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Earth’s Cosmic Jenga: Humanity’s Universal Balancing Act Against Entropy
Earth is like a cosmic game of Jenga, each block represents a fragment of order in the universe. As we pull and place each block, the tower grows taller, more complex, yet increasingly unstable. Entropy becomes a perpetual game of Jenga, where there is a constant tendency for the universe to move toward chaos. Can…
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Tom-ate-to, Tom-ah-to: Consumer Choices
Recently, a new study has built upon previous behavioral models by adding an additional biological perspective behind decision-making. Most notably, a recent study on consumer decision-making investigates the role of serotonin on choice deferral; the choice to not make a choice; and the compromise effect, the tendency for consumers to pick the most intermediate options.
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Another Occupant of Your Mind
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Second Moon Prompts Discussion on Second Thoughts about Contemporary Scientists
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Against the Tide: A Cooling Pacific Amid Global Warming
Climate change: a straightforward tale of a warming planet right? Not quite. Beneath the global narrative lies a puzzling anomaly — a vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean defying trends by cooling over the last 40 years.
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NIPT: The Prenatal Game-Changer
A trip to the OB/GYN consists of many emotions, including anxiety in the case of prenatal testing. However, new noninvasive technology has been designed to test for inherited disease variants.
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Introduction to Stem Cells
What are stem cells and why are they important? What role do stem cells play in regenerative medicine, and is it ethical to study them?
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Sculptors of the Sea
From crop circles to fairy rings, we have always been fascinated by geometric patterns in nature and often attribute them to the supernatural.
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The Great Unconformity as a Springboard for the Cambrian Era
Understanding the history of the Earth has always been a challenge, one that geologists seek to overcome using evidence hidden away in the rock layers. However, geologists are currently presented with the unique instance of a geological unconformity that spans the continents.
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Paradox of Pre-Death Awareness: Insights into Terminal Lucidity
Terminal lucidity is a phenomenon that can be seen in end-of-life patients who have dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and brain cancers. It can be described as a brief burst of mental clarity that spans one to seven days in patients near the end of their lives.