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This year for Halloween, why not celebrate Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize? The good news (for you, not for her) is that she died a gruesome death as a result of exposure to the radioactive…
This past month I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the Atlanta Botanical Gardens as part of class field trip with my BIOL 4440 Plant Physiology class. Located just up the street from Piedmont Park, a quick 10 minute drive…
Happy DNA Day!!!! So, it’s April 20th and you want to celebrate DNA day, but aren’t sure how? What about making chocolate smoothies in honor of Alfred Hershey and Barbara Chase, the rockin’ scientists whose experiment finally convinced everybody that…
If you haven’t read part 1 (why would you do that?), here is a review of the scenario we are considering in part 2: Two identical containers of water (same volume, same container size and material) are placed into…
If you’ve ever taken a life sciences course your teacher probably mentioned one of several properties that make water particularly interesting. Water is cohesive meaning it sticks to itself, adhesive meaning it sticks to other things (superhydrophobic surfaces notwithstanding), and…
Picture a typical 1985 aerobic dancersize class at the local YMCA. Bright spandex, side pony-tails, colored leg warmers, metallic leotards. Lots of makeup, minimal sweat and sex appeal were the 80’s requirements for a good work out. Gym culture has…
Every December the Georgia Tech School of Biology has a holiday party with one of those never ending gift swaps. Most of the presents are silly, and you never know if you are going to wind up taking home…
Still struggling to pick out that one in a million Valentine’s Day gift? Worry no longer, because I have the perfect gift idea sure to make anyone melt. No – it’s not superhot plasma from your favorite star gone…