Explorations
Explorations
Viral Knowledge
Researchers Investigate How Flu and Colds Spread, and How to Predict Them
by Chris Carroll | Illustration by Jason Keisling
It’s almost 70 degrees on a…
These Commutes Are Made for Walking
Professor Explores How Built Environments Affect Health
by Sala Levin ’10 | Photo by John T. Consoli
Like most researchers, Jennifer Roberts relies on case…
Sex and Balances
Retiring Sex Ed Professor Explored Changing Norms With Humor
by Sala Levin ’10 | Photo by John T. Consoli | lettering by Jared O. Snavely
Robin Sawyer…
Contraband Code
Researchers Mine Social Media for New Drug Terms
by Chris Carroll | Photo Illustration by John T. Consoli and Gabriela Hernandez
Acting on a tip from an…
Growing Shade
Scientists Create Umbrellas the Natural Way—With Plants
by Charlie Wright ’17 | photo by Edwin Remsberg
The next boom in blooms may not be at ground…
A New Way With Words
Handy Device to Help Blind Read Without Braille
by Chris Carroll | illustration by Gabriela Hernandez
Louis Braille’s tactile writing and printing system…
The History of Freedom
NEH Grant Continues Research on Emancipation
by Liam Farrell | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-B811-383 [P&P]
Twenty-four years after he was…
Speed Trials
Student-built Hyperloop Finds Fast Company at Global Competition
A student team from the University of Maryland finished among the top contestants at the…
Maternal Mortality on a Troubling Rise
by Liam Farrell | illustration by Hailey Hwa Shin
Nearly a decade after the United States last published official statistics on how many women die from…
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