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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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What is henna or mehndi and what does it do?

For The Dominion Post — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:03:00 +0000

My parents were born and raised in India. So, we get to celebrate festivals like Diwali (festival of lights), Holi (festival of colors), Raksha Bandhan (a celebration of siblings) and […]

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What makes ice slippery?

For The Dominion Post — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 22:16:00 +0000

When I first learned how to ice skate, my teacher taught us to do fishies with our feet. We would have the heels of our feet touching, then we would […]

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How did Crater Lake get so deep?

For The Dominion Post — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:03:00 +0000

I got the chance to visit the beautiful Crater Lake during my vacation on the West Coast. The sight was truly breathtaking, the water was clear and clean and amazingly […]

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Why I’m lighter under water

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:42:00 +0000

My family and I went to Cheat Lake last week, where we went swimming at the lakeside. My younger brother (who is 5-foot-7) gave my dad (who is 5-foot-11) a […]

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