Kelsey Brew

Kelsey Brew

Currently studying Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech, and has a passion for puzzles, biology, and just all sorts of quirky science facts

Collaboration is Key!

As a senior in college, about to graduate with an engineering degree, I’ve come to actually appreciate the dreaded “group project” – and trust me, working with others can be very challenging. But on reflection, I can really see how…

The Flower Power Behind Gene Silencing

Have you heard the story about some scientists trying to turn purple petunias more purple, and instead the petunias threw a tantrum and turned white? The theory I heard was that because the method to insert new genes into an…

Carcinization: Evolution’s Favorite Shape is Crab

Evolution is a very complicated field – and one of the bigger long-standing questions is crabs! Specifically, why animals keep evolving into them! The phenomenon of animals, or specifically crustaceans, evolving into a crab-like shape has occurred so often it…

Math is Friend, Not Foe

Today I’d like to talk about everyone’s favorite, least-favorite subject in school: Math Math can seem very scary and complicated. And this feeling is very valid to have – math does get more complicated the more you learn. When faced…