Science and Tech

Above is a photograph of the Lassen and Plumas National Forests nine years after the 2000 Storrie Fire. Surprising to most, the area is thriving with resprouting black oaks and live conifers. 

By Dan Purizhansky The acquisition of greater knowledge of Mars has long been a key goal of scientists and science fiction writers. On Monday, November...

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,...

Do you love bugs? Creepy crawlies? Well then, this is the perfect story to worm you up on a cold Halloween night. If you hate bugs, then this story will most definitely keep your bones chilling.

Is it better to utilize stronger relationships or weaker relationships for recommendations to a career? There is a common, age-old idea that weaker ties were better for gaining more job recommendations and job applications. This idea seems contradictory, as we are all normally taught to cultivate stronger friendships for more opportunities. A team of researchers decided to conduct an experimental study to determine which of the two relationships has more effect on increasing opportunities for careers.

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.

Ever since the recent rise of ChatGPT at the beginning of 2023, artificial intelligence has taken the population by storm. Everybody is suddenly seemingly hyper-aware of the increasing power of AI, but the truth is that AI has proven itself to be as effective or more so in completing tasks as people many times over in the past.

By: Sherrie Chen Bioengineering is playing an important role in medical area. For instance, tissue engineers can graft layers of skin grown onto wound, helping...

The seven Millennium Prize problems were posted in May 2000 by the Clay Mathematics Institute. The golden problems of mathematics. Three years later, mathematician...