by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2021, spectrum
By Kate Ferrera, Fall 2021. In the 1980s, Jim Tennant, a factory worker in West Virginia, sold land to the DuPont chemical manufacturing company for use as a non-hazardous waste landfill.[1] This was standard practice and would have been completely unremarkable except...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2021, spectrum
By Nikhil Kumar, Fall 2021. Chances are, whether on the internet or in real life, you’ve heard the words “intermittent fasting” or “IF diet” before. In my own life, I see those fitness buzzwords everywhere. Whether it’s my father who chooses not to eat anything during...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2021, spectrum
By Jason Wu, Fall 2021. On October 5th, 2021, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration—a scientific imaging group on the hunt for the elusive dark energy—officially concluded its six-year mission. Despite sounding like a string of stereotypical astronomical jargon,...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2021, spectrum
By Pierce Hoenigman, Fall 2021. Concrete is a material that dates back to the ancient world, famously used by the Romans in their constructions. The incredibly strong Roman recipe is now lost to history, though refinements over the past few centuries have resurrected...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2021, spectrum
By Theresa Christiansen, Fall 2021. What if a simple brain implant could improve our vision, effectively treat depression, or allow us to control a computer with our minds? While these ideas have fascinated us for centuries in the form of science fiction or superhero...
