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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...
When Citrus Gets Lethal
So, the other day I got a new prescription, and as I skimmed through the 300 pages of side effect warnings (okay… maybe it...
Badass Biology: Humanity’s Most Important Adaptation
Badass Biology: Humanity’s most badass adaptation
At some point, modern humans started believing that we are somehow special, that we are the center of creation...
The Art of Getting Robbed with Gringo Perdido
As a US citizen who travels internationally to conduct research, I’m well aware of the perception that gringos = $$. Sometimes that perception is...
Badass Biology: Bat Echolocation
Vision is awesomely complicated. A lot of animals, like the hawk, use vision to detect important environmental cues from vast distances. They use complex...
Megalodon: Fact or Fiction?
Barbies? Yea right. Doll Houses? Please. I was never the little girl who played with mini tea cups and pretended my stuffed animals were...
Cultural Collisions with Gringo Perdido
In case you’ve ever wondered what happens to the items that are too lame to re-sell in thrift stores in our culture, they eventually...