This class has been a very interesting experience to say the least. Although sometimes I felt like I was grasping at straws to figure out what to make for my art project each week, it really made me consider the … Continue reading
While looking for intersections between the scientific community and the art world, I discovered that there are a plethora of people who have had success in both fields. US avant-garde composer George Antheil worked with Austrian-American actress Hedy Lamar on … Continue reading
While researching eyesight, I discovered the amazing eyes of the Mantis Shrimp. The mantis shrimp is usually found in tropical waters and is known for its aggressive style of attack. They are predators with an extremely sharp and powerful claw. … Continue reading
After our discussion in class about the dynamics of the eye and how they are able to see color, was interested in learning more about how eyes work. I learned that eyes can be different sizes and this leads to … Continue reading
This week in class, we learned about the speed of light and how light can travel through objects like air and water, but can also travel through nothing in a vacuum. As I looked up more information about the speed … Continue reading
As we looked at the models of proteins in our last class, I was very interested in the model that represented the protein that allows certain jellyfish to glow-in-the-dark. The green fluorescent protein is made of 238 amino acids. Green … Continue reading
When I watched the videos on the syllabus for this week, I was surprised to learn that yeast was so important in the discovery of mutated prion proteins. I had not really heard of the importance of yeast in scientific … Continue reading
After learning about prion diseases in class and having heard of Mad Cow Disease before, but never truly understanding it, I decided to investigate further. Mad Cow Disease, otherwise known as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, became an epidemic in the United … Continue reading
As we learned in class last week, hydrochloric acid (or stomach acid) is extremely acidic. It has a ph of between 3 and 1 making it almost as acidic as battery acid. If it were outside of our stomachs, it … Continue reading
During class this week, we learned about the different states of matter and how the characteristics of atoms change as matter changes its phase. Some of these phase transitions were familiar to me. Melting, the transition from a solid phase … Continue reading