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Retitling Stress: A Look at the Yerkes-Dodson Law

Retitling Stress: A Look at the Yerkes-Dodson Law

Figure 1: This graph compares stress level with performance at any job within the workplace Source: Wikimedia Commons The experience of emotions, which can elicit different kinds of stress, is an integral part of our lives. There is no clear-cut definition of stress but many professionals in the field of psychological science tend to classify …

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DON’T GO CHASING WATERFALLS

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls

Figure 1: Shows a model for decision making in a social context. Inhibitory spillovers could help facilitate impulse controls thereby resulting in less self-control conflicts Source: Wikimedia Commons Choices are an integral part of our lives. According to researchers at Cornell University, we make just above 220 choices when eating, that is, between the start …

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THE UBIQUITY OF THE FIBONACCI NUMBERS.

The Ubiquity of the Fibonacci Numbers

Figure 1: The Fibonacci Spiral. A shape that is derivative of a special property of the Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Ratio. The Fibonacci Spiral has a growth factor that is equivalent to the value of the Golden Ratio. Source: Pixabay Introduction Throughout history, human beings have engrossed themselves with the unabating search for patterns in …

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ICJS Writers

This page is a historical record of past and present ICJS writers and writing projects From the Fall of 2020 to the Spring of 2022, ICJS writing revolved around the work of individual staff writers writing solo articles. Each ICJS staff writer is listed below and a page with their individual work is linked. Since …

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To Infinity and Beyond: Signs of Water on the Moon May Heat up Lunar Exploration

To Infinity and Beyond: Signs of Water on the Moon May Heat up Lunar Exploration

Figure 1: NASA’s Artemis program has the goal of putting the next man and first woman on the moon. A team of researchers believe they have come up with definitive proof that there could be much more water and ice on the moon than was earlier speculated. Source: Wikimedia Commons The moon has been an object …

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Anahita Kodali

Anahita Kodali Staff Writer, Dartmouth College Linkedin Twitter Envelope Writer Bio I am in Dartmouth College’s Class of 2023, where I study Biology and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; I am also on a pre-medical track! On campus, I am the president of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, a student director of Dartmouth Cancer …

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The Speed of Sound Finally Bounded by Fundamental Constants

The Speed of Sound Finally Bounded by Fundamental Constants

Figure 1: FA-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier (7 July 1999).  This is an image of  fighter jet travelling at the speed of sound (Mach 1). It was earlier speculated that sound moves fastest in denser materials such as diamond with speeds approaching 12,000 m/s. A team of researchers have found a new upper bound …

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What is our mission? We are the International Collegiate Journal of Science (ICJS), a collaborative initiative started by students from the the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (DUJS) from Dartmouth College and the Journal of Undergraduate Science and Technology (JUST) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Summer of 2020. ICJS was brought into fruition …

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