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NEWS: We Aren't the Only Ones Self-Isolating...

Sep 15, 2020
2 min

NEWS: We Aren't the Only Ones Self-Isolating...

A new study has discovered that vampire bats practice self-isolation when they become sick. Bats are social mammals, living in tight colonies, sharing food, and grooming each other. The bats also call out to each other. Unfortunately, these close bonds also increase the risk of quick spread of infection. The Panamanian Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute research team captured wild vampire bats and injected them with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which would trigger an immune

Inequities of Climate Change

Aug 20, 2020
3 min

Inequities of Climate Change

With surges of racism plaguing our world, we have seen media coverage on Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and the rising numbers in crimes targeting Asian Americans as an enduring effect of the coronavirus. Yet, in the midst of the active social distancing, our nation is also threatened by the landfall of Hurricane Hanna and Hurricane Douglas - some of the first hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans of the 2020 season. Researchers show clear worry with the effects of

A Dangerous Return

Aug 13, 2020
3 min

A Dangerous Return

On May 29, a 5-million-gallon diesel fuel spill occurred near Norilsk, Russia due to a power station storage tank of Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company. Nornickel, its parent company, reported that the cause of the spill may have been the sinking foundation of the station as a result of thawing permafrost in the midst of the climate change crisis (Reddy, 2020). Labelled as one of the worst oil spills ever, the Arctic spill caused nearby rivers to turn a crimson red color (Odynov

5 Ways to Combat Creative Block

The Incandescent

Jul 12, 2020
4 min

5 Ways to Combat Creative Block

By Gia Shin We’ve all been there before. You could stare at a blank page for hours, days, even months, without being able to produce anything. This dreaded mind block happens to everyone who uses mediums for creative self-expression. Whether you are a potter, filmmaker, composer, or poet, creative blocks are very frustrating to deal with. Why do creative blocks happen in the first place? They happen for a multitude of reasons. They can occur if you are mentally drained, if yo

A Whole New World

May 7, 2020
3 min

A Whole New World

“We are actually the virus to our Mother Earth, and coronavirus is just an antibody.” As the pandemic has taken over both the news and the conduct of our lives, panic has certainly spread. However, people have yet to realize the gravity of another aspect of the COVID-19 lockdown. Other than alarmingly updated maps of projected coronavirus diagnoses and deaths, social platforms have also been swarmed by videos of the newly shaped environment at hand. A cleaner atmosphere. Libe

Air Pollution Decreases as COVID- 19 Spreads

Apr 23, 2020
3 min

Air Pollution Decreases as COVID- 19 Spreads

The coronavirus outbreak has caused mayhem around the world, forcing countries to lock down, schools to shut down, and grocery stores to sell out. Millions of individuals are in isolation to prevent infection of the virus, and the flow of urban life has been on pause. With the coalition of reduced traffic, commercial activity, and industrial activity, there has been a dramatic decline in air polluting emissions. For example, according to NASA, China's carbon emissions have