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The Fine Line of Addiction
By Katharine Santiago The use of drugs and alcohol in college is seen as a normal part of the experience, but a lot of times the line...
The Natural Philosopher
Apr 4, 20213 min read
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Finding Your People: The Importance of Peer Mentorship
By Alexia Bove For many, beginning college can be the most dramatic transition that they have experienced by that point in their life. It...
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Apr 4, 20212 min read
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iPencil or Graphite Pencil?
By Alex Hepp The Apple iPad and iPencil make it possible to have access to an online platform while still being able to take handwritten...
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Apr 4, 20214 min read
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Go Outside! Right Now!
By Kayla Downs The outdoors have become of renewed interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no shortage of literature and data...
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Apr 4, 20212 min read
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A Word With Dr. Natalie Kwit
By Maryann Makosiej A State Public Health Veterinarian and former Epidemic Intelligence Officer, Dr. Natalie Kwit is a versatile...
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Mar 29, 20213 min read
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Art Ex Machina
Art by Jake Upton By Will Jeffries Visual art has been a deep-rooted creative outlet in humans for tens of thousands of years, and this...
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Mar 8, 20214 min read
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The Colors of Paradise
Art by Juli Badics By Marlena Tyldesley If you, like me, found yourself absentmindedly working your way through Netflix’s film selection...
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
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The Art of Data Visualization
Art by Jake Upton By Kayla Downs Graphs and other figures are critical to understanding complex scientific concepts, trends, and data....
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
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Rainbows on the Brain
Art by Jake Upton By Alex Hepp In the last several decades, new techniques for biological applications of genetic editing have arisen,...
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
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The Mathematical Beauty in Flowers
Art by Jake Upton By Alice Blake Most people believe nature to be beautiful. The beauty that we see in nature is what drives us to buy...
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
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4 L3gs & a T@il
Art by Greg Mcgowan By Will Jeffries Although many felines have made an enthusiastic start as independent writers, their inevitable...
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Feb 4, 20213 min read
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Uncooking an Egg
Artwork by Kayla Downs By Kayla Downs Many people across the world began cooking at home more in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As...
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Feb 4, 20213 min read
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Holy...Toast? Why People See Jesus In Their Toast
By Katharine Santiago We have all heard about people seeing faces in toast, whether the story comes from a friend or a TV show, it is...
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Feb 4, 20213 min read
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1999 Ig Nobel Prizes: When Kansas put Evolution on Trial
By Marlena Tyldesley In 1999, the Kansas State Board of Education, along with the Colorado Board of Education, won the Ig Nobel Prize in...
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Feb 4, 20212 min read
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Immune Anomalies: How Our Flying Cousin Became the Boogeyman of Virology
By Alexia Bove What do Ebola, Coronavirus, and Rabies all have in common? This may sound like the start of a bad joke, but its a real...
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Nov 8, 20204 min read
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Prosopagnosia and Capgras Syndrome
By Claire Deckers Imagine looking in the mirror and not recognizing the face looking back at you, or trying to find a close friend, but...
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Nov 8, 20205 min read
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The Sleeping Beauty Syndrome
by Marlena Tyldesley My junior year of high school, I got the flu. I was sick for about a week and then began to feel abnormally sleepy,...
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Nov 8, 20203 min read
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A Lucky Four of a Kind
By Kayla Downs Most people don’t think about physics in their daily lives a whole lot. Beyond perhaps what happens when we slam the...
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Nov 8, 20203 min read
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DNA & Drugs
By Katharine Santiago Every individual differs in terms of their genetic make-up. This has consequences in many areas of study, but it...
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Oct 10, 20203 min read
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1994 Nobel Prize for the discovery of G proteins in signal transduction
By Marlena Tyldesley In 1994, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to both Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell for their...
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Oct 10, 20203 min read
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