As you’re walking along the Arno on the Duomo side at night, you may notice a strange pillar with a clear turquoise base and zodiac symbols glowing in the same color on the ground. They are part of a giant sundial built in 2007, according to Luise Schnabel and Filippo Camerota’s design. Samantha, Jen (a […]
Science
Sleep.
I hate being sick. It drains the happiness out of me. I’m not a giddy person to begin with, so having to wipe my nose six hundred times a night while my whole body feels like it’s being boiled alive makes me super grumpy. It’s pretty obvious that today pretty much sucked. I studied a […]
How Science Literacy Will Benefit You
You have an incredible tool: the ability to ask a question. But how effectively do you use it? Many of us have probably had the experience of wanting to ask a question in class but not doing so in fear of looking “slow” or bothersome. But the best way to understand a complex idea is […]