Articles
Nature’s Architect and Engineer: Beavers!
Unironically, beavers are genuinely one of my favorite animals! With their chunky bodies, fluffy fur, five-toed webbed hind feet, five-finger hands, orange bucked teeth,...
I love sharks, maybe you should too!
“Fish are friends, not food.” - Bruce from Finding Nemo. When I watched Disney’s Finding Nemo (2003) as a child, I was absolutely horrified...
The Marine Colonizers: Lionfish
Introduction:
As I scrolled through YouTube to look for something to watch, I came across a Short (the term for the vertical, short-form video format...
Introduction: The Problem with Wet Raincoats
Introduction: The Problem with Wet Raincoats
Imagine walking through rain and not seeing a single wet spot on your raincoat afterward. Most rain jackets protect...
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.
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The Science Behind Dyeing My Hair (with cool pics!)
Ten years ago, if you told me that I was going to dye my hair red when I was 21 years old, I would...
The Science Behind Makeup & 5 Things You May Not Know...
Makeup has been around for several hundreds of years, the earliest records date back to around 3000 BC when ancient Egyptians used natural products...
Alex or Alexa: Gender Norms in Technology
We’re well established into the age of the internet. Many of us have smartphones and/or smart devices, and with one word, we can check...
The Caring Relationship Between Marlin and Dory from Finding Nemo
It is the common, but unfortunate, truth of aging that everyone’s memory slowly decays. With this comes lapses in memory in various forms, whether...