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Month: July 2022

  • Acetone, Our Helpful Ketone
    July 29, 2022 by

    Acetone, our Helpful Ketone By Dillon Haynes If you’ve ever worked in a biology or chemistry lab, no doubt this red bottle will look very familiar. Acetone is a solvent that I use on almost every piece of lab equipment, and for good reason. Its ability to dissolve almost any organic is invaluable in our […]

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  • Mars, its Deadly, Dirty Secrets
    July 29, 2022 by

    Mars, its Deadly, Dirty Secrets By Griffin Thomas Mars, the future home of humanity, the next frontier. What if I told you mars wants nothing more than to kill you? That’s right, the red planet is a dangerous place, and its deadly secret lies in the dirt. Far from ideal growing conditions, the regolith (the […]

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  • Water you Drinking?
    July 29, 2022 by

    Water you Drinking? By Jaclyn Flandermeyer Water- vital to life, yet flavorless and sometimes agonizing to drink enough of. It makes up about 71% of the Earth’s surface and about 60% of you. In the past, doctors and health care professionals have recommended you drink 8 glasses of water a day. This amount is not […]

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  • COVID-19: A Threat to Both Humanity and the Environment
    July 25, 2022 by

    COVID-19: A Threat to Both Humanity and the Environment By Isabelle Behrman Most know of the dangerous threat that COVID-19 directly poses for humans; however, many are unaware of the dangerously negative impact that plastic pollution caused by COVID-19 has had on our environment, specifically our oceans. You might think that this plastic pollution issue […]

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