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A Spritz of Sperm Whale
When you think of perfume, what kinds of ingredients come to mind? Some people may think about flowery scents like rose, cherry blossom, or...
The Uncanny Valley – An Exploration of How Humans Perceive AI
Have you ever seen a humanoid design that looks just off? Whether it's the subtle placement of facial features, an abnormal glint in the...
How Science is Reinventing What it Means to “Stay Cool”
Introduction:
On a hot July day, what you wear to stay cool matters. There are common remedies to help you stay cool: wearing cotton and...
Misophonia: The Unofficial Common Neurobehavioral Disorder
For sure most people have already experienced some ‘disliking’ sounds before. For example, the emergency sirens, high-pitched yellings, public space noises, etc. What’s about...
Infectious Diseases, Immune System and Vaccines
Since ancient times the causes of severe infectious diseases in humans have been puzzling to people. Specifically, the recurrence of outbreaks, the severity of...
The Brachistochrone and Snell’s Law: A Surprising Connection
Brachistochrone - A word originating from Greece that means "shortest time." The brachistochrone problem is a well known problem in the world of physics...
Researching the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
This semester I took a course called Locomotion Neuromechanics. Like me, you might think that it would be a course where you would learn...
Too Hot to Handle
As my previous article mentioned, this will be focused on what my role in The Devil Wears Science and what my group had accomplished...
BTS: The Devil Wears Science
Whew! That was a rollercoaster of emotions. It has been a couple of weeks since our Atlanta Science Festival (ASF) event, The Devil Wears...
The Importance of Heat Stroke Prevention and New Innovations to Help...
At the Atlanta Science Festival, me and my team members, Ashmita and Claudia, had the pleasure of getting to talk about Heat Stroke to...