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Blog / The Uneven Progress of Diversity Across STEM Fields

March 17, 2022 / Allison Smith /

Diveristy in STEM can vary widely across fields. Let’s delve into what fields are more underrepresented, what drives this, and how we can address it.

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Blog / Climate Change Gets a Nobel Nod

October 29, 2021 / Corban Murphey /

We all know that combating climate change is a monumental task, and this year’s Nobel Prize is shared by three scientists that laid the groundwork for climate research.

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Blog / You can’t get blood from stone, but you CAN get stone from blood

October 6, 2021 / Rachel Cherney /

How will future astronauts and space voyagers build shelters? Turns out, their own blood might be key.

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Blog / Why are sunsets and rainbows so pretty?

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 / Corban Murphey / 1

Light: 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…

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Blog / Rural Internet Access and Diversity in STEM

April 5, 2018 / Jessie Barrick /

It is no secret that many STEM fields, especially physics and engineering, suffer from a lack of equal representation by race, ethnicity, and gender. Approximately 75% of all physics degrees…

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Blog / Space Travel is Possible with the Sound of Light

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 / Erika Van Goethem /

Technology moguls dream of human colonies on other planets. For this dream to become reality, science needs to develop new spacecraft capable of transporting people and cargo to the outer…

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Blog / Uncovering Ancient Mysteries with Cosmic Rays

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 / Jessie Barrick /

You probably don’t usually think of particle physics and the Great Pyramid of Giza as having much in common. In some ways, the two seem diametrically opposed: the Giza Pyramid…

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Blog / Artificial Intelligence: Should We Trust It?

December 3, 2017 / Amala John /

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably read about the boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some of the advances have elicited responses ranging from amazement to fear. So…

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Blog / Physics Through the Looking Glass

November 13, 2017November 17, 2017 / Chelsea Bartram /

On Christmas Eve 1956, a woman caught the last train to New York in the snow to report experimental results that would alter the landscape of modern physics forever. Although…

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Blog / Underground Science at SNOLAB

August 29, 2017 / Tom Gilliss /

The best models of how our world works are incomplete. Though they accurately describe much of what Mother Nature has thrown at us, models represent just the tip of the full…

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Blog / Talking Science with Grandma: How to Communicate Science to the Public

April 13, 2017April 12, 2017 / Erika Van Goethem / 1

Before we know it, it will be summer.  That means sunny days, flowers, barbecues, beach trips, and family reunions.  With family reunions comes having to explain to every cousin, aunt,…

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Blog / Cold, What Is It Good For?

December 1, 2016December 7, 2016 / Josh Fuchs /

Winter is officially still three weeks away, although the alternating 30° F nights and 75° F days makes that difficult to remember. The arrival of winter means that it is…

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Blog / The Physics Behind the Newest OK Go Video

March 15, 2016October 7, 2019 / Josh Fuchs /

I first heard of the band OK Go when they released their music video for ‘Here It Goes Again,’ which features the band members cruising back and forth over treadmills.…

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Blog / Biology and Physics Meet in the Middle

February 24, 2016March 3, 2016 / Lydia Morris / 1

Scientists thrive on “aha” moments— breakthroughs in knowledge that come from careful planning or perhaps fortuitous luck. For a team of researchers led by Josh Lawrimore, a fourth-year graduate student…

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