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(En)Tangled: Escape from Locality Source: Flickr When Rapunzel was stuck in her tower, she felt limited because she could only interact with and affect the state of what was in her immediate vicinity. Ultimately, she, like everyone else, was limited by the principle of locality, which states that an object is only influenced by its immediate […]

Movie Review: Hidden Figures Source: 20th Century Fox By Vivian Lee & Melissa Michels You arrive home after a strenuous day of work to greet your children. They inform you that earlier that day they performed emergency drills at school. Their professor instructed them to hide under their desks and cover their heads in the event of

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Where the Candidates Stand on Science By: Cayman Somerville & Rafi Razzaque On September 26, 84 million viewers tuned in for the most watched presidential debate in United States history. The second town hall style debate drew about 67 million viewers. While many tuned in for the drama, others hoped to hear about the candidates’ stances

The Science of Self Care By Mackenzie Coleman Self care is a relevant buzzword in a world where social activism is becoming increasingly mainstream. Many of the actions often associated with self care, however, have existed since the beginning of time. Communities throughout history have employed countless practices and traditions to address the healthcare needs of

I Like Big Bugs and I Cannot Lie By Shannon Jones Imagine a bug. No, larger. No, still larger. Imagine a dragonfly with a wingspan of almost two feet, or a centipede eight feet long. If you travelled back in time, you might have seen either of these creatures, or some of their other, equally massive,

More Bacon, More Problems By Lucas Cohen In response to the recent accumulation of evidence that the consumption of red and processed meats increases the risk of cancer — particularly colorectal cancer — a team of 22 scientists convened at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to formally evaluate these claims. The team examined over 800 epidemiological studies,

Preventing Procrastination By Alex Soltoff I went to bed on Friday, March 11th believing that I’d get up in the morning at nine to do some intensive research for this article. I managed to wake up at nine, but because I had fallen asleep in the middle of an episode of Girls, I had to

Against The Grain: What’s All the Fuss about Gluten? By Naomi Stapleton People suddenly seem to have lots of opinions of gluten. There are the people avoiding gluten, and there are the ones aggressively avoiding those people at all costs. Gluten is feeling a lot of hostility lately, and it’s not yet completely clear if there