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...
In schoolyards worldwide, the phrase 鈥測ou run like a girl鈥� is often used as an insult. We are used to seeing male athletes jump higher, lift heavier weights, and run faster than female athletes due...
Yes, it is possible to have twins with different biological fathers. The scientific term for this anomaly is 鈥渉eteropaternal superfecundation,鈥� and it鈥檚 super cool. 鈥淗eteropaternal鈥� signifies...
The name for 鈥榩ineapple鈥� is a misnomer. The fruit, also known as Ananas comosus, belongs to neither the pine nor apple genus (Pinus and Malus, respectively). In the Middle Ages, the word 鈥榓pple鈥�...
In the first 20 minutes of the movie Sound of Metal, the audience watches a young musician lose his hearing. As the background buzz of car motors, conversation, and birdsong fades to silence, we...
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