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Continue ReadingSome of the oldest trees in the world can be found here in North Carolina. A bald cypress on the Black River is estimated to be at least 2,624 years old!
Continue ReadingLight: we see it every day in buildings, outside, and on our screens. In fact, seeing things at all is just light going into your eyeballs. It’s often taken for…
Continue ReadingMachine learning has influenced several facets of our lives, from how we conduct research to even how we listen to music. In this post, let’s explore how machine learning is changing the way we listen to and even compose music.
Continue ReadingA poem on the prolific and iconic natural historian, Sir David Attenborough.
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Continue ReadingConservatives and liberals offer differing views on the causes of racial inequality. What does the experimental evidence say?
Continue ReadingNew science on Venus’s atmosphere may inspire new missions to explore “Earth’s Sister”, but did you know that probes landed on Venus’s surface in the 1970’s?
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Continue ReadingWhat is meditation? And is it actually scientifically proven to work?
Continue ReadingScience and art may seem like two opposing fields, but some of the best scientists in the world are artists and some of the best artists in the world are scientists.
Continue ReadingCitizen science enables non-scientists to get involved in the scientific process. Keep reading to find out how you could contribute to a research project!
Continue ReadingClimate change will reduce our ability to reliably get inexpensive, healthy, and plentiful food. Our actions today will determine how we eat in the future.
Continue ReadingEver wonder why Azula’s flames are blue? Read my detailed explanation that was inspired by scientifically inaccurate assignments of flame colors.
Continue ReadingBringing attention to the issue of overfishing, specifically the determent of sharking finning.
Continue ReadingSTEM students seem to be turning out to vote less than their politically engaged peers. Let’s break down what this means.
Continue ReadingAlex Stutzman of UNC-CH (unexpectedly and unintentionally) became the founder of #BlackinGenetics on Twitter, which took over the week of August 17-23rd, 2020. The SWAC Executive Board Interviewed Alex, a…
Continue ReadingJust two centuries ago, an estimated 70% of people died before the age of 25. In the mid-19th century United States, over 20% of children didn’t make it through their…
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