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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...
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...
Why do I sneeze when I step out into the sun?
Have you ever stepped out into the sun after a long day of sitting inside and suddenly felt the urge to sneeze?
Usually, sneezing is...
Mindcraft: The Science of Flowers & Flower Pressing
On March 12th, 2022, STEMComm hosted a science crafting event in the Atlanta Science Festival (ASF), called "Mindcraft". My focus was on flower pressing...
Self-Care and Mindfulness Tips
Self-care and mindfullness go hand-in-hand, are things that we all need, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-care is a way to...
A Picture Can be Worth a Thousand Words…or Dollars
Whether you dabble in it or appreciate it, we come across art in any shape or form several times in our daily lives-- especially...
Neurotransmitter Notes: Dopamine
“I'm just a chemical in your head
I'm just that Dopamine
So come on line me up
Come on line me up”
- “Dopamine”, Third Eye Blind
As a...
CHOOSE YOUR POKÉMON!
CHOOSE YOUR POKÉMON!
I still remember the first time I booted up my brother’s GameBoy Color and saw that iconic title screen of Pokémon Red...
One flesh, two minds
A good way to stop seizures is to simply cut the brain in half. Such a procedure isn’t performed after one or two episodes,...