By Loret Haas-Hanser In a scientific, technological era it is difficult to imagine diseases infecting hundreds of millions of people per year- especially a d...

By Emily Kaloudis It is safe to assume that people generally know that pollution and littering are bad. The majority of humankind try not to throw their plas...

By Emily Press When I think about cheese, I picture a wheel of brie, slices of cratered swiss, and the Kraft mac from my childhood. For most of us, at least ...

By Emily Press “An old white male is the classic image of a professor, with leather elbow patches and a tweed jacket, and that’s not me.” Dr. Melissa Pespeni...

By Michelle Wheater Climate change is arguably the biggest scientific problem we are facing today. Considering this problem’s enormity, the knowledge that th...

By Reese Green As we lace up our boots, pull on brightly colored jackets, and stuff our hands into gloves to combat the cold, insects are undergoing a far mo...

By Olivia Hakan When most people hear the words “global warming” or “climate change” they probably think of melting icebergs, extreme heat, and maybe even in...

By Nellie Stidham As this winter continues, education about cold exposure must continue. One of the best prevention tactics is knowing how to identify and pr...

By Nick Fontaine In the midst of the brutal cold brought about by the polar vortex that engulfed the Midwest a few weeks ago, people reported hearing loud cr...

By Lily Marino In the bitter cold of northern Finland, bird communities are experiencing a sort of winter-themed crisis that is a microcosm of environmental ...

By Loret Haas-Hanser The ozone is a stratospheric region of Earth that absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Comprised of a special form of oxygen made...

By Cai McCann Imagine you’re standing on the frozen ground of the Arctic, peering out at a harsh, barren tundra. Only it’s not white, it’s an explosion of pe...

By Maryann Makosiej Walk into Dr. Barlow’s office, and you will be inundated with books. David Quammen’s “Spillover”, public health textbooks, mastitis contr...

By Riley Forbes Every minute, 1 million plastic bottles are sold across the globe, and only 14% are recycled. Plastic bottles, in addition to other single us...

By Cai McCann Entomophagy, the consumption of insects, provides a new, innovative, and up-and-coming solution given the exploding human population and the co...

By Riley O'Halloran Pollinators are fundamental to the world’s ecosystem, the most important of which being the bee. Though other insects, like butterflies a...

By Toby Lanser The scientific method, and by extension scientific research, is founded upon pillars of guesswork and ambiguity. Questions are asked, guesses ...

By Olivia Hakan At this point, everyone in the US knows something about climate change; a change in the earth’s climate and atmosphere that leads to an incre...