Ideas come at the most unexpected times, and mine are no exception. It was a sleepless night about a month ago that started it. Whether it was the sea of sheets that swirled around me or the whirring fan that blasted cold air on my face, I was awake. My…

This blog post will also be published on the Pretty Brainy website. This year, the toymaking company Mattel Inc. released six new barbies that honor the front-line workers and scientists of the COVID-19 pandemic. From Australia to Brazil to Canada, these six barbies come from a variety of backgrounds. Each…

This blog will also be posted on the Pretty Brainy website Social media has only become a recent phenomenon in human civilization, being a couple of decades old. Before social media, people stayed in touch through phone calls, letters, telegrams, and even stone tablets. While social media has evolved into…

This blog will also be published on the Pretty Brainy website When it comes to women working in STEAM fields, discrimination based on gender is still occurring, mainly due to many of these fields still being largely male-majority. The problems plaguing women in science back in the mid-to-late 1900s have…

This blog will also be posted on the Pretty Brainy website You may not associate science with leadership, but there are many ways that learning science creates opportunities to learn leadership skills at the same time. Targeting science for kids allows them to think freely, be creative, and ask questions…

This will also be published on the Pretty Brainy website If you’re working on a research project, whether it be for school, a dissertation, or an experiment, it’s important to have the right tools in order to make the research process easier. These tools can be organizational, helping you keep…

This will also be published on the Pretty Brainy website. When you think of STEAM activities, you may not think that they connect with your mental health. The stereotype of STEAM, as a field of dry, rigid structure, is not necessarily true. In fact, many scientists will tell you that…