Milasen: The Drug Designed for Only One Person
By Natalie Bratset – Is patient-customized medicine the way of the future? Let’s dive into a groundbreaking “N-of-1” study and find out!
SCISLUG SPRING 2020 OUT NOW
Hello all! Scislug is so pleased to be able to show you all our Spring 2020 Issue! We’re so proud of everyone in our staff and our community for prevailing despite some incredible challenges we faced this year. Please enjoy Scientific Slug – Issue 1, Volume 8!
Flip Through Past Issues!
As of today, our last six publications (2015-2019) can now be virtually flipped through on Issuu! Check it out! We hope you enjoy this new feature! And stay tuned for our Spring 2020 Issue due to be released in the coming weeks!
Have you checked out the magazine?
The new Spring 2016 issue is out and about! Here is a link to the PDF if you have not been able to see it in person!
Science Countdown: 1 More Day
Hey Sci Slugs! The magazine will be out in 1 more day! For now, take a look at this amazing science fact. Air does not circulate around the earth in a straight pattern. Since the Earth rotates, air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. The deflection causes curved paths and is called […]
Science Countdown: 2 More Days
Hi Sci Slugs! The magazine comes out in 2 days! Here’s another tid-bit of science to start off your week. There is one metric ton of air pressing down on us at all times. One metric ton is about the weight of a car. The combined weight of air molecules causes a pressure pressing down on your body of 10,000 kg […]
Science Countdown: 3 More Days
Good evening Sci Slugs! We hope you have enjoyed the sun today as much as plants do. Here’s another taste of science. Plants actually bend towards high concentrations of sunlight. They do this by elongating the cells of the stem on the side that is farthest from the light. This type of light-oriented growth is called phototropism. Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528105946.htm
Science Countdown: 5 More Days
Happy Friday Sci Sluggers. Here’s another fun fact for your curious brains. Scientists have recently found that yawning has nothing to do with boredom or tiredness specifically, but rather yawning tries to cool our brains down so we can think a little more clearly. A 2014 study by University of Vienna found that just like a computer or brains work best at […]
Science Countdown: 6 More Days
Hi there Sci Slugs! The countdown continues with another interesting fact to get your day going and to keep you pumped for the magazine release on May 4th. Catsharks emit a green bio-fluorescence that can only be seen through shark vision. At depth, it is important for members of the same species to be able to locate each other despite […]