Have you heard the saying: ‘you are what you eat?’ This saying is true for us, and it’s true for the planet we live on - Planet Earth is what we eat.
We know that the planet is slowly dying, but what you might not know is how much your weekly cheeseburger is contributing to not only greenhouse gas emissions but also water and land depletion.
We tell you whybeing hydrated matters, and how to know whether you’re hydrated.
Why does our body actually need water? How do you know if you’re hydrated, and how can you maintain your hydration?
Are you itching to learn more about chickenpox and how it connects to shingles? Do the vaccines work?
One in three people develop shingles in their lifetime. What causes this epidemic? The same virus that causes chickenpox causes shingles, Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)1. VZV is a member of the herpes family - whose other members are responsible for cold sores and genital herpes1. The first infection with VZV causes chickenpox2. Once the active infection is over, the virus becomes latent - it’s still present in your body, but it’s now hiding from your immune system in nerve cells i.e. neurons3. If the virus re-activates, this secondary infection is called shingles3.
How do you make a stem cell?
Stem cells have the potential to change the face of healthcare. How can we generate these cells in the lab? This article gives a brief overview of induced pluripotent stem cell technology and how this can be applied to treat patients.
Dispelling common myths about hydration
How much water should you drink every day? Does caffeine dehydrate you? How much water should you drink during exercise? Answers to these questions and more!
as told by Stanford students
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A science blogging club for Stanford students.
The Dish on Science (The Dish for short) is a science outreach group that aims to bring you quality, understandable coverage of cutting edge scientific research, stories of impactful moments in the history of science, and more. In short, we're a bunch of students that want to share how excited we are about all the amazing science that we read about on a daily basis!
