Category: Being a Scientist

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 […]

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 […]