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These honeybees are being threatened by pesticides and toxic chemicals.

Tigra scientifica: Pollinators, pesticides … problems?

Valancy Harrison, Contributor November 3, 2021

If the bees die, we all die. These tiny pollinators are vital for ecosystems around the world, yet pesticides introduced into the habitats of bees are detrimental to their survival. Toxic chemicals are...

Earth's sun

Tigra scientifica: planets, good enough to eat!

Abby Cram, Contributor October 18, 2021

As humans, we require an abundance of nutrients to maintain our health. In fact, this is true of every living inhabitant of our planet. When pondering our space in the pale-blue world we share on this...

NASA astronauts in space — Original from NASA. 

Tigra scientifica: astronauts gone viral

Amy Rees, Contributor October 18, 2021

Imagine not leaving your office for months at a time. Add sleep deprivation, social isolation and life-or-death situations to the mix, and you have the typical work experience on the International Space...

An eyeball stares into the stars

Stem cells next step? Cure the blind!

English Laserna, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 26, 2021

It seems a day does not go by without hearing about some miracle procedure happening for patients around the globe. Yesterday was the first robot assisted heart transplant, and today is the use of stem...

Greener world

For a greener world

Hannah Herring, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 26, 2021

Reduce, reuse, and recycle—We have all heard this phrase so many times that the concept of “going green” often makes many eyes roll. Interestingly enough, a sustainable future...

Heart made out of coffee beans

A coffee loving heart

Valeria Miyamoto, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 26, 2021

Heart disease impacts over 30 million Americans each year, making it the number one silent killer among Americans today. In a recent study published in the journal, Circulation: Heart Failure,...

Cast set with orange and blue tape

Healing hack: Using trauma to nurture

Jordan Childs, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 26, 2021

As the lunch bell signals your middle school class to the cafeteria, your peer is swarmed by students to look at their freshly applied cast. By the end of the lunch period, the once-solid, colored wrap...

Two individuals in a disagreement

Disagreement exhausts vastly more of the brain than agreement

Sean Tuckman, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 7, 2021

When referring to magnets, opposites attract. Psychological research firmly supports that this statement is far from applicable to humans. Rather, we exhibit an affinity for those similar to ourselves...

Healthy dinner plate

Blue jeans and fiber: One in the same

Lila Tuckman, Tigra Scientifica Writer April 7, 2021

Diets are no different than fashion trends. They gain popularity, become exhausted by the public, disappear and then cycle back decades later. However, as blue becomes the new black and the A-listers...

Theme park at night with ferris wheel

Clemson University to begin construction on new theme park and water park for football players only

Summer Robinson, Senior News...? Reporter April 1, 2021

Clemson University President Jim Clements announced at a press conference on Wednesday that the university will spend $500 million on a new theme park and water park adjacent to the football training facility....

SisterJean

Sister Jean to become Clemson men’s basketball head coach

Julia Korn, Senior OnlyFans Reporter April 1, 2021

With the anticlimactic March Madness run of the Clemson men’s basketball team fading into the past, Clemson’s athletic department has agreed that it’s time for a change. While most teams...

Outdoor Greek event

Doctors HATE them for this one tip! How Clemson’s Greek life became immune to COVID-19

Caroline Elswick, Asst. News...? Editor April 1, 2021

If there’s one question non-Greek life students have been asking, it’s how Clemson’s sororities and fraternities became immune to COVID-19. While many on-campus students have to put on...

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