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Leaf it to Me: Biomimicry and the Artificial Leaf
The concept of environmentalism is almost inevitably coupled to sacrifice and responsibility. In order to reduce our disruption of nature, we are provided with lists upon lists of things we should not...
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Fractal Finance: A Rogue Mathematician’s Search for Answers
How do you measure the rough and jagged coastline of the United Kingdom? Or the sharp, seemingly arbitrary rise and fall of a stock-price? To the layperson, the answer to the first question might seem...
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Simulism: How to Know if the Universe is a Computer Simulation
The premise stems from philosophy; are the universe and human reality real external phenomena? Mathematician Rene Descartes hypothesized the existence of a demon that presented a complete illusion of...
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The Relevance of Chaos Theory to Medical Analysis
The term “chaos” typically engenders a sense of complete randomness or disorder, evoking turbulent images such as a traffic accident or a noisy birthday party. But there is another definition for this...
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The True Essence of Scientific Research
On April 18th, 2013, Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, demonstrated complete ignorance of the nature of scientific research. As Chairman of the committee,...
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Superconductivity: A Developing Yet Highly Practical Field
Sometimes, the most important scientific discoveries are serendipitous. This was almost certainly the case with Kamerlingh Onnes’s 1911 discovery of the phenomenon known as superconductivity [1]. As he...
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Parallel Universes and the Many-Worlds Theory
Are you unique? In your perception of the world, the answer is simple: you are different than every other person on this planet. But, the answer could be more complicated. There might be another “you”...
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Graphene: The Next Leap in Technological Advancements
Imagine a full-grown elephant balanced on the end of a pencil. Now imagine that pencil tip perpendicular to a layer of substance as thin as plastic wrap, which miraculously prevents the pencil tip from...
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Iron Man and Bullet Proof Custard
Audiences throughout the nation and around the world have been entranced by the high-tech Iron Man body suit and Tony Stark’s eccentric mind. Imagined by Marvel Comics, the Iron Man suit allows Stark...
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Get Out of the Dark About Dark Matter!
Another CERN award winner and me (right) in front of the LHC! Dark matter has been a source of intrigue for scientists long before it became exciting fodder for science fiction. Immortalized by popular...
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