today i learned (til)

today i learned (til)

Your Sleep Matters (and how to get better sleep)

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...

Procrastination Reflection

Have you ever questioned yourself why it felt so natural to delay things that need to be done? This happens to everyone at all...
today i learned (til)
Abhiti Khare

Lesser-Known Cybersecurity Threats: SEO Poisoning, Spamdexing, and AI Keystroke Capture

In an era where technology evolves at an unprecedented pace, the digital landscape has become a battleground for both innovation and malicious activities. Cybercriminals...
Abhiti Khare

Cybersecurity Firsts: A Timeline

Sources: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/worlds-first-computer-bug/ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200715759L/abstract https://www.cybersecurityeducationguides.org/john-mcafee-godfather-of-antivirus-software/ https://online.utulsa.edu/blog/famous-ransomware-attacks-in-history/ https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/articles/s/the-history-of-phishing/ https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/a-brief-history-of-computer-viruses-and-what-the-future-holds https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/a-byte-out-of-history-10-million-hack https://www.britannica.com/technology/firewall
Jennifer Light

Are Joro Spiders Going to Kill Us All?

  If you live in Atlanta, there’s a large chance you’ve come into contact with the now common Joro Spider. Measuring in at 3 inches...
Shelby Wickert

How Can Science be Distinguished From Pseudoscience?

For decades, science and pseudoscience have been compared to each other using a wide variety of criteria. The question of what distinguishes the two...
Sachit Swaminathan

My Experience with Biomechanics(BMED 3410) As a Biomedical Engineer

  If you have ever entered into a STEM major at Georgia Tech, or at any other school, you know that it is not easy...
Sachit Swaminathan

The Effects of Various Amino Acid Side Chains on B –...

Antibiotic resistance has increased global deaths by 8% between 1990 and 2021 and is expected to be a leading cause of death by 2050...