today i learned (til)
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...
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (2019-nCoV) Outbreak that Everybody is Talking...
People have different preferences for how they want to follow what is going on around the scientific world without having to spend too much...
Do You Live in a Kind Area?
When I went home to Kansas over Christmas break, we had a particularly nasty snowstorm, and my family and I happened to be out...
Gauging the Tides of Climate Change
When scientists or politicians begin to talk about climate change, most people become scared by the severity of the issue at hand, thinking there's...
Engineers Exposed: My Favorite Ethics Scandals
Imagine training your whole life to become an astronaut. Excelling in aerospace engineering degrees, going through years of training and exams, only for some...
That sounds fishy…
While scrolling somewhere in the interwebs, I saw a post someone had made about trying to hold their breath during action movies whenever the...
