Science and Tech

There’s nothing wrong with catching a few more winks of sleep on the weekends right? Wrong. Teenagers are notorious for either not getting enough sleep during the week or sleeping too long on weekends or both. However, studies show that getting inconsistent amounts of sleep over a long period of time can cause a number of behavioral and physical problems, along with problems in cognitive function.

In May, the then-20-year-old undergraduate student Ashwin Sah at Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a breakthrough in the field of graph theory.

350-400 children around the world suffer from a genetic syndrome called Progeria. Progeria is a type of progeroid syndrome, with a more specific name of Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome. With a genetic mutation in the lamin A (LMNA), a protein involved in holding together the center of the cell, premature aging occurs.

Teenagers are well known for not getting enough sleep. Maybe you are one of them. However, an insufficient amount of sleep, especially over a prolonged period of time, is not healthy for the growing mind.

On October 29, a public announcement was made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that stated, gray wolves (Canis lupus) would be delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), in most of the contiguous 48 states. A few days later on November 3rd, it was officially published in the Federal Register. The terms to this delisting will take full effect January 4, 2021.

By Sophie Zhu Invariants are attributes of a mathematical object that stay constant if one changes certain, non-central features. Typically, the features that can be...

By Shawn Gupta Plastic waste is a huge problem for our planet. It is estimated that over 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually,...

Emmanuelle Charpentier, a French professor, and Jennifer Doudna, an American biochemist, are the 6th and 7th women to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Their discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 is a molecular tool that can be used to make precise incisions in the genetic material, making it easier to edit genetic code. This discovery revolutionized molecular life sciences, bringing new opportunities with breathtaking potential.

This year’s record breaking hyperactive hurricanes in the Atlantic have five active tropical cyclones spinning synchronously. An event like this is only the second of it’s kind known to man. The five systems are Hurricane Sally, Hurricane Paulette, Tropical Storm Teddy, Tropical Storm Vicky, and Tropical Depression Rene.

Number theory is one of the fundamental subject areas in mathematics today. In the most elementary sense, it studies the relations between integers—the whole numbers: 1, 2, 3, etc. Although much of elementary number theory accomplishes that, much of these seemingly simple problems in number theory must be solved using complicated methods over structures called groups, rings, and fields.