by Melissa Lau | Mar 16, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
When it comes to packing sleeping bags, it seems like there are two kinds of people. Some people meticulously squeeze out every drop of air, rolling the bag into a perfect cylinder. Others impatiently stuff the bag willy-nilly into a sack, and with occasional shoves...
by Melissa Lau | Mar 9, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
As anyone who’s gone through high school (or seen Mean Girls) can attest, being a teenager is hard. Puberty is confusing and complicated—and scientists agree. What if you were a 17-year-old girl, with breasts that haven’t developed? What if you hadn’t had your...
by Kerin Higa | Mar 2, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
I am a fan of CDs. I enjoy CDs of all sorts. There are, of course, compact discs, as well as the classic units candelas (cds) and cosmological decades (CÐs). My favorite endangered pigment component is the element cadmium (Cd) . The band T2’s song,...
by Melissa Lau | Feb 23, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
When Jelly Belly factories are churning out 50 tons of jelly beans per day (that’s approximately the weight of eight African elephants!), there’s bound to be a few mistakes. And with 347 Jelly Bellys produced each second, misshapen and discolored beans can accrue...
by Kerin Higa | Feb 16, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Happy Presidents Day! Happy birthdays, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! And happy three-day weekend, dear readers! I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day on Saturday and are taking it easy on this holiday Monday. As I write this, it’s still...
by Melissa Lau | Feb 9, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
As a profession that often requires a lot of precision fingerwork, “musician” isn’t the first job you’d suggest to someone with a grand total of four fingers. But for Lee Hee-ah, a Korean pianist, that hasn’t stopped her. This is pretty inspiring. Lee Hee-ah plays the...
