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Can Aging Be Stopped?
Many people are shocked when they find out that the concept of aging can be explained by genetics through telomeres. Telomeres are 8000-10000 nucleotide protective caps on the ends of strands of DNA. They protect the genome from degradation, repairā¦
Illegal Substances vs. Neurological Disorders: The Showdown
Studies at the forefront of treating an array of neurological disorders are beginning to utilize an interesting choice of drugs as treatments: psychedelics. Researchers use a technique called microdosing with hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin, mescaline, and LSD to achieveā¦
Uncanny Valley
One month ago, my boyfriend and I went to Savannah forĀ aĀ visit. Iāve always heard there are a lot of nice little stores down pedestrian streets there. As a girl who has no resistance to delicate handicrafts, I couldnāt missā¦
Apollo 13: The Success of Failure
Apollo 13 is perhaps one of the most well known of the Apollo missions, though it did not start out that way. Initially there was so little public interest in the mission that there were no live television interviews withā¦
Marie Tharp: An Idol for Female Scientists
Youāve all heard about the theory of continental drift, right? Youāve heard of Pangaea and how the tectonic plates move around? This is something I remember learning about in elementary school and have always thought of as a theory thatā¦
England’s Greatest Engineer: Brunel’s Great Ships
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was fascinated with the idea of building steam driven metal ships that could travel across oceans. He calculated that though the volume a ship could carry was cubically proportional to its dimension, the drag it experienced wasā¦
Gringo Perdido — King of the Road
āA repo manās job is always intenseā movie Repo Man (1984) Field biologists get themselves into situations that other normal people, including other scientists, just do not encounter, when you are up close and personal with Mother Nature, Gaia,ā¦