Strangest Alien Worlds Madelyn Broome April 12, 2016 Physics/Space 1,963. That is the number of confirmed exoplanets as of March 2016, according to NASA. With a backlog of 4,696 potential exoplanet candidates, the...
Beyond Ethanol Abhiram Karuppur April 11, 2016 Climate/Energy New Bioenergy Crops for Biofuels “Using ethanol increases global warming emissions over the use of straight gasoline,” journalist Ed Wallace...
DNA Machines On a Roll Emily Schneider April 6, 2016 Chemistry, Features Machines, motors, mechanization — what comes to mind when you hear these terms? Maybe something big and clunky; maybe something powerful and sleek....
Cage Molecules Abhiram Karuppur April 5, 2016 Chemistry, Features Designing a Liquid That Can Swallow Gas Have you ever driven by an oil refinery or a really large power plant and wondered, “Gee, there’s a lot...
Outer Space Makes Bacteria More Deadly Lily Dattilo April 4, 2016 Features, Physics/Space When we think of the dangers that space flight poses to humans, we tend to worry about macro problems. What if the shuttle’s engine fails? What if...
Mysteries at the Center of the Galaxy Madelyn Broome March 31, 2016 Physics/Space 1 Comment For more than a decade it has been widely accepted that the center of the Milky Way is not, in fact, nougaty caramel, but a supermassive black hole....
How Two Guys Hacked a Jeep Eugene Tang March 30, 2016 Technology A few months ago, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek hacked a car. Yes, hacked a Jeep, to be precise— as a guy (Andy Greenberg) was...
The Neuroscientific Merits (or Lack Thereof) of Cramming Shiyi Li March 29, 2016 Neuro/Psych Many students have probably discovered that no amount of pedagogic ingenuity can inspire academic motivation more than the combination of 4:00...
Torture on the Brain Justin Mehl March 28, 2016 Features, Neuro/Psych Flaying, burning, boiling, crushing, beating, ripping, and stabbing—the horror of physical torture throughout history is still cringe-worthy...
Quantum Dots Diana Vazquez March 28, 2016 Features, Physics/Space, Technology The Ultimate Game Changers In an art gallery, the lighting in which a piece of art is shown is incredibly important to the viewer’s experience....
