Article by Allison Cobert | Illustration by Audrey Merkel | Owl Staff The James Webb Space Telescope will use infrared to provide a clearer view of space. Amid the light of the moon, the sky glows full of mysteries. No two areas are quite the samein the sprawling arena of space which humans, so small … Continue reading Eye in the Sky: Zooming in on the James Webb Space
The Beginnings of Belief
Article by John Merkel | Illustration by Caroline Cooney | Additional Reporting by Brianna Skrivanek & Jennifer Pezzella | Owl Staff From Sunday's contemporary worship to the reading of sacred texts in Ancient Egypt, religion has played a central role in human society for millennia. Regular spiritual gatherings stretch back to prehistory in an unbroken … Continue reading The Beginnings of Belief
Psychedelic Therapy: Science Meets Subculture
Article by Nick DeMent | Illustration by Caroline Cooney | Owl Staff As severe depression took over every aspect of Jaime Weinrich’s life, she lost her job and all of her interests, including her favorite pastime of horseback riding. No amount of traditional therapy could help. She tried electroconvulsive therapy twice and every available medication … Continue reading Psychedelic Therapy: Science Meets Subculture
Backyard Medicine: The Power of Plants
Article by Matt Tennyson | Photography by Matt Tennyson & Joshua Eller | Owl Staff In the race to find the answers to our modern ailments, we often turn to the pharmaceutical industry for an easy, quick fix. The unfortunate consequence of this is that we’re often taking pills that we don’t need. Daniel R. … Continue reading Backyard Medicine: The Power of Plants
Green Initiatives Blossom at HCC
Article and Photography by Jessica Conway | Owl Staff Students cross a path lined with Victorian lamp posts through the HCC campus. On one side is a fishpond for the science department and on the other is a small valley of reeds. As they venture through the campus on this picturesque byway, these students may … Continue reading Green Initiatives Blossom at HCC
Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Article by Sydney Gaeth | Photography by John Morin | Owl Staff Randy, a 250-lb white Saanen goat, contentedly chomps through a pile of weeds in an overgrown field. There are many others like him who spend their days eating to their hearts’ content and clearing field after field of dense brush. This lovable, eating … Continue reading Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Article by Daniel Mele | Photography by Ahmed Hamayun & Matt Tennyson | Owl Staff The sun shines on a beautiful day in late May. The birds fill the skies with songs and a buzz is heard in the field as beekeeping veteran of 30 years, Steve Rouse of Rousedale farms (former host of Rouse … Continue reading Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
Article by Luis Figueroa | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff As you stand on an elevator after putting your luggage on the floor, you hear the bell ding and the elevator begins to move. This elevator, however, does not go to a town or a city. It doesn’t go anywhere on land, … Continue reading Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
The Gold Rush in Space
Article by John Parks | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff What would you do if you were so rich that you could literally buy or do anything you desired? If you’re James Cameron, Ross Perot, Jr., or Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, then the answer is simple: start an asteroid mining company. In … Continue reading The Gold Rush in Space
The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home
Article & Photography by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff Like any other day, thousands of people could be seen around the National Mall in Washington D.C., but today was different; these people did not stare at the monuments around them. They kept looking skyward, searching. Then out of the northwest, it appeared on the horizon, … Continue reading The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home