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The psychology of power

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:23:09 +0000

When people are given more power, we want to believe they’ll use it for good. But sometimes, they don’t. Sometimes people use their power for selfish gains at the expense […]

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Psychological effects of social media

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 02:41:59 +0000

Social media is a powerful means of interacting with people virtually. Empowered with the latest computer technologies, people can share ideas, pictures and videos and stay in touch. Social media […]

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Why is data science such a significant field?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:13:00 +0000

IN RECENT YEARS, WE’VE SEEN A HUGE GROWTH IN THE AMOUNT OF DATA AVAILABLE TO US. BUT JUST HAVING DATA ISN’T USEFUL — we want to know the significance ofwhat […]

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How do opioids affect our brains

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:06:00 +0000

LIVING IN WEST VIRGINIA, THE PHRASE “OPIOID EPIDEMIC” IS VERY FAMILIAR. At some point, the aging white population in West Virginia was dealing with a lot of health issues. Pharmaceutical […]

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What is infrasound?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:28:00 +0000

When I’m speaking, my family members are able to hear the sound waves my mouth emits. They are able to then turn these sounds into ideas and thoughts and emit […]

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How and when did life begin?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:50:00 +0000

When we think of life on Earth today, we imagine diverse sets of animals and plants. Life also includes tiny unicellular organisms called bacteria, some of which reside in our […]

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Why do humans speak?

For The Dominion Post — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:22:00 +0000

I once saw a post that described communicating as “emitting sound waves from one person’s mouth that go into another person’s ears and are then converted into brain waves.” It’s […]

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A look at what makes up life

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000

All life has seven characteristics in common: they have some sort of order, respond to changes in their environment, reproduce, grow and develop, regulate themselves, do things to maintain homeostasis, […]

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What, exactly, is cancer?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 02:06:00 +0000

My grandfather died of neck cancer about five years ago. Cancer has always been this invisible enemy that has haunted me and so many people I know. Scientists in the […]

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Shouldn’t most woodpeckers have brain damage?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 01:15:00 +0000

If I slammed my mouth against a tree over and over again, I would definitely sustain some serious, lifelong injuries. And I’m sure every other human could attest to this. […]

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