Our bodies have a built-in clock known as the 鈥渟uprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).鈥� The SCN is a structure within the hypothalamus that contains a collection of neurons that synchronize our internal...
Electric cars are often portrayed as an invention created to solve the issue of pollution generated from the exhaust emission of gasoline cars, but the electric car has been around the block before...
The history of science is full of disproved experiments, revised textbooks, and rewritten hypotheses. Even Nobel prize-winning research, which is often viewed as the best work science has to offer,...
I had the opportunity to watch a live donor kidney transplant 鈥� live! From the first incision in the donor to the last suture in the recipient, I was standing there, granted the privilege to...
What if I told you that a simple one letter change in your DNA could have landed you seven Olympic gold medals? You鈥檙e right, it鈥檚 probably a little more complicated than this. But winners of this...
Though aesthetically pleasing, gold is scientifically quite boring. It is chemically inert, meaning it doesn鈥檛 easily react with other chemicals and remains shiny for long periods which is why it...
I woke up from a nap to see a doomsday-esque picture outside the car window. My friends and I were driving back to Montreal during the poorest air quality day of the summer, and the city looked...
Throughout its lifetime, tuberculosis (or TB) has gone by many names. The ancient Greeks called it 鈥減hthisis鈥�. In the 1700s, it was 鈥渢he white plague鈥�. And in the 1800s, it was 鈥渃onsumption鈥� 鈥�...
When I moved to Montreal, it took me a while to get oriented. After a few weeks of constantly checking Google Maps, I developed a mental image of key landmarks and how to navigate between them. I...
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