Introduction: Over the years, a growing trend in sports has emerged with schools, professional teams, families, and even city parks switching from real grass to artificial turf. In my life alone, I have seen my friends’ families remove beautiful grass…
Imagine a tiny mouse with long, golden-brown fur that looks like it belongs on a woolly mammoth! As of a couple months ago, you don’t have to imagine- scientists at Colossal Biosciences recently created mice like this by using a…
From ages 6-10, my uncle took my cousin and I to Navy Pier every summer. It’s July, school is out, the sun is shining, and not one multiplication table in sight! Fatty fair foods to our left and Lake Michigan…
In today’s data-driven world, few forms of personal information are as personal and revealing as genetic information. Genetic sequencing has become more widely available and used, from determining health predispositions to investigating ancestry. But this growing availability also poses significant…
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…
Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases—caused by bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal pathogens—remain one of the world’s greatest health challenges due to their high mortality, potential for rapid spread, and socioeconomic burden (World Health Organization [WHO], 2023). The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the…
April 2025. Did Colossal bring back the dire wolf? Short answer, not really. The long answer is a bit more complicated and goes into what ‘species’ actually means. Earlier in April, the biotech company Colossal put out a press release…
You’ve probably seen pictures of origami before, or even folded some yourself! Origami is an ancient art form that originated in China in the 2nd century AD. It made its way to Japan around the 6th century, where it became…