Primate brain complexity may be linked to fruit
By Emma Gruner, Staff Writer “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” as the old saying goes. The benefits of a fruit-rich diet for our physical health and well-being is considered common knowledge. Yet new research suggests that fruit may be a mental superfood as well — or at least it was to our primate relatives. According to a recent study, the increased size and complexity of certain primates’ brains may have...
Campus health club calls for chemical free diet
By Aphra Murray, Staff Writer In recent years, the United States has seen a growing need for healthier diets – with rates of obesity and heart conditions sky-rocketing. Gettysburg College’s very own Health Club has heard that call and is ready to take action. They have begun a grassroots campaign to increase awareness about chemical free diets, with the slogan Chemical Free by 2023. Backed by their extensive knowledge of...
Apple releases the iPhone 8
By Kayla Britt , MS&T Editor On April 1, 2017, Apple will release the iPhone 8, reports an unnamed but credible source. The phone will reportedly have retina recognition, which will replace the outdated fingerprint recognition function that unlocks the phone. “The retina recognition will be used solely for the purpose of securely unlocking the phone,” said the unnamed source. “Apple is certainly not collecting this personal...
Musselman lecture series brings MIT scientist to Gettysburg
By Aphra Murray, Staff Writer Each year, the Science Department here at Gettysburg College welcomes the Musselman Visiting Scientist, generously funded by the Musselman Foundation. This year, the Chemistry Department welcomed Dr. Stephen Lippard, the Arthur Amos Moyes Professor of Chemistry at M.I.T. Professor Lippard’s talks centered around inorganic chemistry, specifically “Metal Mediated Biological Chemistry” – the title of his...
Fluorescent tree frog species glows in the dark
By Emma Gruner, Staff Writer In this era of political ugliness, it is all too easy to become discouraged. As our world appears to crumble with the chaos around us, we find ourselves hoping for something fun, something whimsical, or something no one could be offended by. As it turns out, a team of scientists in Argentina discovered the solution: a glow-in-the-dark frog! Technically speaking, the term is fluorescent. Fluorescence is...
80 students to attend March for Science
By Kayla Britt, MS&T Editor On Apr. 22, scientists and science enthusiasts from a variety of backgrounds and locations will come together to march for science. The March for Science webpage describes the march as an “international movement . . . taking place because of the simultaneous realization by thousands of people who value science in their lives that staying silent is no longer an option.” Marchers will be occurring both in...
