Life in Ruins By Heather Welch, Environmental Science, 2020 Photo: Shutterstock A skull here, a coin there, the foundations of an ancient home — the study of archaeology reveals to modern societies how their long gone counterparts lived and related. In 2019, a recently discovered site in Idaho inspired a study, which postulated that the first people who […]
Roman Roads: Built to Last By Sanjana Mishra, Computer Science, 2023 Source: Pixabay The Roman Empire is iconic in history books, spanning from Morocco in the south to Great Britain in the north, and Portugal in the west to Iraq in the east. Keeping such a large empire in check proved to be a challenge, leading
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The History of Fire By Emilie Schwenzener, Biology and English 2025 Source: Pixabay The crackling and peeling bark of civilization welcomes the heat that comes with change. The history of fire, a story of ever changing definitions for what fire is, is the shape of expression. Fire becomes a symbol of the self, a belief in
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Fire in the Body! By Brian Cho, Bioengineering 2023 Source: Pixabay When a person becomes ill, strange things start to happen. They feel hot, yet cold. Their surroundings start to feel different and moving a muscle seems to take too much energy. But the question should be why this happens? Does the disease plaguing the person
Can You Take the Heat? The Science Behind the Scoville Scale By Alisha Karuvannur-Sandhu, Behavioral Neuroscience & Philosophy, 2023 Source: Pixabay The title of “World’s Hottest Pepper” has switched around for years, ever since the so-called “arms race” to grow the spiciest pepper began in the nineties. First it was the Bhut jolokia, or “ghost pepper,” then
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Is nuclear energy the solution to the climate crisis? By Maya Krause, Environmental Science, 2022 Source: Pixabay In 2016, a Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans say they oppose nuclear energy. And who can blame them? Movies and TV shows such as the miniseries Chernobyl portray nuclear power plants as dangerous machines, where if
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Feel The Burn: How insights into burning have better shaped our understanding of pain By Theodore Fisher, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 Source: Shutterstock Think back to the last time you burned yourself. Chances are you were cooking, touching up a hairstyle, or getting the wrinkles out of that one shirt that never washes well. Ever since we
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As Temperatures Rise, So Do Female Sea Turtles By Maya Homan, Journalism, 2023 Source: Shutterstock American news sources dubbed 2018 the “Year of the Woman.” In 2019, certain members of the animal kingdom are following suit, albeit in an unexpected way: on beaches across the globe where sea turtles lay their eggs, the hatchlings are skewing
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Thermoelectric Materials: A balancing challenge for recycling heat By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics & Math, 2021 Source: Shutterstock As the planet warms due to excessive burning of fossil fuels, and as these sources deplete, much focus has been on researching alternative energy sources. While developing these more sustainable technologies is vital, an often publicly overlooked
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