Month December 2016

Dear past self, You are going into this course thinking it will be difficult and boring, involving a lot of memorization of cell parts that you will never be able to keep track of. While it has been difficult at… Continue Reading →

I decided to research toxoplasmosis, because I was curious about its effects on behavior, especially since it is a very common disease (approximately one-third of humans worldwide are infected) and its preferred host is the housecat. I found a research… Continue Reading →

Guevedoces, or “penis at twelve,” is the name used in the Dominican Republic for girls who turn into boys at puberty (BBC, 2015). This extraordinary phenomenon is the result of a condition called 5-alpha reductase deficiency, which is also found… Continue Reading →