today i learned (til)
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...
Watch what you touch at airports
The temperature is cold as you wait in the security line at the airport. The line is going slowly and the TSA is constantly...
Strange Cat Things
Cats are one of the most popular choices as human friends, and I absolutely adore them! I hope to have a feline friend in...
It’s a ghost… it’s a UFO… It’s… Ball Lightning?
Lightning is a phenomenon that we are all familiar with. Everyone has seen it, and some people have been hit by it. What you...
Cicada STDs, Suicidal Crickets, and the Truth About Flamingos
In the summer of 2016, billions of periodical cicadas of the Magicicada genus appeared in the northeastern United States, erupting from the land after...
Carbon Negative Concrete???
As Industrial Design major who’s future career will most likely consist of creating a wide variety of products, something that is a big concern...
One Piece of the Pie
Each year at Thanksgiving, I find myself with a heaping plate of absolutely everything available to me. Time and time again I work my...