“Kills 99.9% of Germs”: Is That Enough? November 9, 2020 4 min readEven when we are alone, we are not actually alone. Rather, we are surrounded by trillions of bacteria that can... Read More
Disaster Medicine: What Is It? October 30, 2020 5 min readHurricane Harvey, Cyclone Idai, the World Trade Center bombing, the Beirut explosion. These are all examples of both natural and... Read More
I’ll Be Back: Reintroducing Endangered Species October 22, 2020 10 min readThe biosphere – a term that defines the unique status of our world as a reservoir of life for millions... Read More
Midterms, Essays, Labs, Oh My! October 14, 2020 12 min readAn Exhausting Cycle Your room is dim, lit only by the bright light of your laptop and the soft pearly... Read More
Move Over, COVID: Meet The Plague October 6, 2020 7 min readFor many of us, the COVID-19 outbreak is our first experience with a global pandemic. However, this is hardly the... Read More
COVID-19’s Effect on the Environment: Blessing or Curse? September 28, 2020 9 min readThe Bosphorus in Istanbul is one of the busiest marine trade routes in the world. Cargo ships and fishermen alike... Read More
The Five Second Rule June 20, 2019 3 min readBY M.N. | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) We’ve all done it: dropped a piece of food on the floor... Read More
I Got It From My Momma May 24, 2019 3 min readBY M.N. | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) It is not uncommon to hear “I got (insert trait here) from... Read More
(Sleep)walk the Walk, (Sleep)talk the Talk May 3, 2019 4 min readBY M.N. | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Somnambulism, commonly known as sleepwalking, remains a puzzling and sometimes frightening phenomenon... Read More