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On Your Plate: Superfoods

As society grows increasingly health-conscious, certain products are now adorned by a new term: superfood. While this term is applied to everything from chia seeds to kale, does it really tell us anything about the…


On Your Plate: Bioengineered Food

We’ve all seen the Non-GMO Project or USDA Organic labels on products at the grocery store, or perhaps the “Contains Bioengineered Food Ingredients” warning beneath the nutrition facts. Often, it can be easy to categorize…


From Pastry to Cancer Cell

Most of us have heard it before: with hard work and the right attitude, you’ll be successful. But that’s easier said than done. In fact, an A.I. system based in Japan became the embodiment of…


The Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Aedes aegypti. Responsible for spreading fatal and contagious diseases like the Zika virus, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever, these mosquitoes are quite the worldwide threat to public health. Many of the diseases they pass have…


Artfol: What the Art Community Needs

The Problems of Social Media for Artists The art community on social media is a wide and diverse group of people who share their love for art. Since I first became engaged with the Instagram…


The Greatest STEM Scandal in US History: Theranos

Intro: Imagine receiving crucial information about all your current and unforeseen health problems from a box-like machine, a machine among the most innovative and revolutionary to ever exist. Alongside, placing trust into the company worth …


What Happens to YOU During a Nuke?

a small-scale nuke on a city scroll down to play   Welcome to CITY XX Population: Average 1st Life ♥ ♥ ♥ Sunlight streams down from a baby blue sky as you wander through the…


Our Aquatic Ancestors

As much as there’s a lot we don’t know about the ocean, there’s also a lot of phenomena about how our own bodies evolved that we don’t yet understand. In fact, it’s very likely that…


2021 Award Winning Books

During their annual midwinter conference, the American Library Association (ALA) hosts the annual Youth Media Awards (in library land, it’s like the Grammys, but for books). All year, leading up to the event, bibliophiles host…


The Equation of the Heart

Valentine’s Day is one of the most widely celebrated holidays on our calendar. The whole school, parking lot, neighborhood, (basically everywhere) seems to be filled with flurries of red and pink hearts, chocolates, and cherubs….


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