by Takunda Masikeedited by Alicia McGeachy California’s autumn 2018 Camp Fire wildfire was the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state’s history and the deadliest wildfire in the US in the past century.1,2 Eighty-five …
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Zack’s Nano Adventure
by Zack Jonesedited by Alicia McGeachy Some time ago, my labmates and I invented a character named “Nano Person” as a way of giving some frame of reference for the nano-scale. Nano Person fights nano-crime …
Agricultural Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and What is Being Done About It
by Beichen Liu edited by Alicia McGeachy A lot is being said these days about pollution in waterways, how to prevent it, and how to clean up pollution that started decades ago. During a summer …
Volunteering for the Prison Education Project
by Micaela Homer edited by Alicia McGeachy On the first evening I drove to teach in a prison, I was nervous. Would they respect me? Would they be interested in the lesson I prepared? Even …
Charged Chains and How They Interact with Model Biological Interfaces
by Alicia McGeachy Have you ever heard the phrase “walking on eggshells”? The phrase is usually meant to convey the message that you should take care in not disrupting or offending someone. It turns out, …
A Quick Peek Into Computational Chemistry
by Andy Bei edited by Alicia McGeachy When talking about chemists, what image comes to your mind? Labs, tubes, beakers, colorful solutions, turning dirt into gold… Yes, yes, those images represent some parts of chemistry …
What to expect at your first international science conference
by Alicia McGeachy One of the exciting things about being a scientist is that we occasionally get a chance to meet up with colleagues from all over the world. I just got back from the …
Breaking News: Slime Time Chemistry Slip-Up!
by Alicia McGeachy Is it a solid? Is it a liquid? It behaves in a way that reminds us a little of both. But what is it? Slime! (Figure 1) Making slime is a majorly …
Recommended Reading: The NAS Report on Sexual Harassment
by Miriam Krause edited by Alicia McGeachy Sexual harassment in science is a big topic, and a big report was released about it a couple weeks ago by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and …
Landing Among the Stars: Averages in Society
by Naomi Dalchand edited by Alicia McGeachy As I was helping my sister prepare for her job interview a few weeks ago, it struck me that she did not believe she was qualified enough to …