It is difficult to imagine what it would be like inside a vacuum. I imagine it to be a desolate place where no benign organisms can live. It is almost like my worst nightmare. Even though I know that it would be impossible, it makes me feel extremely claustrophobic at the thought of being placed inside a vacuum. A contained space in which no matter Continue reading
Going to the dentist was always fun for me as a child. The dental hygienist and I had the same first name. I thought that was pretty special. Sitting on the motorized reclining chair and slowly leaning back was pretty cool. My favorite part of the whole Continue reading
One summer when I was eight or so I remember waking up morning after morning to a jackhammer breaking and splitting the black surface of the road in front of my house one summer. The noise was nearly unbearable and shook me to the core; needless to say, I could never get back to sleep. What makes that awful noise and Continue reading
Think of everything that happens in a lab: A patient’s biopsy is diagnosed, a new pharmaceutical drug is developed, a cure for cancer is found, a new stain-fighting clothing detergent is mixed, a high school student dissects a frog or a rat for the first time. Many things happen in a laboratory Continue reading
I used to want to be a doctor, but, as it turns out, I get a bit woozy at the sight of blood. Seeing doctor shows like ER, Grey’s Anatomy and House, I thought about how cool it would be to help someone when they are sick. I wanted to help cure their Continue reading