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Blog / How to Kelp the Planet

April 12, 2021 / Gabrielle Budziszewski /

*Crunch* As I chew on the dried seaweed snack, it almost melts into my mouth, giving me a strong umami flavor that tastes vaguely of a mouthful of ocean water…

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Blog / When Astronomy Goes Wrong

April 8, 2021 / Mackenna Wood /

New discoveries in astronomy often make the news. But extracting meaningful information using only light from distant  stars can be very difficult, and astronomers do occasionally get it wrong. What…

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Blog / What octopuses on ecstasy tell us about brain evolution

April 7, 2021 / Kate Giffin /

Of all the creatures on earth, octopuses might be the most alien. They could not be more different from us, with powerful tentacles, three hearts, blue blood, and neurons spread…

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Blog / Pack your bags, we’re going to the Galapagos

April 6, 2021 / Kayla Goforth /

The Galapagos Islands are home to a wide variety of unique animals, many of which are critically endangered.

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Blog / NASA is Searching for Life on Mars!

April 5, 2021 / Mikayla Feldbauer /

NASA’s newest mission to Mars features the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter. This mission will study geological features of the Martian surface and demonstrate new technology. Header photo from NASA’s website.

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Blog / Going Westward: The Hidden Figure behind the GPS

April 1, 2021 / Jamshaid Shahir /

Many of us have used the Global Positioning System (GPS) at some point in our lives. From commonly navigating to places, tagging people on social media, to even catching Pokemon…

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Blog / Meating the Demand: The Rise of Alternative Meat

March 31, 2021 / Autumn G. Hullings /

Alternative meats are here to stay! Can they satisfy our demand for more meat, save the planet, and our health?  Meating the Demand: For More “Meat” Alternative meat options once…

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Blog / The birth and inevitable death of Moore’s Law

March 31, 2021 / Corban Murphey /

We’ve all seen it happening: shiny and fantastical electronic devices coming out year after year, each one rendering its predecessor obsolete. Why does this happen? Will we eventually hit a…

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Blog / The Madness of Predicting March Madness

March 29, 2021 / Meaghan Kennedy /

One of my favorite times of the year is between the middle of March and the beginning of April, also known as March Madness. I grew up being hooked on…

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Blog / Trimming the Fat: How Cultured Meat Could Take on the Meat Industry and Tackle Global Warming

March 26, 2021 / Matt Niederhuber /

The average American consumes approximately 58 pounds of beef per year, based on current estimates from the USDA. That’s about four quarter-pounders per week, which is a major problem from…

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Blog / Debunking MSG & “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”

March 24, 2021 / Bree Iskandar /

Salt is used to season virtually everything – from the simple scrambled eggs made five minutes before your first Zoom meeting, to an entire pot roast that took the whole…

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Blog / COVID-19 and the Near Miss Effect

March 20, 2021March 22, 2021 / Samantha Abrams /

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic just over a year ago, but many Americans are optimistic about the coming months. The United States has now purchased enough…

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Blog / Do All Facts Need To Be Published?

March 18, 2021 / Nila Pazhayam /

The world of science is filled with inequalities and biases of many different kinds. In India – where I’m from – this exclusion begins at a very young age due…

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Blog / If bacteria could talk, what would they say?

March 17, 2021 / Katie Acken /

Each bacterial cell is independent – it can survive and replicate on its own. However, bacteria do work together to achieve common goals. Good communication is vital to teamwork, and…

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Blog / Conquer Pandemic Boredom: Become a Citizen Archaeologist from Home (Responsibly)

March 15, 2021 / Madelaine Azar /

It’s been one year since COVID-19 launched us into a real-life game of Plague Inc. And if you’re anything like the rest of humanity, your mind is probably melting from…

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Blog / What defines a Woman?

March 9, 2021 / Rachel Cherney /

March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to celebrate the accomplishments of women and the progress towards gender equality.  International Women’s Day is March 8th, and this year’s theme is “#ChooseToChallenge”.…

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Blog / To be or not to be…Vaccinated: Understanding the novel coronavirus vaccine

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 / Sean Gay /

What is this new COVID vaccine? Is it safe to get?

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Blog / Visualizing an invisible virus

March 8, 2021 / Odessa Goudy / 3

An illustrated guide to the coronavirus and its variants.

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