It is often said that there are no rules to creativity. This sentiment takes on an entirely new meaning in the context of microbial art, a rather avant-garde technique which dates back to the early 1900s. The practice originated in the laboratory of Alexander Fleming, who is credited with the discovery of penicillin and other […]
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DNA and RNA are often hailed as the “code of life.” This isn’t far from the truth. DNA and RNA are nucleic acids, made up of a sequence of chemical components called nucleotides. The order of these nucleotides encodes genetic information in the form of genes, which are transcribed from DNA into RNA before directing
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“Hemorrhage is the number one potentially preventable death.” Curtis Conklin, Command Surgeon for the U.S. Armed Forces Command (FORSCOM), echoes in a statement to NU Sci what has already been emphasized for decades: the issue of blood supply, from the floors of hospitals to the fields of duty. Luckily, a recent advance in hematology called
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Science is indisputable, empirical, objective. Or at least, it’s supposed to be. The practice of science is methodical; designed to produce universally accurate knowledge. Ironically, there is a long and nuanced history of the cross-cultural approaches to science and knowledge. Science is, in other words, uniquely plagued in epistemology. Science does not have to be
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The earliest example of physical writing is widely considered to be Cuneiform, a system of wedge-shaped inscriptions dating back to 3000 BCE. Attributed to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia, the informal system was utilized namely for communication and maintaining transactional records. Although this physical remnant of Sumer offers invaluable insight into ancient civilization, most anthropologists
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