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Issue 35 (2023)

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Front Matter

Articles

The Hijab's Effect on Perception: U.S. and U.A.E. Muslim Women's Perception of Hijabs
Haddy Dardir

The Sounds of the Deep Sea: Is There a Monster in Our Depths?
Tanisha Shende

Evolution, Free Will, and Determinism: Nature Controls Our Morality
Long Ly

It’s a Rat! It’s a Kangaroo! It… Smells? Musky Rat-Kangaroo Populations in Northeastern Queensland
Caroline Lee, Clay Ritter, and Kristine Shaw

Are Jellyfish Actually Apex Predators? The Potential of a Jellyfish-Dominated Ocean Ecosystem
Jackie Brick

Did Trees Cause the Devonian Mass Extinction? Root Evolution and Hypoxia
Isabelle Small

Have we Found the Key to Sustainable Farming? Microbial Communities and Crops
Michael E. Harvey

Climate Change at Your Fingertips: Adjusting our Approach to Climate Change
James Lee

Dosi Weed: Featured Artist
Dosi Weed

Wacky Weather: Climate Change Impacts on Ohio’s Most Important Crop: Corn
Sydney Rosensaft

Soil Salvation: The Antidepressant Properties of Dirt
Ania Ocasio

Do Sleeper Cells Hold the Key to Immortality? Senescent cells in cancer and aging
Kristin Aldridge

Bohemian Rat-sod:y Rats Can Bop to the Beat like Humans
Andrea Nyugen

Your Brain on Meditation: Benefits of Meditation for Spiritual & Physical Health
Ava Lausch

Pressure Seal Contact
Caleb Rader

Neuralink Must Think: Elon Musk’s Questionable Treatment of Animal Test Subjects
Caleb Rader

Out of This World Innovations - But at What Cost? Innovations in Synthetic Biology Disrupt Billion-Dollar Industries
Maggie Wills

Editors

Content Editors: Aambar Agarwal; Haimanot Assefa; Eva Tardioli; Sofia Leitao; Brea Lawton; Katie Tang; Tanisha Shende; Charles Wilber; Winifred Wood; Sofia Leitao; Caleb Rader; Ella Erdahl

Copy Editors

Sarah Dean

Sumner Wallace

Kayla Elias

Meena Lee

Bryana Woodard

Sofia Leitao

Elsa Friedmann

Ben Shaffron-Davis

Haddy Dardir

Darwin LaPollo

Logan Tsukiyama

Layout Editors

Orion Pendley

Silas Cascio

Abby Goda

Ingrid Cassel

Maddy DT

Managing Staff

Editors-in-Chief: Emma Rekate (OC), Susan Robinson- Cloete (OC)

Managing Editor:Ellie Le Tu (DU), Grace Battersby (DU)

Chief Layout Editor:Orion Pendley (OC)

Layout Coordinator:Sarah Fields (OC)

Art Coordinators:Mattie Rie (OC),Nadeem Jones (DU)

Outreach Coordinators:Gina Lombard (OC), Spruhaa Vasistha (DU)

Media Coordinators:My Trinh (OC)

Intercollegiate Coordinator:Ella Erdahl (OC)

Treasurers:Norah Han (OC), Maria Roa Evangelista (DU)

Student Liaisons:Courage Kusena (CWRU), Ellie Rapp (CWRU), Brian Praul (CoW), Emily Craig (CWRU), Bhavana Huliyar (DU)

Intercollegiate Coordinator: Yanni Sarrimanolis (OC)

Cover Artist: Orion Pendley