Tired ‘Round the (Circadian) Clock
Everyone knows what it’s like to feel tired. If you’re a student, you probably know what it means to feel completely exhausted. You likely could also pinpoint exactly why you […]
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2017-2018 Monarch Numbers Down: A Battle on Two Fronts
This year’s overwintering monarch butterfly population experienced a 14.77% decrease from the previous winter, following the trend of steady decline observed over the past two decades. These overwintering monarchs represent […]
ER = EPR
Einstein is known for reshaping our conception of space and time and showing that this involved a re-imagining of gravity. This set the stage for the field of General Relativity, […]
Six Hours Until Sunrise and a Binder Full of Notes
Sleep deprivation is something everyone has experienced. We spend a third of our lives snoozing, or we should. Occasionally, we procrastinate or misjudge how long something is going to take, turning what should be a chance for the various functions of your body to reset and undergo maintenance into a productivity marathon.
Detoxifying the mystery of an underrated organ
We’re a few months into the new year now, so how’s that “New Year, New You” life plan going? More specifically, how about those detoxes or cleanses? You may have […]
Texan Panthers to the (Genetic) Rescue
Once upon a time, thousands of panthers roamed throughout the North American continent. Puma concolor are a highly adaptive species that inhabited a variety of habitat types. However, within 200 […]
Innovation in Education: How Virtual Reality is Transforming the Classroom
It is a blazing hot summer day in August of 2014, and I am a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed freshman at the University of Georgia about to attend my very first college […]
The Story of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Warning: There are images within this article that may be disturbing to some. Like many Americans, when I think of the problems associated with living in poverty, the first thing […]
When Climate Change Becomes ‘Real’
Sometimes, in the debate around climate change, we forget that it has a real impact on real people who we care about. Sometimes, we forget about the effect it can […]
Egg Freezing: Are Silicon Valley Companies Entering the Ice Age?
In 2014, Facebook was the first tech company to announce it would pay for egg freezing—both for female staff and the spouses of its employees. Soon after, Apple and Google […]
