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Inside the Helmet
Inside the Helmet
The Hidden Psychology of Football
Rishi Sukumar
What Fans Never See
Every Sunday, Monday and Thursday of every single week from September to February, millions...
Blinded By the Bytes
Blinded by the Bytes
Can AI Out-Swift the Superstars of Music?
Introduction
The Science Behind (Artificial) Hit Songs
Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Bad Bunny,...
A Skillet, Some Eggs, and a Story of Migration
I didn’t know what shakshuka was until my partner moved to Boston and convinced me to try a bite during brunch one weekend when...
Psychology’s Replication Crisis
One of the cornerstones of modern science is the criterion of replicability. Replicability is the idea that if a phenomenon is real, it should...
The Effects of Various Amino Acid Side Chains on B –...
Antibiotic resistance has increased global deaths by 8% between 1990 and 2021 and is expected to be a leading cause of death by 2050...
The Science Behind Pickled Vegetables and Their Longevity
Pickled vegetables have a long shelf life, which is achieved through a combination of preservation techniques and science. Acidity, salinity, and microbial activity in...
The Science of Baking: Know Your Dough
One of my absolute favorite hobbies is baking, so I wanted to not only share my experience with baking but also discuss the science...
The Psychology of Fear and Why We Seek it Out
If you’re a fan of Halloween, there’s a good chance you partook in one of America’s favorite passtimes this spooky season: watching a great...
Navigating Transition in Higher Education – An Analysis of Transfer Students...
While often an overlooked and unrepresented population consisting of 1,252,418 students, or roughly 15% of the undergraduate student population at public 4-year institutions, transfer...
Now You See It! – The Science of Misdirection in Magic
Magicians have been performing seemingly impossible feats to awe-struck audiences for millennia. With a simple flick of a hand or snap of a finger,...