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What is Delusional Infestation?
What’s the weirdest psychiatric condition you’ve ever heard of? Odds are, this one is infinitely stranger. Delusional Infestation (DI) is a condition in which...
The Einstein’s Ghost Tour Video!
Unfortunately, my video is too large to link here, so follow this link to watch the video!
This semester, I had the opportunity to film...
Children Response to Conflicting Information
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Ghost Tour Observation
Recently,...
Circus Sea Slugs: How clown nudibranchs are like real-life Pokémon
The Pokémon “Shellos” and its evolution “Gastrodon” (whose pink West Sea variant is one of my favorite Pokémon) resemble a sea slug. Don’t just...
Three Dog Star Night (Part 1)
I am just old enough to remember a time when most textbooks only spoke of exoplanets (i.e. those outside our solar system) in the...
The Undersea Bone Devourer
Osedax, from the Latin os, oris (bone) and edāx, edācis (devourer), is a genus of undersea worms that consumes bone. A genus (which is...
The von Neumann Architecture
The von Neumann Architecture
Introduction
Have you ever wondered how your computer works? Who decided that we should use keyboards to tell our devices what to...
Making Bad Decisions: The Science of Decision-Making
MAKING BAD DECISIONS
Ever wonder why you make such bad decisions. We make around 35,000 decisions every day, and they can’t all be good. There...
A World with New Plastic
THE PROBLEM
Plastic pollution continues to be a growing environmental issue. Around 79% of plastic is gathered in either landfills or natural environments. Due to...
Sleep Well: Your Psychological Health Depends On It
There is some truth to the phrase “waking up on the wrong side of the bed.” When I don’t sleep very well, I will...