Zoological Investigations
The cassowary is a large, flightless bird that, along with ostriches, omus, kiwis and rheas, is a proud member of the ratite group. The term…
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Thunderstorms: Crazier than ever before
With every development in technology and every increase in the sensitivity of detection instruments, it seems the universe only ever gets larger and more complicated….
A dark night for bats
Given the scale and diversity of most animal populations, it is a rare thing to talk about extinction on the same time scale we might…
But what can I do?
Recently, I had the privilege of standing up to a Goliath of our time: Monsanto. I choose to exercise this privilege because here I can…
Feathers, Fur, Friends! Foes?
When was the last time you had to unpack a crate full of squashed baby sea turtles and their eggs that were smuggled across international…
Peeling back the façade of our collective myths
A couple weeks ago, Spencer Fernando wrote a piece called “Good & Evil,” which made the argument that moral relativism is at fault for cultivating…
There’s a USB port in that wall!
*A shadowy figure walks down a dark alley. As they look over their shoulder, ensuring they are alone, a netbook is removed from a pocket,…
Pills smarter than the patients
Complicated processes, specialized machines and the trained professionals that operate them: these are the hallmarks of modern medicine. Technology tends to isolate the afflicted through…
Flu pain? Get pine
With flu season quickly approaching, throngs of people will soon descend on their doctors to get the flu shot while others will brace themselves with…
Students and alumni protest Monsanto
By Morgan Modjeski and Sarah Petz