Author: Cynthia Li

Imagine the world being plunged into a state of complete darkness, with no way of telling left and right apart. Though this would be an apocalyptic scenario for most people, this is simply just another day for bats. But without one of the most important senses that humans rely on, how do bats navigate through…

Though the earliest relatives of the seaweed plant date back to more than 1.6 billion years ago, it remains one of the most versatile plants of the modern world (Osterloff 2017). “Seaweed” is the common name used to classify large, multicellular algae. Among the years, its applications have evolved—from being known as a gastronomical treasure…