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Neural Links: The Road to Real-Life Telepathy
Pssst... you... yes you... Can you hear me?
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...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Two
PART TWO: WHY DOES SYNESTHESIA HAPPEN?
So, we know a bit about what synesthesia is. But what actually causes these remarkable perceptions?
Well the truth is,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part One
PART ONE: WHAT IS SYNESTHESIA?
Read this sentence.
Now stop. Go back, and read it again, but this time, listen to that sentence as well. No,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Three
If you’ve already read this far, you hopefully have a pretty good picture of what synesthesia is, seen some scientific data that supports its...
Mayday, Mayday, Are We Syncing?
There is something funny, maybe even enjoyable, about the camaraderie many people seem to feel with their “period-buddies”. After all, we all know the...
Are sustainability trends legit?
A lot of us may have seen the VSCO girl memes, telling us to “save the turtles” with their Hydroflasks and metal straws. I...