What’s That Red Liquid Under Your Steak? Kevin Zhang June 1, 2015 Health Have you ever ordered a steak done medium — or even well — and then reeled from shock when it came back with red liquid pooling underneath it?...
Know Before You Sip Jason Choe June 1, 2015 Mythbusters A Look Into Drinking Myths Myth #1 – Eating after drinking can help reduce an impending hangover False. Eating after drinking will do nothing,...
Mother Nature Knows Best Helen Yao June 1, 2015 Mythbusters The Science of Spider Silk Spider webs are everywhere. From the ornate death trap spanning two tree branches in the woods to the cobweb in the...
Own it on Blu Ray(TM) Aditya Trivedi June 1, 2015 Technology You’ve probably heard these words, often accompanied with “and DVD” on any commercial for the latest movie release. But what exactly is blu...
When Rewind Was More Than a Button Aditya Trivedi June 1, 2015 Technology Transport yourself back a typical scene from life in the 90s. You and your friends were just about to go bowling, and maybe catch the newest Tom...
Too High and Dry Jason Choe June 1, 2015 Climate/Energy, Uncategorized Where We Are For The California Drought News of the California drought crisis has been circulating around the Internet recently, fueled, at least in...
Stem Cells Aastha Chokshi June 1, 2015 Health The Key to Regenerative Medicine There are more than 123,000 people waiting to receive an organ transplant in the United States. In fact, the lack...
A World Within Us Daniel Liu June 1, 2015 Health The Human Microbiome On almost every surface of the human body, both inside and out, are thriving ecosystems of microorganisms: bacteria, fungi and...
To Edit or not to Edit Nancy Song June 1, 2015 Health The Ethics of Gene Manipulation The concept of gene editing (adding, disrupting or changing the sequence of a specific gene) has been a staple of...
Let’s Stay Together Emily Schneider June 1, 2015 Chemistry Getting Protein Bonds to Stick Imagine a match made in heaven: yin and yang, Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly. Now, try to picture what...