Science

Anyone who’s taken advantage of happy hour on a Friday night can attest to how much fun it can be. After all, who’s opposed to two-for-one specials, ’90s throwback jams and good company? Unfortunately, those same partygoers can also testify to how difficult it is to wake up well rested after coming home buzzed at...

I think that most people have been near an aging or terminally ill loved one and, after they were gone, realized that there was a moment when the person simply decided that they were done living. The first time I ever heard about this phenomenon among healthy, younger people was when I was researching voodoo...

Scientists from Michigan State University and Stanford University have worked together to develop a nanoparticle capable of ‘eating’ the plaque that causes heart attacks. The results of their study were published in Nature Nanotechnology. Led by Bryan Smith, associate professor of biomedical engineering at MSU, the team created a “Trojan Horse” nanoparticle that could possibly...

There’s a myth that’s been around since forever that women who have been through puberty and live in close proximity will eventually all start getting their periods at the same time. Like, even if you start out nowhere close, your start date will change by a day, then another, and so will your sister’s or...

This is what corporate responsibility looks like, in my humble opinion. As much as some people (and organizations) out there would like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend climate change doesn’t exist, it is very real, and its effects are growing more drastic. Because of the 2018 rewrite of America’s tax laws...

If you’ve been paying attention to the news the past year or so, you know that school lunch debt is a major issue in schools across the country. It seems unfathomable that kids should have to worry about getting the food they need to give them the energy to get through the school day and...

Everyone always tells you to “drink more water,” but sometimes you end up with five half-full glasses of water sitting around the house in random places and then what? Is it okay to drink a glass of water after it’s been sitting around for a while? Reader’s Digest has the answer. Apparently, it’s not necessarily a great idea...

The coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, that originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, has spread throughout mainland China and beyond. The virus makes daily headlines, though reports about this new respiratory disease are constantly changing, which makes monitoring it a challenge for everyday people. However, the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University has...