by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Jared Siegel, Fall 2019. On October 17th of 2017, the Pan-STARRS1 telescope identified a small, peculiar object moving past the Earth. After analyzing the object’s extreme speed and its steep angle of inclination, researchers concluded that the object was not...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Alex Qi, Fall 2019. According to The Oxford Companion to the English Language, a metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two objects or ideas, usually suggesting a likeness between them [1]. A scientific theory, on the other hand, is defined...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Palash Goiporia, Fall 2019. Last month’s announcement of the closure of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant continues a worrying trend for nuclear energy in the United States. The Pennsylvania based nuclear fission reactor that infamously partially melted down some...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Corinne Stonebraker, Fall 2019. Proprioception, the ability to sense one’s self-movement and body position, and control signals from the motor cortex are used to guide goal-directed, motor behaviors. In the field of neuroprosthetic technology, there is a...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Malaika Mathias, Fall 2019. Everybody is different. We hear it all the time. Each of our bodies respond differently to the food we eat, changes in weather, and even to medical treatments. So why do we all continue to take the same medicines, if we are all different...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2019, spectrum
By Nikhil Kumar, Fall 2019. Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are living organisms that have been genetically engineered or altered by inserting foreign genes from other plants or animals into their genetic code. This gives the original organism properties...
