When people are given more power, we want to believe they’ll use it for good. But sometimes, they don’t. Sometimes people use their power for selfish gains […]
Vaageesha Das
Psychological effects of social media
Social media is a powerful means of interacting with people virtually. Empowered with the latest computer technologies, people can share ideas, pictures and videos and stay in […]
Why is data science such a significant field?
IN RECENT YEARS, WE’VE SEEN A HUGE GROWTH IN THE AMOUNT OF DATA AVAILABLE TO US. BUT JUST HAVING DATA ISN’T USEFUL — we want to know […]
How do opioids affect our brains
LIVING IN WEST VIRGINIA, THE PHRASE “OPIOID EPIDEMIC” IS VERY FAMILIAR. At some point, the aging white population in West Virginia was dealing with a lot of […]
What is infrasound?
When I’m speaking, my family members are able to hear the sound waves my mouth emits. They are able to then turn these sounds into ideas and […]
How and when did life begin?
When we think of life on Earth today, we imagine diverse sets of animals and plants. Life also includes tiny unicellular organisms called bacteria, some of which […]
Why do humans speak?
I once saw a post that described communicating as “emitting sound waves from one person’s mouth that go into another person’s ears and are then converted into […]
A look at what makes up life
All life has seven characteristics in common: they have some sort of order, respond to changes in their environment, reproduce, grow and develop, regulate themselves, do things […]
What, exactly, is cancer?
My grandfather died of neck cancer about five years ago. Cancer has always been this invisible enemy that has haunted me and so many people I know. […]
Shouldn’t most woodpeckers have brain damage?
If I slammed my mouth against a tree over and over again, I would definitely sustain some serious, lifelong injuries. And I’m sure every other human could […]
