Mr. Clark was born in China and raised by his grandparents between the ages of 2 and 8 because his … More
Author: Timothy Guan
How Eratosthenes Calculated the Circumference of the Earth Two Millennia Ago
An ancient foray into scientific calculation with sticks, sunlight, and ingenuity Eratosthenes, a Greek polymath and the director of the … More
Food Chain Resilience
The side-effects of global crises Ukraine and Russia are at war. An often overlooked consequence of the war is the … More
How Can We See Small Things?
The science behind immunostaining Consider a hypothetical scenario where you, someone who needs glasses, do not have them, and you … More
Anatomy + Physiology
Anatomy and Physiology, taught by Dr. Gatti, is a class that picks up where freshman biology ends. With a focus … More
P-hacking in Scientific Research
How statistics can be weaponized In 2015, a study indicated that eating a 1.5-ounce bar of dark chocolate every day … More
Lipid Nanoparticles and the Covid-19 Vaccine
How tiny molecules speed up vaccine production. Despite its microscopic size, SARS-Cov-2, the virus responsible for the disease COVID-19, continues … More
Our current understanding of the ACE-2 receptor and Covid-19
How one enzyme is a double-edged sword in the battle against Covid-19 In all the research surrounding COVID-19, one protein … More
Mathematical Chaos
The unpredictability behind the simplest functions The beauty of math lies in its universality, the way that so many seemingly … More