by Gabrielle Bais On April 8th 2024, a total solar eclipse was visible across the continental United States. This is […]
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Plant Breeding – Making Today’s Brussels Sprouts
by Anna Goddard Do you ever hear your parents talking about how bad Brussels sprouts used to taste? They remember […]
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Neurotransmitter
(noun. /NUR-oh-TRANZ-mi-ter/) by Maya Bluitt What does it mean? Neurotransmitters are chemicals used by neurons (nerve cells) to communicate with […]
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The Standard Model
(Noun. /STAN-derd MOD-l/ ) by Clark Hickman What does It mean? The Standard Model (SM) is the theory that best […]
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Stress and Health: Should We Be Stressed about Stress?
by Hazel Milla Stress is a normal part of our daily lives that can help us focus and address challenges, […]
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Were You Really Going to Buy That? The Psychology of Marketing
by Daniela Danilova It happens all the time. You go to the store looking for a simple evening meal; yet, […]
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Spatial Transcriptomics
by Kerstin Baran Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? Spatial transcriptomics is a cutting-edge technique […]
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Exoplanet
(noun. /ECKS-OH-plan-it/) by Mikayla Feldbauer What does it mean? An exoplanet is a planet that exists outside of our solar […]
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Epigenome
(noun, /eh-PEE-jee-nohm/) by Hazel Milla What does it mean? The epigenome is all of the chemical modifications to a genome. […]
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Plants aren’t the only ones who need the sun
by Chelsea Smith Have you ever noticed yourself feeling happier and more energetic in summer months? Well, the increased exposure […]
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Why Do Physicists Want To Keep Building Bigger Colliders?
by Clark Hickman On July 4, 2012, hundreds of people gathered in a room in Switzerland to celebrate. These weren’t […]
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Long COVID: Haunted by the PASC
by Tiffany Ko It’s hard to believe that four years have already passed since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced […]
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The Legacy of the Calutron Girls
by Macy Lynn Osborne-Frazier If you watched or heard about the 2024 Oscars, you may know that the movie Oppenheimer […]
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This is your brain on social media
by Maya Bluitt Image source It’s a scenario all too familiar: Imagine you’re writing a paper for a class when […]
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May the Silence Be With You: Where Exactly is Yoda Hiding?
By Sophie Mendell and Jacob Ramsey Science fiction tells tales of incredible worlds, inhabited by countless curious and intelligent alien […]
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It Smells Like I’ve Been Here Before: The Link Between Smell and Memory
by Karly Forker Whenever I smell a specific brand of laundry detergent, I am instantly transported back to my college […]
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Transient Transfection
by Olivia Conway Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Transient transfection enables the temporary expression […]
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Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
(noun. /rye-bO-new-clay-Ick ah-sED/) by Quinn Eberhard What does it mean? A core chemical of living organisms, similar in chemical properties […]
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Antibiotic kill curves
by Jamie Liu Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? This tells the scientist how bacteria […]
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Antibiotic
(noun. /an-tee-by-AW-tic/) by Jamie Liu What does it mean? Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat or prevent bacterial […]
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