Medicine has come a long way, but it’s still is not quite possible to see inside a living person without invasive measures. Knowing the location of a tumor is lifesaving, but investigating inside the human body often requires cutting open a patient …
Read More »The Birds and the Bees
By Jamie Minden Despite their obvious necessity, bees have been dying off quickly. Recently, a year of pesticide use destroyed 44% of US bee colonies, and 7 species of bees are on the endangered species list. European countries have even cited a …
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By Allen Bryan Having an egg every morning for protein is a healthful dietary habit, but it could also cause a type of food poisoning known as Salmonella. The infection is called Salmonellosis, but is widely known by the bacteria’s genus name, …
Read More »Google’s Censored Search
David Zhang The great firewall. It is a firewall that blocks sites not approved by China’s communist regime. This includes many popular social media and news sites such as Facebook and Google. As a result, Chinese sites such as Baidu and WeChat …
Read More »The Irony of Jokes
Serena Mao Making friends and having a sense of humor are people’s common desires. As with anything that people want, there are strategies and techniques to accomplishing them. Too often, however, instead of being truly social or hilarious, they involve methods that …
Read More »6 Strategies to Stay Cool, Calm, and Collected During a Job Interview
Few things are more stress-inducing than job interviews. You know you’re fit for the job and want to make a good first impression, but what do you need to do to calm your mind and make sure your nerves don’t get in …
Read More »The Most Trafficked Animal in the World
By Natasha Yen Around the world, hundreds of millions of animals and plants are sold through wildlife trade. Although most of the trade is legal, a growing portion of it is not. Illegal wildlife trade largely targets already endangered species of animals. …
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