For the last science column of the semester, I would like to discuss the scientific literacy of the American public. In his last
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Author: Ben Gregory
The End of the World is Upon Us… Eventually
I suspect that most college students, myself included, spend a sizeable chunk of our time worrying about the future. If we eat our vegetables
We ‘Essentially’ Know Nothing About Essential Oils
It seems that the prevalence and use of essential oils (EO) for curative or therapeutic purposes is becoming more widespread, or at least it's becoming more
Feeling Green: The Science Behind a Hangover
With Saint Patrick’s Day just around the corner, many of us are pulling out our green socks and “Kiss me, I’m Irish” shirts in
Seeing Cost-Efficiency in a New Light: The Future of Solar Cells
It is a commonly cited fact that the Earth receives more energy from the sun in an hour than the whole planet uses in
A Crisis of Reproducible Proportions: Questioning What Science “Knows” to be True
Science is arguably the best tool humans have devised to objectively explore the hows and whys of the world around us. One of the