by Taylor Tibbs Calico cats have a secret hidden under all those cute black, white, and orange spots. While the […]
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Do Naked Mole Rats Hold the Secret to Cancer Treatment?
by Colleen Steward Imagine that you are on a trip exploring the Atlanta Zoo. You round the corner from the […]
Continue readingDNA Replication: A Fundamental Yet Highly Complex Process
by Dalia Fleifel Cell division: Why and how? The human body is estimated to be made up of ~37 trillion […]
Continue readingThe World’s Most Miraculous Fruit
by Taylor Tibbs What if there was a fruit that made everything you ate taste amazing? A magical fruit that […]
Continue readingThe Venus Flytrap: Watch Your Fingers!
by Madison Williams Did you know that some plants actually eat insects? Yep! One of the most famous carnivorous (meat-eating) […]
Continue readingBallooning Spiders
by Lacey R. Lopez Imagine you’re playing in the backyard with your friends, kicking around the good ol’ soccer ball. […]
Continue readingHow Our Cells Divide
by Madison Williams The cell cycle is the process by which our cells grow and divide. This process happens during […]
Continue readingHow are fingerprints formed?
By Taylor Tibbs Every single person on the planet has a unique set of fingerprints – even those of identical […]
Continue readingImprinting: An Avian Anecdote
by Whitney Bell Recently, a special love story garnered an enormous amount of publicity. A lot of proposals and wedding […]
Continue readingDo dogs really love us?
by Nicole Gadda Do our dogs really love us? The science says yes! We recently rescued a 10-week old puppy. […]
Continue readingThe Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology
By Riya Gohil The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology One of my favorite analogies of learning is the expanding circle […]
Continue readingColor, too, is in the Eye of the Beholder
by Anastacia Wienecke There is much more to color than meets the eye. Quantitative measurements like weight, volume, temperature, and […]
Continue readingThe Rainforests of the Sea
by Nicole Gadda Sea turtles, jellyfish, anemones, parrotfish, seahorses, sea sponges, starfish, Nemo, and Dory – coral reefs aren’t nicknamed […]
Continue readingFlying the Red Eye
By Alec Chavez “Flying the red eye” is a commonly used expression to describe the tired appearance of one’s eyes […]
Continue readingApoptosis
By Mohamed Mahmoud Have you ever imagined that cells can die by suicide or thought of how and why they […]
Continue readingThe Microbes Behind Yellowstone’s Rainbow Hot Spring
By Michelle Chamberlain Yellowstone National Park contains a rainbow colored hot spring called Grand Prismatic Spring. No, somebody didn’t dump […]
Continue readingEpiphytes: Plants That Can Live Without Soil
By Taylor Tibbs We naturally assume that plants grow in soil. However, not all plants need soil to survive! Epiphytic […]
Continue readingCell cycle
By Mohamed Mahmoud The human body contains about 37.2 trillion cells. All of these cells are derived from only one fertilized […]
Continue readingThe Breath that Changed the World
By Michelle Chamberlain Today, humans rely on oxygen to survive, but for the first half of our planet’s history oxygen […]
Continue readingThe Antisocial Social Club of Gloomy Octopuses
By Emma Goldberg Gloomy octopuses, also known as Common Sydney Octopus, have traditionally been thought of as loners. Until recently, […]
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