Despite being relatively common, our society often does not recognize the existence of intersex people. This article explores the science genetics behind how sex exists on a continuous spectrum.
Continue ReadingScientists have discovered a plant that changes appearance to match nearby plants, living or artificial, posing the question: can plants see?
Continue ReadingHistory about how the space race started, and the implications of the soviets being the first to get a satellite into space.
Continue ReadingOn Monday, August 28, 2023 at 1:02 pm, the UNC-Chapel Hill community lost a member of the research faculty, Dr. Zijie Yan. Dr. Yan joined the UNC faculty in 2019…
Continue ReadingHypertension is more serious than we realize.
Continue ReadingMany people are under the impression that radioactivity causes cancer. Can we use radioactivity to cure it?
Continue ReadingWe explore Earth’s water cycle and the effects humans are having on the natural world.
Continue ReadingKopi, café, kaffee, however it is said, coffee is one of the most common caffeinated beverages consumed around the world. But can this innocuous beverage, and similarly caffeinated products, cause more harm than good?
Continue ReadingCoral reefs are critical, diverse ecosystems that are highly sensitive to climate change. Due to warming ocean temperatures, coral can expel the symbiotic algae that feed them, known as bleaching. Researchers are hard at work to increase coral diversity, bolster heat resistance, and protect native species from extinction.
Continue ReadingThe United States has experienced major increases in opioid overdose deaths involving the veterinary sedative xylazine.
Continue ReadingAdvances in innovative, sustainable, and equitable science is rooted in cultivating environments that allow all trainees to thrive. To continue to normalize abusive and exploitative academic practices while dismissing trainees from historically excluded and minoritized backgrounds with the sentiment that “you grow through what you go through” is comparable to attributing a poor harvest to droughts while actively salting the earth.
Continue ReadingLooking behind the scenes of the recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion.
Continue ReadingThe sky is the canvas.
Continue ReadingFruits are generally thought to be healthy for you, but grapefruits can cause complications with certain medicines.
Continue ReadingAn overview of the science behind pregnancy and abortion legislation.
Continue ReadingThis article investigates the neuroscience of music, including melody, tone, pitch, and rhythm, as well as how the ear processes sound.
Continue ReadingEarly embryonic hearts are the first functioning organ in embryos, playing a critical role in development, but don’t resemble the mature four-chambered organ we might imagine. Some anti-abortion legislation hinges on the term ‘fetal heartbeat’ to describe early cardiac activity when neither a fetus nor a chambered heart exist.
Continue ReadingThe Development, Implications, and Ethics of AI Art
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