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Riddles in the Dark

Riddles in the Dark

By Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab ”We know more about space than we do our oceans, even though the oceans sustain all life on our planet.” – Sylvia Earle To the obligate land-dweller, life underwater is just about as foreign as life on other planets. Hidden from our land-centric […]

Fractaled Atlas

Fractaled Atlas

By Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab No matter where we look in the natural world, we are sure to find recurring patterns. As a result, natural scientists devote their careers to [humbly] attempt to find and define these very patterns. The most abundant of these natural motifs […]

The Fine Li(n)e

The Fine Li(n)e

By Simona Giunta ‘A scientist, in a broad sense, is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge’.  Scientist Definition: Wikipedia Is the universe expanding or contracting? How did life on Earth begin? How does damaged DNA get repaired? These are all tough questions for […]

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!

By Laura Seeholzer Happy Pi Day!  It’s a fact A ratio immutable Of circle round and width Produces geometry’s deepest conundrum For as the numerals stay random No repeat lets out its presence Yet it forever stretches forth Nothing to eternity. – David Saul and […]

Evolution by Aesthetic Design

Evolution by Aesthetic Design

By Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab Biological evolution is the change in gene frequencies in populations over successive generations through forces like mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. But at its most basic conceptual level, evolution is simply change over time. Since life is not stagnant, but perpetually […]