Maia Poon Suturing a Banana (c) Maia Poon, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Today, November 18th, 2018, was the MedConnect Conference at the SFU Burnaby Campus, hosted by Phi Delta Epsilon Continue Reading
Life Made in the Lab: The Miller-Urey Experiment
Maia Poon Miller-Urey experiment (1953) (c) YassineMrabet, CC BY-SA 3.0 Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry specializing in the study of carbon-containing compounds. These Continue Reading
The power of Sudoku on the mind
Sudoku (c) Dobrichev (CC BY-SA 4.0) I have noticed that as I get older, I also get busier and have little time to relax. This is why in recent years, I've looked for ways that I can relax my Continue Reading
Introduction to Celiac disease and its symptoms
Wheat Field In Newton-St-Loe © Lauren Tucker, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Ibreez Asaria December 1st, 2018 February 17th, 2017 was the day I was diagnosed with Celiac disease. Many of you Continue Reading
The Story of My Sprained Knee
I was just playing basketball when I sprained my knee last week on Saturday. This is my first actual injury in the course of 4 years of playing. And I got to say, what happened still remains as Continue Reading
Human Intelligence, what makes humans unique?
Research into human intelligence has been at the forefront of scientific research for centuries, yet, we are still far from understanding the many mysteries behind the operations of our brain. Continue Reading
Allergic to Stress: Dermatographic Urticaria
By Amanda C. Lee Last year, I was under a lot of stress, especially during one particular month. Although I was completely fine afterwards, a couple of months later, I began to develop hives all Continue Reading
Should We Allow Designer Babies?
By: Dhruv Goel Photograph: Image Source/Getty Images/Image Source (CC BY 4.0) For many years, scientists have pondered the possibility of genetically modified babies. New techniques for Continue Reading
Wisdom Teeth and Dissolvable Stitches
Ibreez Asaria November 17th, 2018 Just three days ago, I was sitting in an oral surgeon’s office awaiting wisdom teeth removal surgery. As I sat there drifting in and out of consciousness, I Continue Reading
Ingestible Origami Robots: The Future of Foreign Object Removal
By Amanda C. Lee Advancing technology in modern society and reading about how these new devices have enriched our lives captivates me. I find that learning about technology as it pertains Continue Reading