The Origins of the Climate Crisis: Leading to an Uncertain Future By Julia Hines, Chemical Engineering, 2021 Source: Shutterstock.com The Climate Crisis has filled the news lately with the rise of Greta Thunberg, a sixteen year old climate activist, and many youth-led protests across the globe. Thunberg’s insistence of action has reverberated around the world. […]

Source: Shutterstock.com Discovering Our Roots: The Origins of the Human Genome Project By Rachel Lines, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 Humans share a DNA code that is 99.9 percent identical among all individuals. Encoding physical traits, instructing development, and containing information about probability of disease, DNA tells the story of humanity’s past, and individuals’ connections to one another.

Trending in Textiles By Tori Markin, Business Administration, 2021 Source: Shutterstock.com When you are looking to buy a new shirt, you may be looking for style and affordability. Though, how often do you consider the actual textiles used to produce that shirt? With 16 million tons of textile waste in 2015 alone, consumers need to take

What Prescriptions Are In My Garden? Heather Welch, Environmental Science, 2020 Source: Shutterstock When I was very young and complained to my mother about a sore throat, she would give me tiny white pebbles that looked vaguely like Dippin’ Dots and tasted like weird sugar. Their primary ingredient was echinacea, a purple flower that has long

DNAge of Consent By Emily Chen, Data Science and Biochemistry, 2023 Source: Shutterstock The distribution of a revolutionary piece of DNA testing technology has changed the world of ethics and information gathering. A genomics company, 23andMe, commercialized a device that reveals an individual’s ancestry when provided with only a sample of saliva. If only things stayed

Why Do We Believe? How Religion Evolved from Ancient Human Behaviors By Amanda Bell, Biology & Computer Science, 2024 Source: Pixabay There are hundreds of religions practiced worldwide. Some believe in gods, others focus on self-improvement or a blissful afterlife; but one common feature between all religions is the sense of community they bring to

The Renewables Revolution By Alysha Ebrahim, Chemistry, 2022 Source: Pixabay Global temperatures are rising, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are to blame. The CO2 emissions on the planet are increasing rapidly due to the use of new technology. Instead of watching while technology creates CO2 emissions, there are scientists out there who are creating new