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Need a February Cleanse?

By Chelsea Chang | Blogger | SQ Online (2014-15) Happy end-of-January, everyone! I hope you all had a great New... Read More
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Rain, Grain, Runway

Are the heavens crying for you, California? Read More
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CTAATGT: Not a Typo

Lexie Frye Rochfort | Blogger | SQ Online (2014—15) See what I did there? The title is the complementary strand... Read More
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Mushroom Madness and Fungal Friends

In the world of TikTok, the aesthetic of “cottagecore” has become a growing fascination: romanticizing the wilderness and a simplified... Read More
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My Trip to The Island

This week, we’re talking about The Island, a movie with Scarlett Johansson as a Calvin Klein model ... sort of. Read More
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Sushruta Nose Best

The nose job's humble beginnings trace back to ancient India, when nasal reconstruction was first developed and used by history's first surgeon, Sushruta. Read More
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4D Printing and Cancer-Fighting Nanorobots

So you’ve heard of 3D printing, where various materials can be “printed” into static shapes based on a virtual model. But what about 4D printing? Read More
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Late Bloomers

LIAM HUBER | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) How Flowers Overthrew the World’s Reigning Flora and Reshaped the Biosphere, Befuddling... Read More
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28 Lectures Later

I hope you all had a nice Valentine’s Day. It’s peak flu season, and both of my roommates are sick. I’m likely to get sick as well, so this past weekend I stayed inside and watched a couple of disease movies, starting with 28 Days Later. Read More
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