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Cancer Types: Males vs Females
By Sanjana Vadapalli A disease with no cure: cancer. Around 1.8 million kids and adults alike battle this widespread disease every year,...
Sep 22, 20203 min read
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The Effect of Styrene on Encephalopathy Patients
By: Khushi Sheth When marketing products, spokesmen have always geared their advertisements towards consumer convenience. In an effort to...
Sep 21, 20203 min read
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Networks: How They Work
By: Alisha Gomes We are connected. Over oceans and continents, we can send and receive information. In other words, we are connected over...
Sep 20, 20203 min read
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The Science Behind Seizures
By: Erin Vinson Seizures are often seen as harmful events characterized by uncontrollable shaking and a loss of consciousness. While this...
Sep 17, 20203 min read
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The History of Wireless Internet
By: Eliana Zhang In just a couple of decades, wireless internet has taken over people’s lives. Humanity went from hardly ever using...
Sep 15, 20204 min read
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How Colors Can Influence Us
By: Celine Chin Colors are everywhere, and some people are able to see them while others aren’t. For those of us that can see them, how...
Sep 13, 20203 min read
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Winnie the Pooh Mental Disorders
By: Khushi Gupta Conspiracy theories are going quite crazy as of right now—and one involves cartoon characters you may remember from your...
Sep 11, 20204 min read
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Hope at the Root of the Walnut Tree—Investigating Potential Cancer-Fighting Medicines
By Armaan Singh Imagine if the cure to devastating diseases like cancer, the second leading cause of death in the United States, was...
Sep 10, 20204 min read
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The Existence of Blue Eyes
By Mritika Senthil In popular culture, it is stated many times that all individuals with blue eyes have a common ancestor. However, how...
Sep 7, 20204 min read
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Fundamentals of Sound in Physics (and How That Translates to Music)
By Derek Martinez Though we credit most of our experiences with sound and music to transduction, we must equally give as much credit to...
Sep 3, 20204 min read
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Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome: Death by Nightmare
By: Nellie Nguyen Our slumbers are occasionally disturbed by troubling nightmares that leave us in a cold sweat the following morning....
Sep 3, 20204 min read
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Antigenic Shift and Antigenic Drift: What could this mean for SARS-CoV-2?
By: Kylie Luo During this unprecedented time where SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19, has taken the spotlight, scientists have begun to observe...
Sep 3, 20203 min read
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