personal stories, essays, and reflections about doing science or learning science.
Missing and dead. Where did they go, and what happened? That is probably what you are wondering, and so am I. Say their names: Carl Grillmair, Nuno F. G. Loureiro, Monica Reza, Frank Maiwald, Michael David Hicks, Amy Eskridge, Jason…
What if humans weren’t meant to be here… like at all What if the first human to ever think for themselves didn’t ask how to survive… but instead asked why they existed at all? According to scientists working in these…
Labor Day Encounter On Labor Day this year, I visited West Point Dam, Georgia for a small family picnic. It’s supposedly a good spot for fishing, but I didn’t catch any. However, an uninvited guest took a liking to my…
You might be familiar with The Amazing Spiderman where Dr. Connors, the villain, has an amputated arm. He tests reptilian DNA to see how to regenerate tissue. Instead of simply regrowing his arm, he becomes the Lizard and terrorizes New…
Image Credit: Galileo gambit. (2018). RationalWiki. Lots of new ideas are introduced to science all the time. Many of these ideas are accurate and make great contributions to our body of knowledge. At the same time, many don’t hold…
On a particularly cold night after hours of studying at a cafe, me and my friends are standing in the empty parking lot trying to plan dinner. We see a Tofu House nearby, and decide that a warm bowl of…
This article was made in collaboration with Rachel Weng. Tucked among the brick pathways, buzzing scooters, and campus fields of Georgia Tech is a quieter, fuzzier community. These consist of those with soft paws and watchful eyes. The Georgia Tech…
These adorable flat-faced cats have existed since the 1600s from Mesopotamia which was later called Persia, giving these cats the name Persian. Today, they are an expensive and highly sought-after breed with prices going from $1,000+ for a single…