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Bees Love to Play!

Breaking news! Playing isn’t just for vertebrates! In a recent study at Queen Mary University of London, researchers Hiruni Samadi Galpayage Dona, Cwyn Solvi, Amelia Kowalewska, Kaarle Mäkelä, HaDi MaBouDi, and Lars Chittka discovered that bumblebees are very far from…

Why Design?

One of the most challenging questions I am asked as a designer is why I chose the study path I chose. I am often asked Isn’t that just the same as being an art major? or Why not choose something…

LaTeX: A Typesetting Guide

As an aspiring scientist, I look to encourage as many people as possible to read what knowledge I can share. Technology has made that incredibly easy, as proven in history by the boon caused by the printing press. A huge…

Marine Birds Fly Into Storms to Survive?

In a recent article written by Freda Kreier, I learned about a very interesting phenomenon that some researchers have discovered. Many different species of seabirds have had their behavior studied during typhoons in the seas around Japan. What’s going on?…

Dressing Up as Dora for Science

What’s the first thing you notice about this photo? Maybe it’s the girl in the paper towel shirt with a tin foil backpack posing as Dora? Or maybe the girl with the construction paper boots or the girl with the…

Plant-Based Savoriness: Easy as 1-2-3, MSG

  As a fourth year college student, I’ve spent a good amount of time cooking for myself and experimented with a lot of different cuisines ranging from Italian to Southeast Asian-inspired dishes. Within all of that, I’ve also tried to…

Math is Friend, Not Foe

Today I’d like to talk about everyone’s favorite, least-favorite subject in school: Math Math can seem very scary and complicated. And this feeling is very valid to have – math does get more complicated the more you learn. When faced…