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From ages 6-10, my uncle took my cousin and I to Navy Pier every summer. It’s July, school is out, the sun is shining, and not one multiplication table in sight! Fatty fair foods to our left and Lake Michigan…
Image adapted from “Perpetual stew laughing” taken by Annie Rauwerda is CC BY-SA 4.0. Would you eat stew from a pot that’s been cooking for over 45 years?For most people, the concept of eating food that has existed for such…
References Hebb, D. O. (1949). The organization of behavior: A neuropsychological theory. New York: Wiley. Hochberg, L. R., Serruya, M. D., Friehs, G. M., Mukand, J. A., Saleh, M., Caplan, A. H., Branner, A., Chen, D., Penn, R. D., &…
Pssst… you… yes you… Can you hear me? You hear someone speak to you, but nobody is around. What if that was your reality? Being able to communicate with someone without the need for texts, calls, words, or even…
Imagine a world where you can move objects and complete tasks simply by thinking about them. Sounds like a pretty relaxing and too-good-to-be-true idea, right? What if I told you that researchers are closer to this reality than you may…
In today’s data-driven world, few forms of personal information are as personal and revealing as genetic information. Genetic sequencing has become more widely available and used, from determining health predispositions to investigating ancestry. But this growing availability also poses significant…
There is less than 5% of residential food waste that is currently being composted around the world. To be exact, about 3.7% as of an April 2023 report. However, in contrast to the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each…
Java has fundamentally transformed the landscape of computer programming since its creation, becoming one of the most influential and widely used programming languages in the world. Its journey from the beginning illustrates important developments in not only computing history…