This golden age of science and technology has contributed leaps and bounds for human longevity, quality of life, and quelling everyday inconveniences. Modern Medicine has prevented millions of deaths through the eradication of life-threatening diseases to treatments for nutrition deficiency. Although it might seem ironic to praise modern medicine when […]
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to the melting of ice, we are faced with two major bodies of ice: ice caps and ice sheets. Ice caps are a covering of ice over a large area, especially at the polar region of a planet while ice sheets are a layer of ice covering […]
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In recent decades, environmental pollution has increased due to human activities such as population growth, deforestation, unplanned urbanization, industrialization and commodification. Pollutants pose a great threat to the environment and public health. These include chemical fertilizers, heavy metals, nuclear waste, pesticides, herbicides, greenhouse gases, etc. These wastes have been carelessly […]
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Have you ever questioned how candy is made? We know that the candies available in the market come in various shapes and textures: chewy like fudge, fluffy like marshmallows and cotton candy, tough like lollipops, and crunchy like stone candies and rock sweets. The technique to create these one-of-a-kind treats […]
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As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today”. Yes, but I can get on to work after this one episode…or two…okay one more…there’s always the next morning?…and so it goes. Everyone has been through this flurry of the cycle of getting stuck […]
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The approval of imatinib, a type of cancer growth blocker called ‘tyrosine kinase inhibitor’ twenty years ago, was considered to be “the birth of precision medicine” by Louis DeGennaro, President and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A decade later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ipilimumab, the […]
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Our world is full of diverse predators and prey of various sizes and species. Nevertheless, it is a world that can only survive as long as it is in balance. The balance can only exist as long as predators get to hunt and the hunted get to replenish themselves. Thus, […]
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The project provides an intrinsic look into the world of Robotics and Leg Locomotion, a very exciting prospect in the STEM community.
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In the past decade, the U.S. government provided billions of dollars in funding and incentives for renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power to cut down on carbon emissions. It has provided comparatively little, however, to capture and remove those emissions from the atmosphere. “Carbon capture is way […]
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