Finding the Elusive Braveheart RNA Structure Catrin Zharyy, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 Source: Pixabay If there’s anything genetics can teach us, it’s that we are the sum of our parts. Sure, you can style your hair or do some jumping jacks, but there is only so much about your appearance and health that you can control. […]
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Hunger equals coping? By Michelle Lim, Psychology, 2022 Source: Pixabay Why do we eat food? The most obvious answer is to survive. When we are feeling hungry, we eat food in response to the perception of required nutrition, as demanded by our hypothalami. When our brains think we are hungry, they display hormone signals to indicate
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Race as a social construct: That’s what genomics says By Christie Ya-Chi Lee, Biology & English, 2022 Source: Pixabay If we were to examine the chemical composition of every living organism, we would find a common thread of carbon and hydrogen, and a mix of oxygen and nitrogen atoms. At its root, the biological composition of
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Why symmetry in nature is the key to understanding the universe By Annetta Stogniew, Bioengineering, 2024 Source: Pixabay When one considers the term ‘symmetry,’ an image of regular polygons with dotted lines traced across their centers usually comes to mind. When one is asked to cite instances of symmetry in nature, mentions of human faces, starfish,
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The Biting Truth About Venomous Snakes By Binh Dang, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2022 Source: Pixabay When I tell someone I spent a summer catching snakes for research, I often get one of two reactions: an exclamation of fascination or an audible gasp and look of horror. Usually it’s the latter. The typical question that follows
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The Junction of Science and Spirituality By Kristina Klosowski, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Source; Pixabay Belief in a higher power, supernatural being, or divine force- though different in role and representation, consistently spans across diverse cultures and time periods. Thus, from a sociological standpoint, many have argued that human beings are innately religious. But natural scientists
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Could Dark Matter Predate the Big Bang? Olivia Hilferty, Undeclared, 2023 Source: Pixabay In the first prominent cosmological model, Aristotle placed Earth at the center of the Universe. A little less than 2,000 years later, Galileo’s idea of the Sun being at the center of our Galaxy became the accepted model. Throughout time, scientists have played
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Conformational diversity and beauty in proteins By Brian Cho, Chemical Engineering, 2023 Proteins account for 50 percent of the dry mass of most cells and form the machinery that allows cells to live. Why are they so abundant and how do their structures affect their functions? Proteins are large, complex structures formed from tiny building blocks
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Brain shrinkage in researchers in Antarctica Dina Zemlyanker, Data Science & Biochemistry, 2024 Source: Pixabay The monotonous white-on-white environment, coupled with the scarcity of human interaction, resulted in the shrinkage of the brains of nine researchers who were on an expedition to Antarctica. The lack of varied sensory and social stimulation caused the researchers to
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