NASA schedules final shuttle mission
One of the things that define humanity as species is our fascination with the heavens. As children, how many of us gazed up at the…
science
A new domain?
The tree of life, the ingenious device used to visualize the evolution of the various taxa, is constantly undergoing changes and revisions. With new improvements…
Forget eating local
Food independence is an important thing. The more control you have over where your food comes from, the more you can depend on its wholesomeness…
Starting a small farm
There is nothing more satisfying than eating a meal derived from plants you have grown yourself. Perhaps this is why so many people dream of…
Farming misconceptions
Agriculture seems to be a controversial topic on campus. Everyone knows we need food in order to survive and without modern agricultural practices we would…
Letters to the Editor – April 6, 2011
The use of the term “crazy” referring to any individual is unwelcome on campus, and has no place at any institute of higher education. Using…
Space robots!
Androids have long been the holy grail of sci-fi, and it seems like we’re one step closer to achieving our space race era dreams. NASA…
Rats & lizards
I spent the Sunday previous, as I’m sure many of you did, watching videos on fractal shapes, the creation of non-Euclidean planes from both beads…
Where’s Penelope?
We live in a country where animal-protection advocacy is overshadowed by indifference: beaten elephants still travel in our circuses; the seal hunt is a fur-export…
What do chickens think?
An interesting experiment was published by the School of Veterinary Sciences in Bristol, U.K.. The paper involves a common, misunderstood and oft-undervalued animal. The experiment…