Cancer’s Cheat Meal: Lactate
CANCER! Media buzzword, devastating disease, hot research topic. The scientific research community is constantly churning out new discoveries in an effort to revolutionize our means of attack against cancer,...
Quantum Keys
Quantum Computing has been projected to radically enhance computing power, which, at face value, sounds like a great advancement for the tech world. However, the increased power that brings quantum computing...
Big Falcon Rocket: The Future of Spaceflight
On July 20, 1969, the first humans set foot on the moon. Nearly half a century later, humanity is finally ready to take on Mars. As in the 1960s, NASA remains one of the major organizations...
X-rays, electron beams, and the future of structural biology
On October 4, 2017, an emerging technique for structural visualization was brought to the world’s attention by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. Developed by Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard...
Communication Between Brains
"I am what I am because of who we all are." –Ubuntu Have you ever wondered how your newsfeed affects your political views? Why you and your friends have similar opinions on certain matters? Where do...
The Brain on Writer’s Block
It always happens at the worst times; the flow of words across the page suddenly halts as inspiration disappears. This irritating occurrence, known as writer's block, is defined by Merriam Webster as “a...
Discovering Saturn: Cassini’s Grand Finale
Saturn: the jewel of our solar system. Wheeling in its lonely orbit around the Sun, the sheer magnificence of the gas giant and its rings have fascinated observers on Earth since the time of Galileo. However,...
Off With His Head
Sixteen-month-old Jaxon Taylor of New South Wales, Australia was recently internally decapitated after a major car accident severed his upper vertebrae. Upon airlift to a Brisbane hospital where spinal surgeon...
A Little Dirt Never Hurt
The days get longer, birds start chirping, and flowers start blooming. And then there’s the uproarious sneezing and nose-blowing of itchy, red-eyed humans cursed with allergies. Allergies seem fairly common,...
Seeing the First Light in the Universe
Soon, we may be able to peer back in time and “see the first light in the universe.” NASA has been using this bold promise to generate buzz for the 2018 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). But, the...