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Neural Links: The Road to Real-Life Telepathy
Pssst... you... yes you... Can you hear me?Â
You hear someone speak to you, but nobody is around. What if that was your reality? Being...
Mind Over Matter: How Brain Implants Are Making Telekinesis Real
Imagine a world where you can move objects and complete tasks simply by thinking about them. Sounds like a pretty relaxing and too-good-to-be-true idea,...
GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) and the Protection of Sensitive Genetic Data
In today's data-driven world, few forms of personal information are as personal and revealing as genetic information. Genetic sequencing has become more widely available...
Benefits of Composting: why you should start composting now!
There is less than 5% of residential food waste that is currently being composted around the world. To be exact, about 3.7% as of...
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...
The Prehistoric Origins of Birds
You may have heard that modern birds evolved from dinosaurs before. More specifically, modern birds descend from theropods, which is a clade of dinosaurs....
Three Dog Star Night (Part 3)
Welcome back to our discussion on the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox! If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 already, it goes...
The Science of Baking Pt. 1
Introduction
Have you ever wondered how exactly baking turns a soupy batter or a thick paste into a beautiful cake or cookie? Think no further,...
CS4641 Project 3: Neural Networks Reflection
Introduction
If you have read my last article, you know that we have been here before. Although I talked about the process of completing and...
2021’s Partial Lunar Eclipse (With Photos!)
2021's Partial Lunar Eclipse:
A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow block the sun's light, that reflects off the moon. Lunar eclipses are categorized into...