EU Countries Resume Rollout of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Leading states in the EU such as Italy, Germany, France, and Spain are resuming rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a brief pause due to health concerns. Thirteen European countries stopped distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure after reports of a relatively small number of fatal blood clots in patients shortly after receiving the vaccine.
The Siberian Unicorn Gives Insight in How to Save Rhinos
By Max Dai
The Siberian Unicorn is an animal from the rhino family. It has a long horn on its nose and is said to...
Sustainability is for Everyone: Habits to Develop in 2024
By Angelina Tang
The new year has come upon us, and what better time to start trying to change your life for the better? It...
Mapping Numbers in Different Directions in Space
By Emma Wu
While organizing items, everyone tends to place them smallest to largest, left to right. Why is that? This has been a debate...
“Doomsday Vault” Sees First Withdrawal
By: Jenna Marcus
In 2008, a four-hundred foot vault was built inside the mountain of a remote Norwegian island to hold backup samples of almost...
Real-Life Draculas: The “Bloody” Fascinating Tales of 5 Vampiric Creatures
Evil blood-sucking creatures like the Count are completely fictional… right? Well, a couple of animals out there would beg to differ. Evolution presented them with the blessing or curse (depending on your perspective) of feeding on blood or cannibalizing their fellow species members in order to survive. Following are the stories of 5 regrettably real animals who might not be out for your blood specifically, but will certainly leave you with a fair amount of goosebumps blood-sucking creatures like the Count are completely fictional… right? Well, a couple of animals out there would beg to differ. Evolution presented them with the blessing or curse (depending on your perspective) of feeding on blood or cannibalizing their fellow species members in order to survive. Following are the stories of 5 regrettably real animals who might not be out for your blood specifically, but will certainly leave you with a fair amount of goosebumps.
Respected but Not Loved: Four Scientists Who Were Terrible People
Here are four men who made great contributions to science but were less than moral as human beings.
We Pay Deerly for Daylight Saving Time
Autumn daylight saving time is one that many people may view with happiness. It means an extra hour of sleep during the busy week when we switch to standard time in autumn. However, this switch in schedule has an unexpected consequence. Vehicle collisions with deer shoot up to a frightening number, increasing the death toll of both deer and humans.
New Noisy Models to Molecular Signaling
In 2000, a graduate student and his mentor at Princeton University had successfully inserted a set of genes into E. coli bacteria that induced the cells’ fluorescence—namely, the genes invoked the production of a certain protein that made the cells glow.
How Asteroids Can Help Us Reach Mars
By: Sherrie Chen
With technology developing rapidly, we step closer and closer to the Universe. Mars is always the one on the top of the...