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Every parent that’s watched their children play with dinosaurs have all had the same thought at one time or another: thank God dinosaurs are extinct. While the idea of dinosaurs seems mythical to some, paleontologists have determined their existence through…
Science communication is an often-overlooked but very important part of furthering the scientific process, and both researchers and publishers often use graphical means to display experimental results and data through figures, as presenting data this way is considered standard within…
What’s the weirdest psychiatric condition you’ve ever heard of? Odds are, this one is infinitely stranger. Delusional Infestation (DI) is a condition in which a person falsely believes that their skin is infested with parasites, insects, bacteria, fungi, or other…
The Clock Within: Neurospora crassa What is the science behind the clock? How did the first person just acknowledge that “Oh it’s 12:00 p.m.”? Wouldn’t it surprise you to realize that your body already knows time? The human body has…
The Pokémon “Shellos” and its evolution “Gastrodon” (whose pink West Sea variant is one of my favorite Pokémon) resemble a sea slug. Don’t just take my word for it, though—in their Pokédex entries, Shellos and Gastrodon are referred to as…
The Mandai Bird Paradise is the biggest bird conservatory in Asia, inaugurated back in May 2023. As one of the six pillars of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, the incredible sanctuary covers over 42 acres of land on Mandai Island in…
One of the chicks above is named “Bouba.” The other is named “Kiki.” Going just off of your gut intuition, which one is which? If you answered that the left chick is “Bouba” and the right chick is “Kiki”, many…
“What’s your favorite subject?” “I’m not sure… just definitely not math. What’s yours?” “Oh, funny story…” Ah yes, math, the subject notorious for being one of the hardest subjects in school, with “math anxiety” being the term coined for the…