Research on quantum entanglement is posed to make yet another leap forward as European researchers outline an experiment involving the International Space Station. Quantum entanglement, what Einstein termed “spooky action over a distance,” has remained puzzling to physicists since it was first predicted in the early years of quantum theory...
As of April 10, 2013, 24 cases of the avian flu H7N9 have been reported, and nine people have died as a result of the disease. (1). The H7N9 virus grabbed international attention due to high reported death rates.. Scientists have been trying to understand how this virus is capable...
Dear Reader, Conflict and decay are found throughout the natural world. For instance, organisms must compete with one another for limited environmental resources while decay enables a breakdown of organic materials into their basic components to be reincorporated into living organisms. However, the theme of “Conflict and Decay” can also...
Leda Cosmides, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, recently came to Dartmouth College to discuss her department’s work in formulating a computational and evolutionary-functional approach to understand the underlying mechanisms of motivation. She began with a picture of the Korean War: two U.S. soldiers are grieving...
When it comes to decision making in climate change policy, the advancement of science and technology is not the only factor to be considered. The beliefs and preferences of the public also play roles in dictating its overall trajectory. In consideration of the future of global economy in climate change,...
Synesthesia, a rare neurological condition, describes an involuntary, automatic union of the senses or secondary experience caused by an external stimulus. The word “synesthesia” comes from the Greek meaning “to perceive together.” These secondary experiences often occur through separate modes such as an internal auditory association with a visual stimulus....
Recent research has revealed a connection between fundamental quantum mechanics and photosynthesis, a biochemical process converting the sun’s light energy into chemical energy (1). The foci of this new quantum connection are antenna proteins and pigment molecules called chromophores that are crucial to the photosynthetic process (2). Prior to this...
A team of geologists from the University of Oslo in Norway recently found evidence of a lost subcontinent under the Indian Ocean. The submerged landmass allegedly sunk during the break-up of the prehistoric supercontinent Rodinia, which once joined India and Madagascar 85 million years ago (1). Geologist Bjørn Jamtveit and...
On Friday, Professor Peter M. Narins from the UCLA’s department of Integrative Biology & Physiology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology presented his findings on ultrasonic communication in amphibians. Prior to Narins’s research, no amphibians were known to detect or emit ultrasound. The first frog found to communicate in ultrasound was...
Last Friday, Diwakar Gupta, from the University of Minnesota, came to Dartmouth as part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series to discuss different methods of data analysis that could lead to efficient organ allocation policies in the United States. Gupta and his team of analysts focus...
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