How Clean is Clean?
The first full-scale “clean coal” plant opened in Canada this October. The Owned by SaskPower, the Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage Project in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is “the...
Tasty Treats
The Science of Chocolate As you bite into a piece of chocolate do you ever wonder why it melts in your mouth? Are you ever amazed by the crisp snap of a glossy, rich chocolate bar? Chocolate-making is an...
The Haunted Houses of Physics
Imagine a haunted house of sorts, one with many entrances, each of which eventually leads you to a long, dark corridor. You know that the house consists of something more than empty hallways, because you can...
Hallucinogens
What LSD Can Teach Us About Perception LSD and other hallucinogens are typically associated with the 1960s, flower children and the Summer of Love in San Francisco, but the psychopharmacological effects of...
Defining “Normal”
Fighting Crime and Saving the Environment through Anomaly Detection A few years ago, if someone stole your credit card information, you might not know about it until you noticed that your bill was $200,000...
Food for Thought
What Do Our Cravings Really Mean? College students know the dangers of late-night cravings and are well-acquainted with “stress eating,” but why is it that the campus convenience stores make so much money...
Are Clinical Research Studies Always Valid?
Before starting to work in science labs, many researchers are required to take ethics training courses. They are taught about the types of fraud that occur in scientific research, the ways to avoid it, and how...
Keep Telling Yourself: Turning Pegs Is… Fun?
As humans, we like to believe that the choices we make are rational and well founded, but by using psychology to look into the subconscious we can see that not all our decisions are totally logical. How do...
Gerbils More Responsible than Rats for the Black Death
In a now iconic scene, almost as famous for the logistical feat of its staging as for its cinematic impact, the 1979 Werner Herzog film Nosferatu the Vampyre features over 10,000 rats swarming a 19th...
Something Old, Something New
What Diabetes Teaches Us About Tuberculosis Diabetes and tuberculosis (TB) are two diseases associated with two very different spheres: the former with wealthier nations where diets are more likely to be high...