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So You Hate Your Major… Now What?
Imposter syndrome is a phrase that many people in academia are uniquely familiar with. The feeling that maybe you aren’t smart enough for your...
Is Love Truly Blind? An Analysis of the Popular Dating Show
From its initial debut on Netflix in 2020, Love is Blind has captured audiences and secured itself as one of the most popular dating...
Isaac Newton – One Bad Apple
Isaac Newton is one of the most well known historical figures in the world of physics, and rightfully so. As the father of classical...
A Chemist, a Vegetable, and Iron Oxide Walk into a Bar
POV: you’re a college student who lives on her own. Not only do you have to do homework and go to class, but you...
Cultural Collisions with Gringo Perdido
In case you’ve ever wondered what happens to the items that are too lame to re-sell in thrift stores in our culture, they eventually...
The Ballad of Gringo Perdido
Herpetology and getting lost. These are the two driving themes of my life. They have shaped my career and enabled me to discover species...
Creepy costumes: radioactive Madame Curie
This year for Halloween, why not celebrate Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize? The good news (for you, not for...
Body snatchers: grave robbing for medicine
NOTE: This post is not related in any way to the 1956 sci-fi film that depicts an extraterrestrial invasion where the invaders “steal” human...
The movie “Contagion” is so realistic it’s boring
I have been looking forward to seeing the movie Contagion since it came out last year and I finally got to see it last...
Celebrate DNA Day with a Chocolate Smoothie!
Happy DNA Day!!!!
So, it's April 20th and you want to celebrate DNA day, but aren't sure how? What about making chocolate smoothies in honor...