Anna Gartner, Contributing Writer
• March 11, 2021
It has been over a year since COVID-19 changed the way the world functions. During the course of these past 12-plus months, the scientific community has pushed the boundaries of what we know about...
The axolotl is a remarkably silly creature. Some people mistake it for a fish with legs, others find it distinctive by its pink pipe-cleaner haircut and others remember these amicable amphibians by their...
Last week, Dr. T.M. Anderson of the biology department received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture for a research proposal.
The proposal is titled “US-UK Collaboration: Transport...
In 1951, Mary Winston Jackson began her tenure with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as a research mathematician. Seven years later, when NACA was superseded by the National...
On Thursday, Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover reached the surface of Mars.
The car-sized machine’s 300-mile journey to the distant planet and its completely autonomous entry, descent and landing...
Anna Gartner, Contributing Writer
• February 11, 2021
This past Friday, Feb. 5, marked the 50-year anniversary of the Apollo 14 moon landing. Manned by “the three rookies,” Commander Alan Shepard — the first American to enter space in 1971 — as well...
In the midst of a global pandemic, students are dealing with the pressures of academia along with anxiety and depression as a negative side effect of COVID-19.
Mental illness among college students...
As senior Anna Shutley tip-toed from rock to rock along the stream adjacent to the Reynolda Trail near campus, she lifted rocks in search of reptiles and amphibians for her herpetology class. She found...
With a new administration comes plenty of new changes. One of the many issues President-elect Joe Biden's new administration intends on tackling in their first few months in office is climate change.
Based...
With the population of white-tailed deer rising in North Carolina, it is becoming increasingly difficult to counteract the public health concerns that follow.
According to the N.C. Wildlife Resources...
Maggie Burns, Science & Technology Editor
• October 29, 2020
Last week, Wake Forest changed its operating status to Orange, meaning that campus is now under stricter COVID-19 guidelines than before. This is the first time the university has tightened restriction...
Maggie Burns, Science & Technology Editor
• October 22, 2020
In the midst of a global pandemic, especially one with the amount of uncertainty COVID-19 has brought with it, there are few phrases scarier than “flu season.” As temperatures drop and the season changes,...
