Violet Wallerstein On March 6, 23andMe announced that the FDA has approved its first direct-to-consumer test for mutations in the BRCA gene which are linked to breast cancer. This test is following…
Abigail Mullen In a recent study published on March 5 by Scientific Report, scientists have shown that there is a larger population of Adélie penguins than previously thought. A large…
Maimouna Kante On the Northeastern tip of Puerto Rico lies a lighthouse built by the Spanish upon their arrival. The lighthouse over looks the Atlantic Ocean, a bioluminescent bay outlined with thousands…
by Katelynn Fleming The global scientific community is mourning the death of Stephen Hawking this week, a visionary physicist and inspiration to people in all walks of life. Dr. Hawking is well-known…
Colleen Dabrowski Spruce trees are of the genus Picea, which is made up of over 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees from the family Pinaceae. Evergreen is a term to describe plants…
by Abigail Mullen On Feb. 6, a study on the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome was published in the journal JAMA. Previous studies with small sample sizes estimated that 10 per every…
by Maimouna Kante Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire is located on the western coast of the country, close to Guinea and Liberia. According to UNESCO, the park’s rich flora and fauna…
by Katelynn Fleming Ever seen a picture like the one above when describing a black hole? It may not be hard to believe that this one is an artist’s rendering of a…
by Colleen Dabrowski In North America, there are twenty two species of paper-making wasps. In New Jersey, there are two well-known paper nest makers: paper wasps and bald-faced hornets. Polisties, or paper…
by Brittany Greve After a life-altering, world-shaking and catastrophic update, Snapchat has been getting hundreds of thousands of complaints. According to Forbes, Snapchat had 150 million daily active users globally and was…