Over the years, humans have transformed all sorts of foods and evolved many new varieties. For example, corn used to be only 19 millimeters long, taste like […]
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What are weeds? How do we classify them and what are they for?
Weeds are what humans have dubbed “undesirable” plants. Humans decide if a specific species of plants is a weed based on of whether the species produces too […]
What is a virus and how do we stay healthy?
I am sure everyone is aware of the coronavirus pandemic that has overtaken the world. There have been more than 1 million confirmed cases worldwide. Some ways […]
Soil is science: explaining the different types
Everywhere we go, we see beautiful plants and animals Earth has given us. Each organism exists in some kind of balance with other organisms. Plants are the […]
What is a virus?
It is officially flu season. Just last week, there were about 100 students at my school who had to stay home because they got the flu. And, […]
Where does gas station gasoline come from?
It seems that every time I’m being driven someplace, I pass by one gas station after another. Sometimes, my parents realize they’re low on gas so they […]
Cryptography: What it is and how it’s used
When I was in fifth grade, my friend and I developed a code where we replaced each letter of the alphabet with a number. We were able […]
What is gene therapy?
Genes are the heredity units that pass the characteristics (physical and behavioral) from parents to their offspring. They define features such as height, eye color, ability to […]
A primer on the contact process in chemistry
The contact process is used to make sulfuric acid. The simpler type of the contact process is the sulfur-burning plant. This plant uses sulfur as a raw […]
Antifreeze: What is it and how does it work?
As predicted, the weather is getting colder. If you find out there is a chance of snow the next day, you might put some antifreeze in your […]
