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The Strumming of Coils

The Strumming of Coils

How does an electric guitar produce sound?

Rithvik Jandhyala

May 12

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Field Study

Using flint to unearth the history of our planet’s magnetic field.

Anirudh Kulkarni

May 5

The Scarlet Robe

The Scarlet Robe

Why we buy more stuff than we need, and how to stop.

Apr 28

Mammoth in the Room

Mammoth in the Room

Should we resurrect the woolly mammoth?

Joseph Nightingale

Apr 21

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Fits of Rage

The neural circuitry of fight and flight.

Apr 14

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Slosh Mitigation

Slosh Mitigation

Why don’t woodpeckers get concussions?

Jan 6

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Typing Fast

Do you sometimes feel your keyboard is deliberately trying to slow you down? That’s because it is.

Badri Sunderarajan

May 13, 2017

Insatiable

A glimpse into the neural circuitry of hunger and feeding.

Dec 9, 2021

Riding Batteries

Riding Batteries

As we gear up for electric cars, a smaller revolution has gone relatively unnoticed.

Badri Sunderarajan

Sep 27, 2017

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Promised Afterlife

Promised Afterlife

Everyone wants to live forever. Is that what made religions so popular?

Phillip Shirvington

Apr 7

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