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UpScide is student-run and aims to educate in the sciences and provide a platform for those with a passion for science.

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Fun Fact #56: In 2.3 billion years it will be too hot for life to exist on Earth.

Source: https://t.co/fU6iAAvkS2

Illustrated by Larissa Yue and Tunmise Adebowale

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Fun Fact #55: Polar bears’ hair appears white because it reflects light. Their hair is actually translucent, and the skin underneath is black.

Source: https://t.co/ujUP9oLzIh

Illustrated by Eugenia Ochoa

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Fun Fact #54: Brown sugar makes your cookies moist and chewy while white sugar makes your cookies thin and crispy.

Illustrated by Reiko Chen

#science #sciencenews #explore #explorepage #yum #cookies #🍪 #sugar #whitesugarbrownsugar #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Check out our newest video "Different Animal Relationships"

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#science #education #graphicdesign #sciart #scienceeducation #sciencenews #explore #animal #relationships #predation #consumers #predator #prey #learning #stem #stemeducation #research

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Covid-19 Vaccines Bringing Us Back to Normal! By Sumithra Paul

Illustrated by Larissa Yue

https://t.co/2rWPTLPKcF

#science #education #sciencenews #vaccine #covid19 #fda #pfizer #moderna #explore #explorepage #journalism #blog #learning #stem #stemeducation #research

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Fun Fact #53: A flamingo's diet is high in carotenoid pigments which results in its pink or reddish color.

Illustrated by Reiko Chen

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Fun Fact #52: All sea-slugs have both male and female reproductive organs (this is known as hermaphrodites.

Illustrated by Reiko Chen

#science #education #animals #reproduction #seaslugs #female #male #hermaphrodites #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? By Raymond Zou

Illustration by Eugenia Ochoa

https://t.co/Oca94XSRze

#science #sciencenews #climatechange #earth #globalwarming #sun #fossilfuel #glacier #explore #explorepage #journalism #blog #learning #stem #stemeducation #research

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Fun Fact #51: Octopuses can lay 56,000 eggs at a time.

Source: https://t.co/7RA3UbKs0s

Illustrated by Larissa Yue

#science #education #graphicdesign #scienceeducation #school #scienceblog #animals #reproduction #octopus #eggs #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Fun Fact #50: The most radioactive element is polonium, which glows blue from its radioactivity and has no stable isotopes.

Source: https://t.co/Xa4lMXxSio

Illustrated by Olivia Zheng

#science #polonium #periodictable #chemistry #isotopes #radioactivity #stem #stemeducation

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Fun Fact #49: The average person knows about 42,000 words.

Source: https:/www.sciencemag.org/

Illustrated by Olivia Zheng

#science #education #graphicdesign #sciart #scienceeducation #words #humanbrain #knowledge #average #person #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day.

Source: https://t.co/ZFlacptvz8

Illustrated by Larissa Yue

#science #education #graphicdesign #sciart #blood #heart #pumps #gallon #ventricle #anatomy #humanbody #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Fun Fact #47: You don’t sneeze when you’re asleep because the nerves that trigger sneezing are also sleeping.

Source: https://t.co/KoXYqABfMk

Illustrated by Larissa Yue & Tunmise Adebowale

#science #sneeze #anatomy #asleep #nerves #sleeping #humanbody #stem #stemeducation

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Fun Fact #46: If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

Source: Fairview

Illustrated by Tunmise Adebowale and Larissa Yue

#science #education #graphicdesign #scienceeducation #sneeze #anatomy #ribs #fracture #humanbody #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Covid-19 Strains: A Changing Virus in a Changing World by Sumithra Paul

Illustrated by Larissa Yue

https://t.co/DVNtO19dbq

#science #education #pandemic #virus #vaccines #moderna #pfizer #world #explore #explorepage #journalism #blog #learning #stem #stemeducation #research

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Check out our newest blog post "Why and How Does Zoom Fatigue Happen?" by Ziying Jian

https://t.co/wL2ip94YG2

#science #education #zoom #remote #fatigue #pandemic #bluelight #communication #nueropsychology #explore #explorepage #journalism #blog #stem #stemeducation #research

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Check out our newest blog post "Is Obesity A Social Construct?" by Christine Chang

https://t.co/kjI2aWoFTr

#science #education #beautystandards #obesity #health #dangerous #weight #explore #explorepage #journalism #sciencefacts #scienceresearch #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Happy National Color Day 🌈

Fun Fact #45: The first color that a baby sees is red.

Source: Best Life Online

Illustrated by Larissa Yue

#science #explore #explorepage #color #first #nationalcolorday #babies #pigment #vision #red #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation

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Check out our newest video "Cell Membrane and Transport of Substances" at the link in our bio!

https://t.co/WT7mv7I5Bq

#science #cells #cellmembrane #diffusion #transportation #activetransport #passivetransport #biology #sciencefacts #learning #stem #stemeducation #research

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Check out our newest blog post "The Voices in Our Minds" by Raymond Zou!

https://t.co/301P7ajGXG

#science #education #graphicdesign #sciart #scienceeducation #innerspeech #brain #selfdialogue #selfdiscussion #physcology #explore #explorepage #stem #stemeducation #research