Art by Breanna Brownson. Conan the Bacterium may be Earth’s most promising astronaut. Named the world’s “toughest organism,” Deinococcus radiodurans—nicknamed Conan—could survive for a whopping
Art by Noora Said. Whether you’re cooking a meal or mixing a drink, chances are that you taste your creation to figure out if it’s
Art by Malia Kuo. For thousands of years, human innovation has been defined by the creation of big tools: the wheel, the watch, the scythe.
Art by Sophia Zhao. Flying over the cliffs of Kauai, a drone known as the Mamba sweeps the area on a rescue mission, searching for
Art by Malia Kuo. Our brains are a collection of billions of neurons, firing in synchrony to make up the complex organ that is our
Art by Kara Tao. In 1973, American sociologist Mark Granovetter published a paper that fundamentally changed the field of sociology. The paper, titled “The Strength
Image Courtesy of Court Johnson. Fans of the cult classic film franchise Terminator remember the iconic scene where the evil robot T-1000 easily passes through
Image Courtesy of Hannah Shi. When the World Chess Championships occur, everything is accounted for—the weight of the chess pieces, the matte of the chess
Image Courtesy of Kara Tao. People constantly anthropomorphize objects. We look at a chair with two buttons and a line and see a face. We
Image Courtesy of Hannah Barsouk. You gaze up at the sky on a clear night. The stars, too numerous to count, appear as nothing more