Category Today I Learned (TIL)

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Illegal Substances vs. Neurological Disorders: The Showdown

Studies at the forefront of treating an array of neurological disorders are beginning to utilize an interesting choice of drugs as treatments: psychedelics. Researchers use a technique called microdosing with hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin, mescaline, and LSD to achieve…

1984 in 2020

The Chinese government has recently decided that the Chinese people are in need of some form of formalized credit system for the purpose of evaluating individual trustworthiness. This in and of itself is not terribly noteworthy. Many countries already have…

How Corals Changed My Life

I’m a fifth year undergraduate at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying industrial and systems engineering, and I plan to attend graduate school this Fall–but not for anything related to industrial and systems engineering. I plan to pursue a PhD…

5 Alternative Facts on Climate Change Disproved

Government officials are making several claims about one of today’s hottest topics, climate change, yet are lacking some scientific proof… 1. Global Warming is a hoax. An overwhelming majority of the scientific community agrees that global warming is a real…

Deadly Minerals

It’s easy to forget that some of the minerals found in the Earth can be extremely dangerous, despite the beautiful forms they can take.  These minerals can prove to be toxic and potentially deadly if mishandled. So I present to…

Volcanoes: Quick and Easy

I present to you my two page cheat sheet on volcanoes since they are one of the most fascinating and awe-inspiring features of the earth: