by Honoreé Brewton Versíon en Español The human nose has the ability to smell over one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) scents. What’s […]
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Smelling Sulfur: the Chemical Culprit behind Eggs, Skunks, and Garlic Breath
by Bree Iskandar All of us are familiar with the distinctly unpleasant smells of rotten eggs, garlic breath, skunk spray, […]
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by Taylor Tibbs What if there was a fruit that made everything you ate taste amazing? A magical fruit that […]
Continue readingI 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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by Nicole Gadda When’s the last time you ate a burger and fries? Picture the way your burger looked–maybe it […]
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 […]
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By Jennifer Schiller When I was young, there was this one kid in my class who had all the colors […]
Continue readingSynesthesia: Taste the Rainbow
By Jennifer Schiller Close your eyes and remember your breakfast. How did it feel? Was it slimy scrambled eggs? Was […]
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