Divya Ravikumar

Bioengineering // Class of 2025

All in your head

In today’s world, it is common to religiously watch each live stream of your favorite gamer, closely follow the main character of your favorite show, or consistently keep up with your favorite music artist without missing a beat. Everyone wants to be connected with the people they admire, especially the famous ones. In the age […]

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Staying in tune

Music has been a powerful vessel for conveying feelings, messages, and stories for hundreds of years. A simple tune can evoke forgotten memories, inspire creativity, or calm the soul. The connection between music and emotions is no secret. The real mystery lies in how the wiring of the brain is able to break down complex

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Call from the deep

Dark, cold, and seemingly bottomless, the Mariana Trench is shrouded in mystery, being one of the least explored places on the planet. However, one of its secrets was finally revealed by identifying a rare whale species to be the source of an unusual sound coming from the trench called a “biotwang.” In 2014, autonomous underwater

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Bilingualism on the brain

Bilingual people always think twice. Literally. By constantly coactivating both languages through an expanded neural network, their minds tend to take slightly longer to process sounds and consider options for word retrieval. However, the momentary confusion of not being able to recall an exact word is a small price to pay for the impressive cognitive

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Nature’s light show: Breaking down the 2024 aurora super season

Auroras — dazzling phenomena that paint the night sky with a myriad of colors — have fascinated humans for thousands of years. Occurring in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, they are known as the aurora borealis and australis, or northern and southern lights, respectively. At the start of 2024, auroras entered a super season,

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A garden in the dark

As the possibility of deep space missions to Mars looms closer, scientists are actively addressing one of the biggest concerns: food.  For previous space missions, scientists prioritized providing astronauts with necessary nutrition over food quality. However, this mindset is not sustainable when considering a long-term space mission. With factors like the weight of the food

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