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A Century in the Making: The DNA Discovery Story

31 Oct 2025

When most people hear about the discovery of DNA, they picture James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, triumphantly holding up a model of the double helix. But DNAs story doesnt begin, or end,...

Double, Double Toil and Trouble

29 Oct 2025

Oh, human nature! When something goes wrong, we try to rationalize why the calamity has occurred. We try to find the cause of our illness or misfortune. Today, many people point accusing fingers at...

Smells

17 Oct 2025

A lot, in fact. Whether it is cheese, wine, truffles, or durian, smells define them all. When we lose our sense of smell (olfaction), we could be in trouble. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the...

Can Nature Design Technology Better Than Us?

10 Oct 2025

Biomimicry, a scientific field dedicated to using nature as a model to guide the development of more efficient and better technology, recenters the anthropocentric narrative that often takes the...

Electric Feel: A Guide to How Touchscreens Work

26 Sep 2025

I love the beach. What I dont love is when I try to use my phone after taking a dip. One droplet of water hits my phone and somehow opens an app I didnt know I had. Unfortunately for me, this is...

Why Cant I Tell if Something is Wet or Cold?

26 Sep 2025

Approximately half of the homes in the UK do not have a tumble dryer. My flat is lucky enough to have a 2-in-1 that washes poorly and dries worse, so we mostly hang wet clothes from a drying rack...

When Tea Changes Hues Out of the Blue

8 Aug 2025

This article was first published inThe Montreal Gazette....

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