Consider Eliza’s sleep schedule. Eliza is a college student, who sleeps six hours every day due to the constraints of her job, sports practice, and schoolwork. Trudging through the week, she looks forward to the weekend when she can sleep in late and trade her weekday 8 a.m. for a weekend 12 p.m. She’s excited […]
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Cells make up tissues, which make up organs, which form organ systems, which ultimately are the key to keeping us alive. But what is the key to unlocking how various types of cells are made? How does a neuron know to transmit information from the brain to parts of the body, and how does a
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Affective polarization is a term that describes how individuals tend to see their opposing political parties in a negative light and their co-partisans in a positive light. This bias can unknowingly cause ignorance and lead to less effective cooperation and understanding between groups and people of different parties. This psychological mindset is dangerous as it
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When you think of glowing space entities, your mind might jump to the Sun, but what if I told you that our very own planet emits its own mysterious red light? You might be puzzled, and so were researchers in 2009 when a satellite detected shades of red light scattered throughout the planet. The root
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Cells, the most basic unit of life, have a remarkable property: resilience. Cells are faced with a multitude of stressful situations that test their ability to survive, thrive, and adapt to new situations. Often, when a cell endures stress, proteins within the cytoplasm begin to unravel. In order to prevent this, ubiquitin molecules are used
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