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Orbiting Solutions for Better Post-Space Care Exploring space is made possible with the help of astronauts. Space travel allows humans to gain a clearer understanding of our planet and the other celestial bodies that surround us. Consequently, astronauts are exposed to ionizing radiation at anywhere from 50 to 2,000 millisieverts (mSv).1 Many units represent the…
December 2, 2025 - ## Where’s my umbrella? Thunder, Chaos, and Lorenz Attractors
Where’s my umbrella? Thunder, Chaos, and Lorenz Attractors Okay, you live in California, but there must have been at least one or two occasions when you’ve had to endure complaints against the weather–and the weather app. For example, perhaps an umbrella-less friend expected a sunny weekend before the skies decided to open itself on him…
2025, BSJ Blogs, Spring 2025, Uncategorized
December 1, 2025 - ## The Porcine Solution to Organ Transplants
Transplantation is essential for end-state organ failures such as kidneys, heart, lungs, and liver. With currently 110,000 individuals in the US on the waitlist for an organ donation, the shortage of organ donors severely limits the success of transplantations.1 Many individuals die before transplantation, and quality of life is severely diminished for individuals with organ…
2025, BSJ Features, Spring 2025
December 1, 2025 - ## Breaking Barriers with BCIs!
Background For the first few years of my life, I had a minor speech disability classified as “PDD-NOS.” Personally, the disability did not inhibit most activities but made normal communication difficult. I was able to improve my speaking skills after receiving occupational and speech therapy. During my time in therapy, I saw many of my…
December 1, 2025 - ## Of Goldfish and Jellyfish
There may be some truth hidden in the classic American novel, The Fourteenth Goldfish. The fictional coming-of-age novel follows the story of a boy whose grandfather discovers a jellyfish and uses it to regress his age back to an elementary schooler. Though it may seem far-fetched that any being could rewind the biological clock, it…
December 1, 2025 - ## Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants: A Sustainable Alternative to Bone Marrow Transplants
Following the success of pioneering medical procedures, umbilical cord blood, which was once often discarded as medical waste, could serve as a potentially valuable therapeutic tool. Now, it has been integrated into treatment plans for several blood disorders, such as leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and genetic blood disorders.
November 15, 2024 - ## Tiny, Indestructible Creatures: Tardigrades In Healthcare
In an effort to combat the harmful repercussions of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, scientists have discovered the potential of a creature of microscopic origin with macroscopic capabilities: the tardigrade.
November 11, 2024 - ## Multilingualism: A Way to Gasconade
Though the specific number of people who speak more than two languages is unknown, an estimated 60% of the world are multilingual—roughly six in ten people.Many scientists have speculated that the reason multilingual individuals rarely make errors when switching between languages is because of cognitive control mechanisms.
November 11, 2024 - ## The Rising Toll of Climate Change on Mental Health
When we think of climate change, a few things come to mind: ice caps, extreme weather events, and rising temperature, to name a few. What one might not think of is the profound impact it has had on mental health.
November 11, 2024 - ## The New Dimension to the Climate Crisis: ChatGPT
Many have expressed some apprehension towards the extent of AI integration into our daily lives. An overlooked variable in the creation of large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT is the massive amount of energy it uses, and the subsequent destruction of our environment.