Wood Frogs and Climate Change
James Marino The wood frog (Latin name Rana sylvatica) is a species of frog that lives in a wide range across North America. Scientists...
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The Natural Philosopher
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The Inuit Legacy in Frozen Foods
Sydney Prescott Frozen foods are hugely important to a household. They are a convenient and affordable way to access healthful foods from...
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What wolves, prairie voles, and humans have in common: The front that unites us all
By Holly Fermon Love, the ever-present subject of media, the focus of countless minds, and the source of many questions has become an...
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Offshore Wind Farms’ Role in Habitat Creation
James Marino As demand for renewable electricity becomes higher in the global shift away from fossil fuels, wind farms are becoming more...
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The Natural Philosopher
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A Shrewd Energy Adaptation
Sydney Prescott The common shrew weighs about 9 grams, or 3 pennies, making it one of the smallest mammals on the planet by mass. In...
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From the Sea to the Stars and Everything in Between: Where our Energy Comes From
Jeremy Elliott We’ve all heard of energy, and I’m sure that many of you have some intuition as to what it is. Maybe you’ve read in sci-fi...
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The Natural Philosopher
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Spooky Action at a Distance
Jeremy Elliott Quantum mechanics is weird. So weird in fact, that we weren’t even sure how correct it could be for decades after the...
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Scaredy Cats make Scaredy Kittens
Jordan Newquist Halloween has plenty of spooky elements. From ghosts to skeletons to killer clowns, there's something to scare everyone....
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Staring Down the Fourth Dimension
Ari D'Arconte While ghosts and ghouls may not be real, science can manipulate our world in even stranger and more terrifying ways. The...
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Sharks Go Goblin Mode
James Marino In the sunlit waters of the upper ocean, most sharks are easily recognizable; sleek, grey-bodied, and familiar icons of pop...
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Bug got your tongue? Don’t expect it back
Sydney Prescott There are a lot of weird looking ocean animals out there, but the tongue-eating louse is the one that takes the cake (or...
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How a New "Species" of Oxygen is Challenging Our Understanding of Nuclear Physics
Jeremy Elliot Every model we have of the universe is wrong. Even classical mechanics, which is what brought us to the moon. New...
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Longest Tongue of any Insect: New Species is a Prime Example of Coevolution
Sydney Prescott Many of us are familiar with Charles Darwin’s finches: each species' beak adapted to their unique island's food supplies....
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A New Species of Meat Production
Angelina Woychosky There is no sweeter, more refreshing experience than eating a freshly picked, homegrown cherry tomato under the sun....
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New Ornithopod Discovery Reveals Dinosaur Survivability Through Climactic Crises
Ari D’Arconte In June of 2023 scientists described a new species, Iani smithi from a single finding of a well-preserved skull and spinal...
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Using Slime Mold to Map the Universe
Emily Mynar As Carl Sagan famously said, “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know...
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Building Bee's Honeycomb
Anna Rees Bees’ hexagonal honeycomb pattern is one of the most distinctive patterns in the animal kingdom. Humans have taken inspiration...
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Can We Make Lightsabers In Real Life?
By Jordan Newquist Lightsabers are a hallmark of the Star Wars franchise. Wielded by George Lucas’s Jedi Knights, many Star Wars movies...
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Getting Out of Your Own Head: Connecting the Mind to Computer
By Paloma Salmeron-O'Brien Have you ever wondered what it would be like to connect your brain to a computer? A lot of sci-fi settings...
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After the Honeymoon
Written by Anna Riordan Some people claim love changes you, but does it change your brain? How and why does love change over time? What...
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