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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...
Microbial Mirth
Here are a few of the memes I made throughout the semester for BIOS 4607, Molecular Biology of Microbes, taught by Dr. Brian Hammer....
Children of the Night
As William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England, marking the end of the Glorious Revolution and economic dominance of the Dutch...
Reacciones Nucleares y Exploración Espacial: “Direct Fusion Drive”
Se usaron los cohetes por primera vez en China en siglo XIII. Fueron tubos de bambú que se llenaron de pólvora y se fijaron...
Vinyl is Better than Digital Music
Hear that music??? That, my friend, is the sound of classic vinyl...
You know that round spinning thingy that plays music that your grandparents and/or...
The Birth of a Cyclops
Monstrous, one-eyed giants have prowled around our imaginations for at least 4,000 years - the oldest known description of such a creature was written...
The Cilantro Controversy: A Scientific Look
Cilantro: A Very Controversial Herb
Cilantro (also known as coriander) is a plant that has been cultivated for thousands of years. Cilantro, unlike your more...