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Author: Deborah Baremberg

B.A. & B.Sc. in Cognitive Science (Neuroscience/Psychology and Linguistics streams); Minor in Politics, Law, and Society

[Photo] Close-up of achondrite

Not all meteorites are created equal. The most common sort are chondrites. Chondrites are stony meteorites which compose approximately 80 percent … More

achondrite

[Photo] The trials of a baby star

Do you want to be a star? Well, you’ll have a bit of work to do. First, you start as … More

nasa, space, star

[Photo] El collar del hierro, The ferro-necklace

Ferrofluids are nifty stuff. A fluid which can become strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field, they create … More

collar del hierro, ferrofluids, SciVis, virginia polytechnic, Visualization Challenge

[Photo] Rim wildfire in yosemite

The Yosemite National Park has become the site of a massive wildfire.  One of California’s largest wildfires in history, it … More

california, fire, wildfire, yosemite, yosemite national park

[Photo] Antartica’s blood falls

Discovered in 1911 by explorer Griffith Taylor, Antarctica’s Blood Falls are a unique and fascinating natural phenomenon. The distinctive red … More

antarctica, blood falls, griffith taylor, iron, lake bonney, microbes, taylor glacier

Finding a way: Picking & switching majors 101

Picking a major is one of the most defining short-term decisions we university students can make. After all, when we … More

major, McGill, picking majors, university

Q&A with freezing-rain researcher Sophie Splawinski

Sophie Splawinski is an MSURJ contributor studying in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill. Her research into … More

McGill, MSURJ

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