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Carbon, we hardly know ye

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Leif Larsen
You are mostly water and carbon. Oh, sure, there is some nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen, along with a host of other elements thrown in there, but you’re pretty much all carbon. You’re not alone...
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Communal living means always having to say: “you’re sorry”

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Leif Larsen
An open letter to the people downstairs, who keep smoking pot and cigarettes in the house: Did you think I wouldn’t notice? Well, did you? The whole house smelled like weed and tobacco. It’s a...
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Alan Turing

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Leif Larsen
"The allied invasion of occupied France was the beginning of the end." "The Nazis spreading themselves over too many fronts lead to their own defeat." "The entrance of the Americans into the conflict turned...
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What’s the big deal?

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Leif Larsen
Go ahead, think of a number at random, any number, I’ll wait . . . what was your number? If you chose was 67 then that’s kind of eerie, mainly because that was my...
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Better know a prokaryote

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Leif Larsen
This column, which will be switching off with Leanne Grieves’ “Zoological investigations,” will strive to pique your interest in the world of the microscopic, bringing you strange tales of wonder and amazing diversity, but...
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From brain to grain

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Leif Larsen
Ah September, the leaves begin to change, light crisp air slowly starts to replace the heavy and humid conditions of August and students return to the campuses of this great country. And what will...
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Department of science: yours to discover

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Leif Larsen
Few people can fully grasp the amount of work that is required to complete a B.Sc in anything under a decade. In addition to attending class everyday, most science students are resigned to spending...
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