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The Pollinator Commeth!

It’s pollen season, and where I live in Atlanta Mother Nature has given everything with the misfortune to be outside a healthy dusting. Now that my car has the same greeny-yellow slime color of an abandoned pool I am resolved…

Badass Biology: The Pistol Shrimp

“Wtf, shrimp!!? I make it all the way to this website from who knows what part of the internet, and I see ‘Badass Biology’. Man, Kevin, you flip my brain out with possibilities of flying sharks, rabbits of doom, or…

The Science behind ‘Frenemies’

High school can be very painful for anyone who is the slightest bit different.  Thankfully, I’m 5 years removed from it but my little sister is a freshman so I get to sit back and observe this social phenomenon as…

Dive Log

In this day and age, it is so very common to lose ourself in the monotony of our daily lives, the sound as our heels hit the pavement, rustle of the leaves as we pass by the bus stop on…

Pick a Door, Any Door

You’re trapped in a bland room with absolutely nothing but three ordinary, poster-plastered doors. The first door is covered with pictures of the teen pop star sensation, Justin Bieber singing in front of an audience of entirely teenage girls (roughly…

Facebook Friends: Why We Have So Many

You meet that hot rocker guy/girl at that concert you really like, and you guys trade names. You say, “Find me on Facebook”, and the next day or so, he/she adds you. You talk about wishing you were closer to…