Field Notes
HackMITea: A Hackathon From the Eyes of a Physics Major
Recently, I've had the opportunity to visit a friend up north and experience my first ever hackathon, hosted by none other than MIT. Every...
A day in the life of a field ecologist
Details from my summer experience conducting fieldwork in the Colorado Rockies
Photo caption: View of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, with Gothic Mountain towering above.
4:30...
Collaboration is Key!
As a senior in college, about to graduate with an engineering degree, I've come to actually appreciate the dreaded "group project" - and trust...
3 Free Applications for STEM Majors (That You’ll Actually Use)
As STEM majors, if you look up helpful apps to help you while studying or writing papers, you’ll get a lot of listicles of...
Gauging the Tides of Climate Change
When scientists or politicians begin to talk about climate change, most people become scared by the severity of the issue at hand, thinking there's...
Scientific Glassblowing
Ever walk by an organic chemistry teaching lab and wonder why people were standing behind blowtorches looking frustrated?
First week of my senior year, I...
Gringo Perdido — King of the Road
“A repo man’s job is always intense” movie Repo Man (1984)
Field biologists get themselves into situations that other normal people, including other scientists, just...
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...
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...
The Art of Getting Robbed with Gringo Perdido
As a US citizen who travels internationally to conduct research, I’m well aware of the perception that gringos = $$. Sometimes that perception is...