The Tree with a Shower Sex Life By Arav Singh Did you know that during rainy showers, there is a tree that procreates? The dioecious Gingko biloba rains motile sperm during rainfall. Besides the cycads, it is the only living seed plant to contain flagellate sperm. And, yes, I know what you are thinking, but […]
Ant Farmers By Eryk Fisher Something most people may take for granted is that humans have farmed and mastered agriculture over thousands of years, changing society and our species’ survival tactics forever. But what most people don’t realize is that humans are not the only creatures to do so, or even close to being the […]
Is the Sky Blue? By Jaron Bobay Many people ask, “Why is the sky blue?” and the answers are usually uncertain. In actuality though, it has been known for 150 years. John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, was a 19th-century physicist from Essex. In 1871, two papers he wrote were published, explaining the […]
Cooking Under Pressure By Talon J. Cotterman Have you ever wondered how pressure cooking gets your food cooked thoroughly at a much faster pace, or maybe why people up in the mountains have special cooking recipes for high altitude cooking? The answer to these both boil down to the same idea: the relationship between pressure […]
The Radium Girls: A Fluorescent Death By Dre’An Johnson It’s undoubtable that the early 1900s gave rise to a plethora of discoveries and inventions, many of which that we use today such as the television, pilotable helicopters, and (my personal favorite) crayons. It is also no secret, however, that this time period had more than […]
Chasing Rainbows: The Colorful World of Solvatochromism By Jacob A. Brooks So What is Solvatochromism Anyways? Solvatochromism is the change in absorption property of a chromophore in a variety of solvents, with differing polarity of said solvents. Understanding this now may lead you to the following questions: What is a chromophore, and what is absorption? […]
How My Research is Helping Me Get into Medical School By Jasney Combs The path to becoming a doctor is extremely difficult. To be a competitive applicant for medical school, it is important to get involved in extracurriculars such as clinical experience and research. But what if that research has nothing to do with medicine […]