– Featured Image By Mikayla Kauinana You may have heard about the numerous volcanic eruptions happening through the Spring of 2021, but did you know there were 45 active volcanoes as of March 12th?1 This fact may freak you out because we tend to only focus on the destructive power of volcanoes that impacts people, crops, and communities. However, objectively, […]
– Featured Image By Emily May Growing global waste management issues, increasing climate change pressures, and missing our UC-Wide Zero Waste by 2020 goals inspires IDEASS Lab team, Myceliall Solutions, to take matters into their own hands. It’s Fall of 2021 and after a whirlwind year, you’ve finally made it back onto campus. You’re rushing over to a café to […]
– Featured Image By Emma Houle Since the Coronavirus pandemic shut down the world, our environment has faced many changes such as increased pollution from surgical masks and decreased air pollution from stay-at-home orders. The following article lists some of the shocking environmental statistics that illustrate what has come from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dolphins returned to the Bay of Bengal […]
What comes to mind when you hear about E. coli? Most likely, you associate E. coli with food poisoning or a bad meal. Maybe a trip to Chipotle took a wrong turn. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that ~75,000 people become ill each year in the U.S. from the particular strain called E. coli O157:H7.1 However, […]
Hey you! Yeah you, a college student. Have you ever dozed off during a mid-afternoon lecture, or just struggled to maintain your focus and overall energy throughout the day? Chances are that you have; I have too. In fact, it’s quite common to get tired in the afternoon. Many of your peers work around this, as you may notice, by […]
Space has been a fantasy I have recently been exploring. I love space-themed movies and TV shows; they provide a detailed feeling of extraterrestrial life outside the one we’ve known. Aesthetically, space can be a beautiful setting or an amazing plot point to a movie, like it is in Guardians of the Galaxy. Stories that are accompanied by the mysteries […]
By Mikayla Kauinana & Archit Tiwari Modern physics has transformed the world and the lives of the people in it. Its applications can range from microwave ovens, smoke detectors, and GPS to nuclear power, synthetic elements, and quantum mechanics. The speed of such advancements and our knowledge of classical physics has led some to suggest that we might be reaching […]
-Featured Image By Ryan Hoffman Imagine growing brain tissue and watching it organize autonomously into a mature, three-dimensional mini-brain. What does that look like to you? If you’re imagining a tiny brain floating in a jar, that is creative, but not spot-on. If you’re imagining a complex ball of cells, that is more accurate. The term “mini brain” can be […]
By Simone Wright Rocks are cool. They’re like small time capsules that describe the Earth’s history. The variety of characteristics impies a natural process unique to that rock; like a game of mystery to describe the events leading up to them. Geologists study rocks not only to understand/model Earth processes, but to access fundamental knowledge about the universe around us. […]
Owls come in many shapes and sizes as there are over 250 species around the world, living in different habitats like agricultural fields or thick forests. Most live in natural habitats like trees or caves, but some rest in human-made places like owl boxes or barns.