Science and Health Articles

Nostagic Notes

by Liam Laddusaw | Dec 18, 2022 | Science and Health, Talon

The connection between music and our memory. 1. If you take a moment to think about the song "Happy Birthday", it may bring you a memory of circling a table with your friends, eating cake, or...

How eating disorders affect athletes

by Greta Gesick | Dec 16, 2022 | Science and Health, Talon

When athletes struggle with food The pressures of sport can trigger eating disorders "I saw others in my sport who were thinner than me and I wondered why I didn't look like them," said Emma,...

Physician assisted suicide

by Tennyson Shultz | Oct 26, 2022 | Science and Health, Talon

A different option for the terminally ill "My dad was really the most amazing person," recalled 16-year-old Elena Zeballos. "He was so full of life and could make friends with anyone -- he knew half...

Environmental effects of the metaverse

by Grace Kassebaum | Jun 1, 2022 | Science and Health, Talon

Creating a virtual world may wreak havoc on the real one Jennifer Lopez is engaged to Ben Affleck. Britney Spears is finally free from her conservatorship. In some ways, this year is a rerun of the...

Unlikely links between school, space & war

by John Misa | May 31, 2022 | Award Winners, Science and Health, Talon

Russia invades Ukraine, retreats from ISS Minnehaha's annual space-station project may take new directions in future years Testing shark skin on bacteria growth, growing calcium carbonate crystals...

Front ‘n’ center

by John Misa | Mar 19, 2022 | Science and Health, Talon

COVID-19 essential workers fighting on the frontline For front-line health care workers, the pandemic has brought many untold stories. "There was a bus driver who came in with COVID," said Rachel...