Have you ever broken a bone and wondered how it heals over time? Our bodies are designed to recover as fast as possible after an injury in a process called cellular regeneration. Our bones are... Read More
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
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
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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
What if I told you that this colorful plate depicting a tropical landscape with ocean waves and a setting sun is not a painting, but actually consists of many bacterial colonies. Each streak on... Read More
Introduction: When one thinks of food modification, stories from the last decade about food that is abnormally large or long lasting are often the first that come to mind. In reality, the first form of... Read More
When we think of plastic in relation to the environment, heart-wrenching images of polluted seas, dolphins trapped in plastic bags, and sea turtles entangled in plastic rings with deformed shells often come to mind.... Read More
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With the current COVID-19 pandemic, children experience less social interaction than possibly ever before. Ideally, they would continuously learn and socialize with classmates in classrooms, rather than through online video meetings. However, more children and... Read More
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Introduction Do you remember sitting in front of the television as a kid, listening to Dora the Explorer or Handy Manny as they taught us Spanish through their many adventures? While their continuous repetition and... Read More