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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...
What’s The Connection Between Complex Chemistry and Islamic Medieval Architecture?
The expansive domes and minarets of famous mosques such as the Blue Mosque in Istanbul or Al-Masjid An-Nabbi in Medina exude a quiet, powerful...
Why do we forget our dreams?
You are halfway through saving a doomsday world from extraterrestrials or spending a night with a lost lover, when suddenly the sound of your...
The Primary Colors are What?!
It’s about that time of the year where projects are due. You want to create a fantastic looking poster to present your research in...
Anxiety
Exams……projects……homework assignments, it never ends! In turn, the anxiety begins to manifest. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 19.1% of U.S....
Taste of Science: Spicy Science
As the leaning tower of Jenga pieces fell after a heated battle of, what my friends and I liked to call "Spicy Jenga", I could only dread...
E-Stim and Muscle
Way back when the internet was just a dream, electricity was seen as a means to power machines, to make life easier, and to...