Written by: Gautham Anne While watching boats travel by or a duck on a pond, one might wonder how the astonishing wake patterns emerge, such as the ones depicted in figure 1. One might also note that the wake patterns, regardless of whether it is
Written by: Laya Gopalakrishnan 1 x 10-43 seconds. This is the duration of time that our universe was able to remain within a 1 x 10-33 centimeter confine. Following this was a phenomenon that many of us are familiar with: The Big Bang. There are
Written by: Dorrie Peters As this semester reaches a peak, many students will begin to experience heightened anxiety revolving around coursework, college applications, and social events. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly one-third of teenagers suffer from a serious anxiety disorder and
Written by: Colin Ward On August 8th, an experiment by the National Ignition Facility made an astounding discovery in nuclear fusion when they came closer than ever before to “igniting” a nuclear fusion reaction, the very same reaction that powers our sun. Ignition is a
Written by: Marko Ilic Psychedelic drugs have recently risen to increased prominence in the medicinal world, and many stigmas that enveloped the various drugs – MDMA, Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine – have weakened due to surges in mental health crises and a growing void in solutions
Written by: Bhavyaa Chauhan Wildfires have been a hot topic in the mainstream media in the past decade. Forests, specifically those in California, have been prone to intense wildfires, creating threats to biodiversity and the climate. The giant Californian native, is no stranger to fires.