with scientific and medical advancements, […]

What the heck is the spleen?

February 21, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Jenna Beam Let’s level with each other – everyone has a spleen, everyone knows that everyone has a spleen, […]

Jumping Coronavirus

February 13, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

By Devina Thiono Earlier this year, there was a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China. It was later found that the […]

Betelgeuse: The Road to SuperSTARdom

February 6, 2020February 14, 2021 admin

By Emma Goldberg Although the night sky appears peaceful and calm, the stars we see at night are constantly expanding, […]

The Once and Future Chestnut Tree

January 16, 2020January 30, 2021 admin

By Lane Scher The American chestnut tree used to be the most common tree throughout the entire eastern United States, […]

Future of Organ Transplants

January 9, 2020February 13, 2021 admin

By Rachel Cherney If you’ve received your driver’s license, chances are you had the option to decide to donate your […]

Humpback Whales’ Top Tracks

December 19, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Emma Joy Goldberg Today’s top pop music charts include tracks from Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Harry Styles and Billie […]

Do we really have the cure for HIV?

December 13, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Christian Agosto-Burgos The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged around 1920 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, probably as the […]

Les Measle-ables

December 5, 2019February 24, 2021 admin

By Jenna Beam If you’ve been alive at any point since 1998, chances are you’ve heard about the anti-vax movement. […]

Figs and Wasps: Name a More Iconic Duo

November 21, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Lane Scher In 350 BC, Aristotle wrote about wasps crawling out of ripe figs and then tunneling into the […]

CAR T-cell therapy

November 14, 2019July 23, 2023 admin

By Devina Thiono Versión en Español In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 […]

Vaping: An Attack on Your Immune System

November 8, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Carolina Herrera Vaping is safer than smoking tobacco you say? Tobacco smoking in the U.S. has decreased, however due […]

Curing the Common Cold

October 31, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Emma Joy Goldberg It’s that time of year again. The time of year when, one by one, your friends, […]

Are you stronger than a Shrimp?

October 24, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Rachel Cherney Earth is filled with some incredible sights and unbelievable creatures. You may have heard of the great […]

The Battle Against the Bugs: Antibiotic Tolerance and Staph infections

October 10, 2019July 23, 2023 admin

By Jenna Beam Versión en Español Let’s talk about Staph. If you haven’t had a Staph infection, you probably know […]

Making the World of Plastics More Transparent

May 2, 2019January 31, 2021 admin

By Candice Crilly Derived from the Greek word plastikos meaning “capable of being shaped or molded”, plastic is an umbrella […]

Herd Immunity

April 18, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Tim Daugird What if I told you that if enough people got a flu shot, we could all eliminate […]

The Human Genome Project: More Questions than Answers

April 11, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Laetitia Meyrueix The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome. A genome […]

Autoimmunity: How T Cells Go Wrong

April 4, 2019February 16, 2021 admin

By Christian Agosto-Burgos Every single day we are all exposed to thousands of nasty and tiny pathogens, such as bacteria, […]