Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases—caused by bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal pathogens—remain one of the world’s greatest health challenges due to their high mortality, potential for rapid spread, and socioeconomic burden (World Health Organization [WHO], 2023). The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the…
April 2025. Did Colossal bring back the dire wolf? Short answer, not really. The long answer is a bit more complicated and goes into what ‘species’ actually means. Earlier in April, the biotech company Colossal put out a press release…
As climate change gets worse, more and more reports of disastrous forest fires have been hitting the news. But not all fires in the woods are bad—some of them can actually be instrumental in keeping an ecosystem healthy! Fire ecology…
How often have you heard a mention of a machine called a “lie detector?” According to pop culture, members of law enforcement organizations, and even the U.S. government, a polygraph or lie detector is a machine that records certain vital…
When doctors want to see deeper into your body, PET-CT is a popular choice. It is a super powerful imaging tool that is widely used in diagnosis, staging, and monitoring of various diseases, particularly in oncology, cardiology, and neurology. It’s…
You’ve probably seen pictures of origami before, or even folded some yourself! Origami is an ancient art form that originated in China in the 2nd century AD. It made its way to Japan around the 6th century, where it became…
Before smartphones and DSLRs were everywhere, photography was a physical, hands-on process. I’ll give you a quick overview of the chemistry behind the first type of photograph, the daguerreotype! Daguerreotypes were invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in France in 1839. They…
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