The Undersea Bone Devourer
Osedax, from the Latin os, oris (bone) and edāx, edācis (devourer), is a genus of undersea worms that consumes bone. A genus (which is more Latin, this time for a family group) is a group of species that are similar.…
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Neuromyths: What We Know, and What We Think We Know
Neuroscience is an ancient subject, but a very young science. What I mean by that is, while people have been fascinated with the concepts relating to the mind and consciousness for as long as we have recorded records, the scientific,…
A Revolution in Heart Transplants
A ‘Cool’ Way to Transport or Not? Since their successful conception in 1967 by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, heart transplants have been a staple in the transplant world. They have provided many individuals with end stage cardiomyopathy (weakening of the heart…
Is eating late at night really bad for you?!?!
Imagine this, its been a long day of exams and work and you really want to just hang out with your friends for the night to simply relax. You and your friends are hanging out and time passes fast and…
Should We Be Worried About Zombie Pathogens?
In the summer of 2016, Arctic regions such as Siberia and Greenland were hit with an unusual heat wave. As plants grew and water levels rose, a thick layer of permafrost that had accumulated from winters prior began to thaw,…
Understanding the Use of CRISPR in Humans
CRISPR, an anacronym that stands for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats,” is a concept becoming quite ubiquitous in most biology classes and rapidly gaining familiarity among experimental medicine and biology discussion circles not to mention scientific publications and health-…
An Egg-istential Question
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A classic philosophical conundrum, intentionally baffling and likely argument-provoking. “You need a chicken to lay an egg, but chickens come from eggs, so you need an egg to get the chicken… to…
Science of Spider Silk
Every year I move into a new room on campus at Georgia Tech, I buy a package of sticky putty, hoping that it will be strong enough to hold my large posters of the periodic table and Chance the Rapper,…