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Under the Microscope: December 2007
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, December 11, 2007. What's in a name. We are approaching that blissful week between the end of final exams and the posting of grades. If you are afraid that you did poorly on a final or two, it may not just be the result of poor study habits: It turns out that your name may be to blame. Frankly, more research has to be done on the topic before I'm willing to believe it. While there may be flaws in the ...
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Under the Microscope: July 2007
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, July 31, 2007. College Promotes Drug Addiction. Spend enough time on any college campus, and you will see that most students ingest some sort of caffeinated beverage daily, whether it's soda, an energy drink or coffee. According to Newsweek. We don't drink our daily lattes for the taste: We drink them because we are addicted to caffeine. And while caffeine will keep you awake for your next class, it may a...
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Under the Microscope: A combination of things
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. A combination of things. Throughout life, we learn to associate colors with different tasks: red means stop, yellow means caution, and red and yellow together mean McDonald’s. Apparently some women can see more colors than the rest of us, which may cause them to spend more time comparing shades of hairdye. Called tetrachromats. Says Scientific American. This was done in an effort to fig...
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Under the Microscope: We're going in circles again
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. We're going in circles again. Not most students, apparently. So, based on research done by real scientists, I've drawn my own conclusions about why we would rather drive in circles than walk a few extra yards. One possible reason is that our brains are full; there's just not enough room to remember our multiplication tables, all six American Idol winners. Odds are that these bullies are you...
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Under the Microscope: February 2008
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. But there's still no sign of Bigfoot. Much like a storyline out of a Disney movie, scientists have successfully separated a little electron from its parent atom and filmed it. Granted, the footage is no. But the film is the first of its kind and will be featured later on in the blog entry. (I know the suspense must be killing you.). As mentioned in Live Science. And they do still exist.
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Under the Microscope: March 2008
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Zombies are real. sort of. If you think your job is hard, you should try being an amoeba. While they often just lounge around the bottom of a lake, which sounds like a good ol' time, other times they have to go ahead and eat some brains. The latest victim chosen by the Naegleria fowleri. There were 23 documented infections between 1995 and 2004, which makes the six cases this year that muc...
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Under the Microscope: Zombies are real... sort of
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Zombies are real. sort of. If you think your job is hard, you should try being an amoeba. While they often just lounge around the bottom of a lake, which sounds like a good ol' time, other times they have to go ahead and eat some brains. The latest victim chosen by the Naegleria fowleri. There were 23 documented infections between 1995 and 2004, which makes the six cases this year that muc...
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Under the Microscope: April 2008
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The ninjas of advertisement. Growing up with television and the Internet, we have become accustomed to advertisements bombarding us in every way possible. Our sneaky little friends over at Kameraflage. Felt that this wasn’t enough, and have come up with a new way to get a point across, using a 21st Century version of subliminal messaging. Or the now-defunct Weekly World News. The obvious a...
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Under the Microscope: The ninjas of advertisement
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A blog about science and technology — on a level that any college student could understand. Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The ninjas of advertisement. Growing up with television and the Internet, we have become accustomed to advertisements bombarding us in every way possible. Our sneaky little friends over at Kameraflage. Felt that this wasn’t enough, and have come up with a new way to get a point across, using a 21st Century version of subliminal messaging. Or the now-defunct Weekly World News. The obvious a...
