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Illustration by Anwesha Mukhopadhyay. Initial composition was generated using ChatGPT as a conceptual reference, with the final image refined and completed by the author using Procreate. Writer and illustrator: Anwesha Mukhopadhyay Editors: Sarah Brockway, Cambria Jensen, and Courtney Demmitt-Rice A noisy spring night and a crowded dating pool You come home from work, tired, but wired. You have dinner and think, What better way to wind down than to take a walk in the moonligh

Science impact, advanced imaging, and cancer hallmarks Illustration by Lydia Dresler Writer and illustrator: Lydia Dresler Editors: Sam Alper and Sarah Brockway Science is an ever-changing landscape of magnificent breakthroughs and discoveries. However, published literature is only accessible and interpretable to people with scientific backgrounds. Primary literature is usually published in one of the many journals that require a subscription to access. Even if you do pay to

Illustration by Lo Kronheim Writer: Sarah Brockway Editors: Sam Alper, Madelyn Miles, and Madeline Buhman Illustrator: Lo Kronheim Think about your weekday morning routine before you head to work. Your alarm goes off, maybe you hit the snooze button a couple times, then you get up and (hopefully) brush your teeth. Have you ever wondered how your brain is able to distinguish between a tube of toothpaste and the other containers in your medicine cabinet, seemingly in the blink

Writer: Allie White Editors: Sam Alper, Kayla Harnist, Cambria Jensen Illustrator: Annabel Anyang Illustration by Annabel Anyang Have you ever popped a couple of Ibuprofen when you wake up with a headache to help you get through the day? Do you get a flu vaccine each year? Have you ever had surgery, like an organ transplant or heart procedure? Have you received anesthesia before? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you owe a huge thank you to animal research. A

Writer: Kayla Harnist Editors: Sam Alper, Courtney Demmit-Rice, and Michelle Norman Illustrator: Aimee Szymanski Illustration by Aimee Szymanski Do you ever wonder how the cells in a flower know when to turn from a bud to a bloom? This seemingly simple task begins in a mechanistically complex way. To ensure that a flower blooms just as spring arrives, each cell in a plant must carefully read and respond to its environment. This intricate molecular choreography is analogous to

Writer: Allie White Editors: Sam Alper, Sarah Brockway, and Sophia Andreadis Illustrator: Maddie Swall Illustration by Maddie Swall The Beginning It’s a tale as old as time. When a sperm loves an egg very much, the two join together to create a beautiful baby cell. This cell grows into an embryo, and, eventually, a fetus. When this fetus enters the world, we assign it a sex – either ‘male’ or ‘female’ – based exclusively on its external features. Historically, it was believed

Writer: Sophia Andreadis Illustrator: Annabel Anyang Editors: Allie White, Sarah Brockway, Sam Alper Illustration by Annabel Anyang How do cells make decisions? How do they decide which direction to grow in, where to send information, and when? It’s a question scientists have attempted to answer over the years. As it turns out, cells make decisions in much the same way that we do: by considering a number of positive and negative influences (in the cells’ case, chemical signal

Writer: Morgan Greenewood Editors: Allie White, Sam Alper, and Sarah Brockway Illustrator: Darci Ott Illustration by Darci Ott Within...

Writer: Phillip Comeaux Editors: Allie White, Sarah Brockway, and Sam Alper Illustrator: Becca Mellema Tales of animals ingesting cocaine...

Writer: Sophia Andreadis Editors: Allie White, Sam Alper, and Sarah Brockway Illustrators: Alicia Walker and Becca Mellema Science and social media Are you interested in science? Do you keep up with interesting new scientific findings? Chances are, whether you are a scientist or not, you get your information about new scientific information from social media. Scientists build their knowledge base by sharing interesting and important findings. This allows them to stay on the c