Educational Game… [Student Interview] May the Mass x Acceleration be with you! – Physics in the Lens of a Lifelong Learning Student 7 Jan 20182 Sep 2019 As the sun slowly rises in the early mornings of Japan, Kenji a young and bright high school student eagerly heads off to school. In his high-collared black uniform and…
Educational Game… [Student Interview] Diverse Breakfast From Around the World – Educational Animation 29 Aug 201722 Jul 2019 Freddie is a 13 year-old schoolboy living in United Kingdom's England. While attending secondary school and juggling schoolwork and extracurriculars, this young and talented student also enjoys channeling into his…
Educational Game… [Student Interview] Empowering Women in Stem – Educational Game 29 Aug 201717 Jul 2019 From Superman and Wonder Woman to Captain America and Black Widow, every spectacular star-spangled superhero team seems to rock and roll with the teamwork of both the XY and XX…
Biology Ectoderm vs Endoderm vs Mesoderm 26 Jul 201727 Jul 2019 Give me a D! Give me an E! Give me a R and a M! What does that stand for? Derm! Let's go Cheer Squad! Roll out those pom poms…
psychology Sensation vs. Perception in Psychology 13 Jun 201731 Mar 2019 Duck, duck, goos- rabbit? This classic optical illusion above, also known as the famous rabbit-duck illusion, was utilized by experimental psychologist Joseph Jastrow in 1899. According to Jastrow, depending on…
Literature True West by Sam Shepard- Literary Analysis 6 Jan 201722 Jul 2019 One Old, New, and True Western Man True West Analysis: Themes and Character Analysis of Austin and Lee In the play True West, Sam Shepard explores a heated brother rivalry…
Creative Writing [Creative Writing] Do Not Touch His Abs 18 Dec 201617 Jul 2019 Reader, I loved him. It was a Thursday morning when I first met upon him. Algebra 2 Trigonometry, Period 2. He sat right next to me with a stoic Vulcan…
Literature Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte- Literary Analysis [Part 1: Character Analysis and Symbolism of Edward Rochester & Jane Eyre] 14 Dec 201615 Jul 2019 The Reconciliation of Fire, Ice, and Eyre In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte explores a patriarchal Victorian society, where Nature clashes with monotheist Christianity, and passion clashes with reason.…
Creative Writing [Creative Writing] Hippocampus Wars 9 Nov 201617 Jul 2019 Hippocampus Wars By: Anonymous, Young Poet in the United States It's anything but quiet. A den roaring with eclectic typewriters, scribes, and readers. Their hairs electrified to the wicks of…
Literature Cormac McCarthy’s The Road – Literary Analysis [Part 1: Symbolic Relationship between the boy and his father & Character Analysis] 2 Nov 201616 Jul 2019 Death and Rebirth: God, Can You Hear Me? In the novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy depicts a noir journey of a father and his son and their survival in a…
Biology Evolution: Homology vs Homoplasy 11 Aug 201631 Mar 2019 Lovely, isn't she? (Yes, the furry one above.) She's Your 65-Million-Year-Old Mother. Through modern computer analysis and evolutionary data, Maureen O'Leary a researcher from Stony Brook University and her colleagues…
Biology Evolution: Phylogeny and Platypuses 2 Aug 20164 Apr 2018 Copyright 2018 Moosmosis: All Rights Reserved Please Like our Facebook page to support our open-access youth education initiatives! :) I know. Platypuses. I'm sure 75% of the people who are…
Literature Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Literary Analysis 23 Jul 201617 Jul 2019 Light Through Cracks In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick presents a dissonant futuristic world, entropic with kipple and pervading silence. Initially, a stark dichotomy between humans…
Literature The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison – Literary Analysis Part 1 21 Jul 201629 Aug 2019 The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison - A Review Literary Analysis According to Leslie Jamison, the defining symptom of the disease known as Morgellons is the emergence of strange fibers…
Biology Evolution: Phylogenetic Tree Interpretation Basics 21 Jul 201621 Jul 2019 Phylogeny or an Evolutionary Tree For generations, learning how to interpret an evolutionary tree has been one of the many basics for a young budding biologist. Here is a 5-step…
Announcements Moosmosis on Quizlet: Science Member of the Month Awards 16 Jul 201614 Jan 2019 Science Collab: Moosmosis & Science ROCKS! Moosmosis is proud to announce its official collaboration with the <Science ROCKS> at Quizlet. Founded in early 2010, <Science Rocks> is one of Quizlet's…
Biology… Natural Selection in Action: Darwin’s Finches 14 Jul 201622 Jul 2019 Charles Darwin's Research on Finches on Daphne Major 1835 was no ordinary year for Charles Darwin. Aboard the famous ship Beagle, Darwin embarked on a journey as a young naturalist,…
Literature The Gandhi Box by Daniel Abraham – Literary Analysis 13 Jul 20164 Apr 2018 Analyzing the Gandhi Box's Ending In the short story “Gandhi Box,” author Daniel Abraham explores the consequences and contagious influences of the unbalance between unbridled pure desires and submissions to societal…
Biology… Introduction to Evolution: Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace 4 Jul 201622 Jul 2019 What is Evolution? According to Biology-Online, evolution is " The change in genetic composition of a population over successive generations, which may be caused by natural selection, inbreeding, hybridization, or mutation." What does that mean? In other words, evolution is genetic change over…
Biology Gene Mutations in Drosophila Embyrogenesis: Gap Genes, Pair Rule Genes, and Segment Polarity Genes 31 May 201622 Jul 2019 Everyone's house favorite - Donny the Drosophila, AKA the fly. With two healthy wings, compound eyes, a thorax, and much more, Donny comes from a family of normal Drosophila. However, many…
Biology Light Microscopes, Indirect Immunofluorescence (IMF), GFP 27 May 20164 Apr 2018 What is the difference between Light Microscopes, Electron Microscopes, and Indirect Immunofluorescence (IMF)? What is a Microscope Dependent on? A microscope is defined by its resolving power - or the…
Biology Transcription: Start and Stop 22 Jan 201631 Mar 2019 The Central Dogma What is the "central dogma"? The central dogma of molecular biology is basically the idea explaining how proteins are made, from transcription of the DNA to the…
Biology Transcription in Bacteria 22 Jan 20164 Apr 2018 Transcription in bacteria is less complex than transcription in eukaryotes. Bacteria have promoter regions, a region on the DNA that tells RNA polymerases where to start. RNA polymerases are weakly…
Biology Size Scales of Cell Biology 17 Sep 20151 Nov 2018 Understanding the Size Scales Relevant to Cell Biology The width of a typical person's thumb is approximately 20 millimeters (mm). If we zoom in further and looked closely at the…
Biology Biology: The Characteristics of Living Things and the Origin of Life 1 Sep 201522 Jul 2019 What makes something living? What are the characteristics of living things? 7 Characteristics of Living things: Use materials and energyGrow and developRespond to stimuli and their environmentDisplay homeostasis, which means…
