On August 14th, UCLA researchers Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan presented findings of their study, “When Genetics Challenges a Racist’s Identity: Genetic Ancestry Testing among…
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Climatic changes due to phenomenon such as El Niño and La Niña are well known to affect terrestrial land as well as sea surface waters. …
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Propaganda, or the purposeful transmission of information designed to persuade and influence primarily through emotion rather than fact-based debate, is used in many social fields:…
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Frost wedging is the process by which water/ ice weathers and erodes landscapes through repeated freeze and thaw cycles. As water freezes it expands by…
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Organic matter (OM) is known to be one of the primary factors involved in the global carbon cycle as well as a mechanism for carbon…
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Boreal regions of the Earth are found in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere, usually below arctic or sub-arctic regions. It is these areas of…
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Wind erosion in boreal environments often takes the shape of snowdrifts that impact locality of vegetation and topography. Aeolian processes entail work done by the…
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Welcome to the My Science Life submission by Muhammad Akram Khan, freelance Hydrologist from Pakistan. The ‘My Science Life’ project is a core part of…
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History was made when NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launched KalamSAT, the world’s smallest satellite, on June 22nd, 2017. KalamSAT, whose name is taken…
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A phenocryst is a large crystal that visually stands out compared to the rest of the minerals. Phenocrysts are found in porphyritic textures where large…
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Autonomous vehicles have become a hot topic among professionals in both automotive and technology fields. Recent headlines have consumers dreaming about their own personal robot…
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