by Daniela Danilova Before there was on-demand streaming, there were infomercials. Although nowadays a practically extinct form of advertising, these […]
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Nature’s Light Show: The Discovery and Application of Green Fluorescent Protein
by Aili Hao Nature is full of glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish. This ability to produce light is known […]
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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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Cryptography Demystified: How to Hide Information Using Math
by Daniela Danilova For many of us, paying with a credit card is second nature. You take out the thin, […]
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More Than “Meats” the Eye: The Rise of Cultivated Protein
By Hannah Wiedner Take a close look at the burger patties below. One of them was created through conventional agriculture […]
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I Went to Mars (and all I got was motion sickness)
by Rami Major One of my favorite memories from elementary school was taking a school-sponsored field trip to Epcot in […]
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Cloning: Turning Sci-Fi Movies into Reality
By Mohamed Nasr Have you ever wondered what could happen if there were several exact copies of yourself? What would […]
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Biomimicry
By Devina Thiono Note from the Editor: Students interested in biomimicry can also check out Biomimicry.org Animals, and nature in […]
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Hachimoji DNA
By Anastacia Wienecke Before we jump into our discussion of hachimoji DNA, let’s talk a little bit about proteins. Did […]
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Reprogramming Mosquitoes to Kill Mosquitoes
By Riya Gohil You probably think mosquitoes are a nuisance and wish they didn’t exist, but is wiping out whole […]
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A Portrait of a Protein
By Anna Wheless “What was the most important scientific discovery ever made?” The answers to this question range from the […]
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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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The Bionic Mushroom
By Rachel Cherney A fungus among us can now produce electricity with the help of cyanobacteria – a certain species […]
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Space Biology: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
By Sam Stadmiller Have you ever wondered if aliens are real? Well, scientists do too, and they spend lots of […]
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What’s in a face? Paving the way for biometric technologies
By Chad Lloyd Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, “They look just like someone else I know?” […]
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How to Copy DNA: The Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction
By Matt Niederhuber There’s a good chance you’ve heard about DNA testing before, probably on a crime TV show or […]
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Getting into a Cycle of Recycling
By Kelsey Gray In elementary school, I always looked forward to enjoying some Sunny Delight orange juice when my mom […]
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Eat Your Heart Out: Growing Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves
By Allyson Roberts Regenerative medicine is one of the hottest topics in biomedical science right now. Multiple labs are using […]
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Seeing the Unseeable
By Mike Pablo Today I’m writing about microscopy. One of the great pleasures of the field of microscopy is being […]
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Molecular Machines – 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
By Sarah Marks For me, one of the most exciting times of the year is in early October, and it’s […]
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