Ricardo Martinez

Ricardo is an undergrad student. He isn’t sure why he’s writing this in the third person but has decided to uphold precedent.
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Wildlife around campus

The following pictures were all taken at Georgia Tech on May 4th. They capture only a tiny portion of the wildlife on campus.

La Balada del Gringo Perdido

Este artículo fue escrito en el 2012 por el profesor Joe Mendelson, director de investigación en el zoológico de Atlanta e instructor en Georgia...

Common Cat-astrophes

Finding and trying (usually unsuccessfully) to pet street cats is often one of the highlights of my day. Nevertheless, it is always somewhat bittersweet...

One flesh, two minds

A good way to stop seizures is to simply cut the brain in half. Such a procedure isn’t performed after one or two episodes,...
Field Notes
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Two symbols, infinite meanings

What do you think the following means? 1010 One-thousand and ten, right? What if I told you that it meant four-thousand one-hundred and twelve? Or three-hundred...
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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,...
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To be human or something else?

In 1982, forty-four percent of Americans did not accept evolution as fact. Nearly four decades later, that percentage has dropped to forty. I do...
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Microbial Mirth

Here are a few of the memes I made throughout the semester for BIOS 4607, Molecular Biology of Microbes, taught by Dr. Brian Hammer....
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Children of the Night

As William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England, marking the end of the Glorious Revolution and economic dominance of the Dutch...