Category Story Time

personal stories, essays, and reflections about doing science or learning science.

“A Minority In STEM”

A Minority in STEM You tell me that “it must be so nice to be gifted in math” Yet you don’t know how many nights I spent crying at the kitchen table with my mother You tell me that “it…

Don’t call me bird-brained!

What’s wrong with you humans, using us as insults? Just the other day, I heard one of you call your boss a vulture! Now, I’m not here to deny that man’s covetous proclivities, but I happen to have a friend…

CS4641 Project 3: Neural Networks Reflection

Introduction If you have read my last article, you know that we have been here before. Although I talked about the process of completing and submitting Project 2, I wanted to write about Project 3 but focus on more of…

Reflection on CS4641 Project

Introduction When my professor assigned a new project in my CS 4641 class, Machine Learning, I felt panic begin to set in. All I could think of was my unpleasant experience from a couple weeks back. I had never coded…

The Unbeatable Antibody Squad #1: Covid-19

NEWSREPORTER: AUTHORITIES REPORT YET ANOTHER HOME INVASION PERPETRATED BY A MAN WE NOW KNOW AS COVID NINETEEN FROM THE CORONAVIRUS CRIME FAMILY. HIS REIGN OF TERROR HAS GRIPPED THIS SLEEPY NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE LAST YEAR. IT SEEMS HIS M. O. IS…

Vinyl is Better than Digital Music

Hear that music??? That, my friend, is the sound of classic vinyl… You know that round spinning thingy that plays music that your grandparents and/or parents used growing up? Well, good news – it’s not extinct! When it comes to…

The Evolution from Fossil to Monster

Humankind as a species is over 200,000 years old. We are travelers, storytellers, and connoisseurs of legends and tales. For thousands of years, mankind has entertained our children and fellow tribesmen with fables and stories of the unknown, the cryptic…