Trigger Warning: This post discusses topics of genocide and trauma. For over 70 years, the children of Palestine have only ever known grief and violence. Homes have been completely destroyed, hospitals are filled far beyond their capacities, and Palestinians are killed by airstrikes and bullets every day (Farajallah, 2022). In 2020, it was found that Read the full article…
Vaccines are one of the most valuable innovations in modern medicine, saving an estimated four to five million lives every year (World Health Organization, 2019). Carter et al. (2021) estimate that vaccines could prevent 51 million deaths between 2021 and 2030. However, millions of people around the globe do not have access to vaccines (Figure Read the full article…
The pharmaceutical industry, driven by the new benchmarks in research and development from the COVID-19 pandemic, is surging forward with a variety of innovative and new technological methods for drug discovery, one of them being the use of 3-dimensional (3D) cell culture models (Nicholson, 2023). 3D cell culture models are in vitro multicellular structures designed Read the full article…
With readily available pregnancy tests stocked across drugstore shelves, it is hard to imagine a time when determining pregnancy was not so simple a task. Instead of the easy-to-use plastic cartridge we commonly imagine, the earliest reliable pregnancy tests utilised Xenopus laevis, also known as the African clawed frog (Nuwer, 2013). This method for identifying Read the full article…
Despite the ridicule behind Love is Blind and The Bachelorette, the complex bridge that connects the realm of human emotions with the scientific understanding of our bodies does exist, in the form of love. From a scientific perspective, the early stages of falling in love behave similarly to the consumption of cocaine, with both processes triggering Read the full article…
The tranquility of a Muskoka chair, fishing rod, and glassy lake. What could disrupt this middle-aged man’s dream? The line is tugged, reeled back, and instead of yielding dinner – a corpse. The body of a salmon, missing skin, muscle tissue, an eye, and covered in fungal infection, yet it’s still fighting the line. Little Read the full article…
Alcohol hangover is such a common issue there is a movie trilogy named after it. Very few people, however, will see or experience the full extent of withdrawal. Characterized by fatigue, headaches, light sensitivity, nausea and bad sleep, hangovers are felt by 25.5% of college students each week (Swift and Davidson, 1998; Meilman, et al., 1990). It is Read the full article…
In the face of evolving climate dynamics, urban flooding is emerging as a major concern that calls for urgent action and demands prioritization in research initiatives. Since 1980, over 4588 flood disasters have occurred in 172 countries, causing the loss of over 250,000 people’s lives (Dąbrowska, et al., 2023). In nature, fluctuations in water levels Read the full article…
You’ve been working on a physics problem for what feels like hours. Suddenly, it hits you. “What’s in the pantry? If I had a sweet treat right now, surely, I’d figure this out.” For the most part, stress-eating seems harmless, and for many, it’s an involuntary response. The feelings of stress evoke a different response Read the full article…