It was really interesting to learn about how color vision is so different in shrimps! As Professor Conway explained in class last week, human color perception is the result of lights absorbed in three different cone photoreceptors in the retina. These … Continue reading
I really enjoyed the experiments with light that we conducted last week! I was surprised to learn that light exists as a particle (called photons) and as a wave, and that we actually were preview to only small part of … Continue reading
As we learned from the videos last week, proteins are some of the most important components of our bodies. A protein is complex; it has four structures – a primary one that orders the amino acids in a protein, a … Continue reading
Prion Disease As we’ve learned in our previous science classes, and in the Susan Lindquist lecture, proteins are capable of folding in an infinite number of ways. Proteins contain chains of nucleic acids and thus can have infinite combinations – … Continue reading
I really enjoyed our class last week! It was great to finally utilize the scientific method in our case analysis and interesting to see how much collaboration was required between two fields I had never really realized were that similar, … Continue reading
Last weeks lecture on acids and bases was extremely fun and interesting! It was great to see how chemistry is so inherent in our daily lives, and how many common bases (substances that accept a proton) such as lime water … Continue reading
When I was reading Professor Conway’s article of doing science and making art, I was reminded of Leonardo Da Vinci. There was recently an article in The Guardian arguing whether Da Vinci was a great artist or a great scientist. … Continue reading
I had always considered cooking an art but was a little surprised at the level of scientific process involved. The green bean acidity test reignited my interest in molecular gastronomy. I was shocked to realize that many michelin starred restaurants … Continue reading
Last week’s readings were all about the states of matter. Whether a substance takes on the form of a solid, liquid or gas all depends on both the intermolecular forces (that is, the force of attraction between molecules) as well … Continue reading