Apes prove to have unique human quality
By Emma Gruner, Staff Writer The family of great apes, which includes chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, and gorillas, has long been a source of great fascination to evolutionary scientists. As humankind’s closest relatives in the animal kingdom, they have served as a bridge between the world of man and beast. Psychological studies conducted on these creatures have gradually revealed their remarkable intellectual abilities, and...
Danish parents are chill: A lecture on parenting
By Kayla Britt, MST Editor “Danish parents are chill,” proclaims Dr. Chris Boyatzis of Bucknell University. Boyatzis gave a thought-provoking lecture on his research comparing parenting in Denmark and the US on Thursday, Sept. 13. Dr. Boyatzis is mainly interested in the concepts of risk aversion, punishment and child autonomy as they relate to parenting and culture in the US and Denmark. There are some similarities along with...
Three-parent baby raises controversy over ethics in science
By Emma Gruner, Contributing Writer In a perfect world, every new scientific discovery would be received with unequivocal excitement and praise. However, as modern scientific research becomes increasingly entangled with political and ethical questions, these advancements are not quite the heroic milestones they once were. Nowadays, groundbreaking experiments often generate more uneasiness than enthusiasm. Such was the case earlier...
Dangers of owning a Galaxy Note 7
By Graham Alabdulla, Contributing Writer On September 7, the American based company Apple announced and demonstrated the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with its sleeker dimensions, lack of an audio jack, and various upgrades. The main rival to Apple is South Korean based Samsung who announced their Galaxy Note 7 on August 19, more than two weeks beforehand. Samsung’s product was the main rival to Apple’s latest cell phone, and it has not...
CITES releases new report of animals in danger of extinction
By Sam Siomko, Staff Writer You have probably seen photos of the pangolin online while you were procrastinating on your five-page paper. This little mammal looks like the combination of an armadillo, an anteater and a basketball, and when it is scared, it rolls up into a ball. The scaly plates line along its body like armor. It is those plates that get the pangolin into so much trouble, though, mostly from people who wish to hunt the...
Atmosfear: Is climate change really that scary?
By Aphra Murray, Staff Writer Climate change is scary, and here’s the chilling scenes of yet another once in every 500-year weather event that has killed people. This is the usual headline that is running across most news outlets in the US in response to recent environmental events. As recent as the past week, two UK scientists have announced that climate change isn’t as scary as people might think, and that the media only succeeds in...
