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What’s the weirdest psychiatric condition you’ve ever heard of? Odds are, this one is infinitely stranger. Delusional Infestation (DI) is a condition in which a person falsely believes that their skin is infested with parasites, insects, bacteria, fungi, or other…
The Clock Within: Neurospora crassa What is the science behind the clock? How did the first person just acknowledge that “Oh it’s 12:00 p.m.”? Wouldn’t it surprise you to realize that your body already knows time? The human body has…
The Pokémon “Shellos” and its evolution “Gastrodon” (whose pink West Sea variant is one of my favorite Pokémon) resemble a sea slug. Don’t just take my word for it, though—in their Pokédex entries, Shellos and Gastrodon are referred to as…
The Mandai Bird Paradise is the biggest bird conservatory in Asia, inaugurated back in May 2023. As one of the six pillars of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, the incredible sanctuary covers over 42 acres of land on Mandai Island in…
One of the chicks above is named “Bouba.” The other is named “Kiki.” Going just off of your gut intuition, which one is which? If you answered that the left chick is “Bouba” and the right chick is “Kiki”, many…
“What’s your favorite subject?” “I’m not sure… just definitely not math. What’s yours?” “Oh, funny story…” Ah yes, math, the subject notorious for being one of the hardest subjects in school, with “math anxiety” being the term coined for the…
Our brains are amazing, allowing us to do so much. Even so, they aren’t perfect. Do you remember during COVID, you would meet people for the first time wearing masks? Then, when you finally saw their whole face, you were…
Imagine the following scenario – it’s 2:15 am and you’re furiously typing away a final paper that is due before your 8 AM class tomorrow. With dark circles under your eyes, you take another sip of your iced Americano and…