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Dec 8, 20183 min read

On the Horizon of Ending Alzheimer's

By Olivia Baccellieri The frontiers of medicine and research can reach far and wide in the quest for innovation. Journeys of discovery...

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Dec 8, 20184 min read

The ABC Conjecture or, Why Do Mathematicians Seem to Like to Waste Their Time?

By Joe Wills My nomination for the best overlooked development actually started six years ago. In 2012, a Japanese mathematician named...

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Nov 10, 20184 min read

Data Edibilization

By Joseph Wills If you think back to most any class you’ve had that discussed data, you probably consumed it through your eyes....

The Tiny Tooth Sensor: Transforming Your Mouth into Your Own Dietitian

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Nov 10, 20183 min read

The Tiny Tooth Sensor: Transforming Your Mouth into Your Own Dietitian

By Lily Marino In recent decades, there has been an increasing obsession with dieting and monitoring your intake of calories, proteins,...

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Nov 10, 20183 min read

Chocolate, Cannabinoids, and the Brain

By Rory Decker “If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad.” -Sheryl Crow Is chocolate good for you? As a chocoholic myself, I would...

Food for Thought:
Neural Connectivity Changes and Food Addiction

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

Food for Thought: Neural Connectivity Changes and Food Addiction

By Toby Lanser Addiction has long been thought of as a behavioral flaw that can be curbed and controlled. Over the years, however,...

Reclaiming your Health: Modulation of the Gut Microbiota Through Diet

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

Reclaiming your Health: Modulation of the Gut Microbiota Through Diet

By Riley Forbes The word “health” is subjective and personal. If you ask a group of people to define what being healthy means to them,...

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

Living in a Food Wasteland

By Olivia Baccellieri The term ‘desert’ has a nearly universal connotation. It is dry, bereft of most life, and desolate. Tumbleweeds...

The Origins of Bread—Before the Agricultural Revolution

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

The Origins of Bread—Before the Agricultural Revolution

By Natalya Hebert All around the world, bread is seen as a necessity to life. Prisoners given just enough sustenance to survive are given...

Lab Grown Meat: Science Fiction or Viable Solution?

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Nov 9, 20184 min read

Lab Grown Meat: Science Fiction or Viable Solution?

By Michelle Wheater “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing” -Winston Churchill One...

Diet, Microbiota, and the Gut-Lung Connection

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Nov 9, 20182 min read

Diet, Microbiota, and the Gut-Lung Connection

By Maryann Makosiej They say you are what you eat, and with new research, this statement couldn’t be more true. A new paper detailing...

Care for Some Ketchup With That Cricket? Insects, The New Meat

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

Care for Some Ketchup With That Cricket? Insects, The New Meat

By Cai McCann Entomophagy, the consumption of insects, provides a new, innovative, and up-and-coming solution given the exploding human...

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Nov 9, 20183 min read

Go With Your Gut

By Loret Haas-Hanser Holidays and celebrations are integral sociocultural aspects of society on a global scale. As cliche as it may...

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

The Power of Pollination

By Riley O'Halloran Pollinators are fundamental to the world’s ecosystem, the most important of which being the bee. Though other...

Predictions versus Prophecy: Understanding the Conceptual Caveats of Climate Change Projections

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

Predictions versus Prophecy: Understanding the Conceptual Caveats of Climate Change Projections

By Toby Lanser The scientific method, and by extension scientific research, is founded upon pillars of guesswork and ambiguity. Questions...

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels to Decrease Nutrient Density of a Global Food Staple

By Riley Forbes Whether you believe in climate change or not, there is no denying that science supports the increase of carbon dioxide...

Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: Challenges and Solutions

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: Challenges and Solutions

By Olivia Hakan At this point, everyone in the US knows something about climate change; a change in the earth’s climate and atmosphere...

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

Climate Change Refugees - In a Land of Despair

By Olivia Baccellieri Global Warming has been in our public conscious for the better part of the 21st-Century. We have been flooded with...

Wildfire Smoke is Poisoning the Bornean Orangutans

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Oct 13, 20183 min read

Wildfire Smoke is Poisoning the Bornean Orangutans

By Natalya Hebert The devastating effects of wildfires on human civilizations are well-known in the United States, especially with the...

Melting Permafrost Reawakening Long-Forgotten Diseases

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Oct 13, 20182 min read

Melting Permafrost Reawakening Long-Forgotten Diseases

By Nick Fontaine When we think of the effects climate change we often think of rising sea levels and worsened natural disasters. However,...