today i learned (til)
What’s Making That Smell? The Chemistry Behind Common Scents
The Science of Smell
Of the five senses, scientists understand the least about smell. We recognize scents when small airborne molecules stimulate receptors in the...
The Science of Sharing Information: The A, B, Ts of Storytelling
And, the explosion of information across scientific and technical fields over the past few decades has created a world overflowing with data. Scientific publications,...
Genetic Engineering: Woolld you, or woolldn’t you?
Imagine a tiny mouse with long, golden-brown fur that looks like it belongs on a woolly mammoth! As of a couple months ago, you...
Vertigo: Living like you’re on a perpetual rollercoaster
From ages 6-10, my uncle took my cousin and I to Navy Pier every summer. It’s July, school is out, the sun is shining,...
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,...
Navigating the Side-effects of Gel Nail Polish
Rise to Popularity
Gel nail polish has become popular through the internet and social media platforms such as TikTok for its durability and easy application....
The Shroud of Turin
Without the analysis of historical artifacts, much of the history we know today would be non-existent. It is through the scientific exegesis of many...
AI & Historical Texts
When looking at the past, it's very hard to decipher how exactly certain situations unfolded. We must look to historical texts in order to...
What is Computational Media? – Retrospective from a Graduating Senior
What is Computational Media? This is a question I have been asking myself for practically every year I've been at Georgia Tech. The truth...