How to be a Pro with Your Protein Intake

May 28, 2020

By Alec Chaves Whether you’re the star of the football team which may be available for betting on 카지노 커뮤니티, a long distance runner, or just like to work up a sweat, we all have a common goal: to be our best. Many people think that the professional athletes we see on TV, like JJ […]

Leaping Into Science: the Lemurs of NC

May 19, 2020

By Whitney Bell From Crikey! It’s the Irwins!, to Wild Kratts, to Planet Earth, TV shows and channels like Animal Planet featuring animals are not in short supply. Those of us who were growing up in the mid-90s might remember a PBS TV show called Zoboomafoo which starred brothers Chris and Martin Kratt (the creators […]

Electronic Cigarettes Affect Our Cardiovascular System

May 14, 2020

By Eva Vitucci The electronic-cigarette (e-cig) comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and many different flavoring options. While vaping and e-cig use were initially brought into the market as a safer alternative to cigarettes, new studies suggest otherwise. As 27.5% of high school youth continue to vape, an increase in lung disease and […]

Commercial DNA Testing Kits: Worth the Price?

May 12, 2020

By Rami Major Commercial DNA testing kits are becoming increasingly more popular. Although they can be fun windows into our past, they can also have serious repercussions related to questions of privacy, crime, and health.  Your DNA contains clues called markers, which are short sequences of your DNA that scientists have associated with different regions […]

Let’s Get This Bread

May 07, 2020

By Jenna Beam If you’ve been on social media lately, you might have noticed that a lot of people are using quarantine to attempt the mother of all breads: sourdough. But why is sourdough so special? And why are people scared to make homemade bread in general?  Let’s start with some bread-making basics. Bread dough […]

Bacteria in your gut are eating your leftovers, and that’s a good thing

May 05, 2020

By Jeffrey Letourneau What did you eat for dinner last night? It might feel like a long time ago from your perspective, but chances are that the microbes in your gut are currently digesting some of the last remaining nutrients from that meal. In particular, dietary fiber is an important food source for these microbes, […]