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America’s Most Popular Drug

MADELEINE YU | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2016—17)   When one hears the phrase “drug addiction”, many images come to... Read More
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Vegan-Free Plants

I’ve been watching a lot of Planet Earth lately (thank goodness for Netflix), and I started to realize that I do a lot of blogs about animals. Read More
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I’ve Had It With These Mako Sharks

...Three mako sharks secretly genetically engineered to have enlarged brains for experimentation, but instead the sharks use their superior intellect to shepherd the personnel through the facility. Read More
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Give Me Candy: How Sugar Really Affects Your Body

Sugar! Sugar! Don’t we all need some sweet donuts and milk tea on this fair day? Maybe you woke up this morning craving some Oreos and Sour Patch Kids? Are you feeling fatigued by the never-ending research projects or the frustrating lab reports? Me too. That is why we will be talking about the most common binge eating / coping food item: sugar. Read More
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My Europa Report

I read the other day that they found water on Mars–not evidence of historical waterflow or frozen deposits at the poles, but nasty, briny water at the equator. Read More
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You, Frankenstein

Nothing beats Victor Frankenstein for talking about questionable surgeries on the human body, but remember that “Frankenstein” was the name of the creator, not the monster! Read More
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Chocolate Bunnies: Easter Edition

It is not hard to imagine why chocolates became a must-have on the most adorable day of the year. Let’s figure out how its chemistry works all the delicious magic in our bodies. Read More
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Looking for a Buzz

I was covered from head to toe, with every possible opening shut tight by zippers or elastic. This was my first time in a bee suit, and it was making me slightly claustrophobic. Professor John Neeves at UC San Diego had offered to give me a tour of the beehives he keeps in the biological field station on campus. Read More
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American Idiocracy

I would have thought the electrolytes would have acted as fertilizer; I swear I’m not an idiocrat. Read More
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