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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 / A Stimulating Treatment for Drug Addiction

November 16, 2017 / Deirdre Sackett /

Drug addiction is notoriously difficult to treat. Limited treatment options are available for those suffering from addiction, including behavioral therapy, rehabilitation programs, and medication. However, current drug addiction medications are…

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Blog / Burn Baby Burn! For the Longleaf Pines

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 / Manisit Das /

The recent forest fires have been wreaking havoc across California since early October. In fact, destructive wildfires are a frequent occurrence in the dry, western state. Such fires are generally bad…

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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 / The Ethics of Open Access: Is Pirating the Best Path?

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 / Tyler Farnsworth /

  Alexandra Elbakyan will go down in history as the mastermind of Sci-Hub and perhaps as a champion for open access research. Sci-Hub is an online repository of pirated research…

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Blog / Frog Slime: The Secret to Kicking that Awful Flu

July 3, 2017July 10, 2017 / Breanna Turman /

  Got the flu? Time to start looking for your frog prince. Researchers at Emory University have identified a substance that kills influenza, the virus that causes seasonal flu. The…

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Blog / Synthetic Chimeras: Separating Science from Science Fiction

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 / Nicholas Tay /

Earlier this year, scientists from the Belmonte lab at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, CA) reported the first successful grafting of human stem cells into pig embryos. In other words, they were…

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Blog / The March for Science Raises Concerns Over Politicization

March 6, 2017 / Matt Niederhuber /

The March for Science has drawn widespread support from a community anxious about the state of science under the new Trump administration. But while many are strongly in favor of…

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Blog / Opening Our Minds to “Outsiders”

February 22, 2017 / Kathy Do /

Who I am today is a reflection of all the sacrifices my immigrant parents made to achieve the American Dream. In the late 1970s, my parents fled the Communist takeover of…

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Blog / Don’t Fear Nutella Just Yet!

February 1, 2017January 31, 2017 / Aminah Wali /

“Did you hear that such-and-such causes cancer?” Every time you turn around, there is a new report about a study supposedly linking a food or ingredient to some form of…

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Blog / A Dinosaur “Tail”

January 26, 2017 / Cortney Cavanaugh /

What happens when scientists get their hands on the remains of a dinosaur encased in ancient amber? Fortunately, life doesn’t imitate art to the extent to which we should be…

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Blog / Why it Takes Tanks to Separate Two Phone Books

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 / Tom Gilliss /

It can be tempting in science, and in life, to believe that every stone has already been turned, that the most impactful steps in your field have already been made,…

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Blog / The Impossibly Ideal Scientist

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 / Laurel Kartchner /

Beverly Crusher. Roy Hinkley. Emmett Brown. Samantha Carter. Sheldon Cooper. The Doctor. Abby Sciuto. Temperance Brennan. What do each of these scientists have in common? From creating a Geiger counter…

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Blog / The Amazing Microbiota of Brown Bears

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 / Melissa Plooster /

Image a researcher has been tasked with studying how hibernation affects a bear’s microbiota, or the collection of microorganisms residing on and in an organism. The researcher begins his day…

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Blog / Lacking Nobel-ity

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 / Kaylee Helfrich / 1

Do you want to learn about how the material of pants affects the sex life of rats?  Or about the different personalities of rocks? How about someone who invented prosthetic…

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Blog / Grossed Out? It’s a Grave Matter in Moral Psychology

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 / Zan Isgett /

Halloween is a time of year when we hanker for the horrific, ogle at the ugly, and revel in the rotten. And in this election year, we’re just as likely…

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Blog / Perseid Meteor to Light Up Night Sky

August 10, 2016August 9, 2016 / JoEllen McBride / 1

The Perseids are here! This annual meteor shower is one of the best and brightest, but this year it’s predicted to be even more spectacular. So, if you’re in a…

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Blog / Milking Cellular Agriculture for a More Sustainable World

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 / Stephen Klusza /

Could you live in a world without beer? For at least 2 billion people, the answer would be a resounding “NO!” Many alcohols, like beer, exist because of a microorganism…

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