Technology for art’s sake
What happens when you give a reference librarian an iPhone and tell her to do something exciting? If you’re Liv Valmestad, a librarian in the…
2011
The pretty girl
We all know those girls. Those girls who guys seem to gaze upon endlessly. Those girls who guys are afraid to talk to. The pretty…
A social situation
It is that time of year once again, after New Years but before summer, that is classified as “peak social season.” Friends, friends of friends,…
With cold weather, residence students are going stir crazy
On university and college campuses across the world, the word “residence” has become synonymous with two things: living quarters and partying. The majority of college…
What my hair meant to me in high school
Since I was in high school I’ve always sported something that resembles a shag: hair that is not long enough to be considered truly long,…
Transit Waltz
I dance with the bus Each turn, each curve Each jolt, each thrust I dance with the bus I dance with the bus On way…
Life: all tangled up
How is it that birds, those tiny feathery creatures, were precisely navigating the globe while hominids had not yet managed to efficiently communicate directional information?…
Tiny medical advances
It’s no exaggeration to say that semiconductors have revolutionized every facet of life in industrialized nations. One of the latest results of the silicon transformation…
Will you pass the cancer sniff test?
Cancer is a devastating disease that will most likely touch your family in one way or another. It is also somewhat preventable according to the…
Science briefs
New semiconductor It may not be graphene that revolutionizes transistors after all, according to an article in the Nature Nanotechnology journal, reports physorg.com. Molybdenite, a…