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The Body’s Reaction to Love

October 2, 2024 8 min read

Love, that dangerous game of tug-of-war between emotions and certainty, orchestrates an intricate series of physiological and psychological processes that lead to common physical responses. When hit by Cupid’s arrow, customary feelings to experience are... Read More

Fragments of Life: Restoring Hawaiian Coral Reefs with Indigenous Wisdom and Community

September 17, 2024 10 min read

223 years ago, Hualālai volcano’s final eruption tumbled across the Hawaiian seaside village of Kaʻūpūlehu, coating the bay in molasses-black lava. Today at this heritage site, cooling air suspends the rippling lava field in time... Read More

Hecatomb: Skirting the Shadows with Viral Dark Matter

September 16, 2024 6 min read

Schrodinger’s cat famously posed the question of how to classify the unobserved. In this thought experiment, Schrodinger imagines a cat in a box equipped with a mechanism to kill it. Until we look inside, the... Read More

The Epigenetic Benefits of Coffee

September 16, 2024 9 min read

For most people, especially students, coffee is a necessity for everyday life. Whether it’s that morning cup to get you out of bed, that midday “pick-me-up,” or the 2:00 am recharge during finals; if we... Read More

Genotype v. Phenotype: Diagnostic Medicine

May 2, 2024 11 min read

What do you think makes you physically identifiable? Is it your height? Or maybe your unique eye color? All of these visible traits make up your phenotype. That is only one definition of phenotype, however.... Read More

Evolutionary Response to Illness Through Odor Cues

May 19, 2023 7 min read

When you come down with an illness—a fever or the flu, for instance—you may notice a strange smell setting onto your blankets and clothes. Even when you’ve recovered, the smell may still linger until you’ve... Read More

Pharmaceuticals: From Paul Ehrlich to Big Pharma

May 16, 2023 6 min read

The coronavirus pandemic triggered a rise in the general public’s interest in the world of pharmaceuticals. Curiosity regarding the development and production of drugs by companies like Pfizer and Moderna has become a centerpiece of... Read More

A Trip Through Tripping

May 12, 2023 7 min read

Yahoo! Mario hits his head on a yellow mystery block. When I do that, I get a concussion, but when he does it he is rewarded with a red and white mushroom–a magic mushroom. When... Read More

To Burp or To Fart, That is the Question

May 8, 2023 7 min read

To Burp or To Fart, That is the Question This past winter was a crazy one. Many parts of the US experienced record low temperatures, and over 60% of the US population received some sort... Read More

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