Tiger Lab

A Valentines Day twist: long-term male birth control

Everyone knows that many couples were acting like rabbits this Valentine's Day. A lesser-known fact is that a certain group of lab rabbits can...

Demystifying the Giant Magnet We Call Home

Author: Melina Devoney A basement hallway of the Norris Chemistry Building is lined with peculiar caution signs about Occidental’s multi-million dollar nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The...

Episode 2: Rock Rock! Who’s there? Alaska, One More Time!

Author: Melina Devoney Carrying bear spray and 70-pound backpacks, geology professor Ann Blythe, Thomas Warfel (senior), David Phillips (senior) and four other geology professors and students...

Episode 3: Going Out with a Bang—Solving the Magmatic Mystery Under British Columbia.

Author: Melina Devoney For the last geology-related episode of the year, we go out with a bang — magmatic eruptions deep underneath the western Canadian province...

Episode 4: Blurry Lines Between the Impossible, Improbable and Impermissible

Author: Melina Devoney Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they...

Metamemory, artificial intelligence and other brain teasers

Author: Melina Devoney Your brain is jumbled in the midst of a hectic school day as you make a beeline to the library. You pass by...

A Valentines Day twist: long-term male birth control

Author: Melina Devoney Everyone knows that many couples were acting like rabbits this Valentine's Day. A lesser-known fact is that a certain group of lab rabbits...

Metamemory, artificial intelligence and other brain teasers

Your brain is jumbled in the midst of a hectic school day as you make a beeline to the library. You pass by a...

Episode 4: Blurry Lines Between the Impossible, Improbable and Impermissible

Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they should...

Episode 3: Going Out with a Bang—Solving the Magmatic Mystery Under British Columbia.

For the last geology-related episode of the year, we go out with a bang — magmatic eruptions deep underneath the western Canadian province of...

Episode 2: Rock Rock! Who’s there? Alaska, One More Time!

Carrying bear spray and 70-pound backpacks, geology professor Ann Blythe, Thomas Warfel (senior), David Phillips (senior) and four other geology professors and students trudged...

Demystifying the Giant Magnet We Call Home

A basement hallway of the Norris Chemistry Building is lined with peculiar caution signs about Occidental’s multi-million dollar nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The Moore...