Lower Voice Pitch Correlates with Higher Electability, but not Necessarily Leadership Ability

by Nanda Nayak Vocal communication can serve a variety of purposes in the animal kingdom. Male white bellbirds, for example, attempt to coo females they are interested in by loudly screaming in their face, reaching up to 125 decibels in volume — about as loud as a jackhammer!) Tigers may roar to intimidate competition and …

In a galaxy far, far away…extragalactic oxygen sighted for the first time

By Nanda Nayak   On June 27th 2019, Matty Roberts listened to an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar talked about aliens hidden in a United States Air Force facility. Roberts, inspired by the podcast, decided to jokingly create a Facebook event, and so the Area 51 raid –– …

Sleep deprivation and Alzheimer’s disease: Not getting enough sleep can have far greater negative ramifications than just exhaustion

by Nanda Nayak   Whether it be the constant complaints about exhaustion from students around campus or our own sleep-deprivation, it seems like no one ever gets enough sleep. Sleep-deprivation has long been associated with short-term inattentiveness and decreased memory retainment, but there appears to be a more severe negative ramification: association with Alzheimer’s disease. …