Among the many celestial objects in this galaxy, there are few that stand out more than this proverbial gem of a planet. This isn’t just any gem, it’s a massive, super dense crystal made of carbon; it’s a diamond. Recently, a research team at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia lead by Professor […]

When you go into a typical fast food restaurant, you see workers busily cleaning the tables and washing the floors to make sure everything are sanitized. However, do you ever ponder how often and how well they clean the children’s playgrounds in the restaurant? Dr.Erin Carr-Jordan, a child development professor and a mother of four […]

As summer comes to an end and we’re back to school, some of us are still on vacation time. Assignments just keep coming, due dates are approaching and, surprisingly, nothing gets done. Where did the excitement for the new school year go? Procrastination is the answer. Are we the only victims of procrastination? Definitely not. […]

Over the course of Earth’s history there have been many mass extinctions. After each one there is the devastation of a world rid of many forms of life.  Barren and bleak, it must be a hard place to live.  Nevertheless, each mass extinction allows space for new life to grow and develop, such as dinosaurs […]

  If you’ve ever used a word processor like Microsoft Word before, you’ve probably encountered the wonderful Autocorrect function. Autocorrect fixes some commonly made spelling errors as you type, which helps improve typing speed by reducing the need to manually correct those mistakes. Interestingly enough, the human brain also has a built-in mechanism that catches […]

Welcome to the SCIE 300 course blog! Here are few things to make note of before you get started with your posts.  First of all, you should read the blogging resources page under the Create menu. This will help you out a lot if you are brand new to using WordPress.  On this page you […]