The world’s weirdest mammal could provide a new, effective treatment for diabetes

BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS  There’s no animal quite as memorable as the platypus. This slippery, aquatic holdover from the age of the dinosaurs sports an infamously improbable array of anatomical features that set it apart from just about every other…

Diseases caused by lack of sunlight inspired this architect to design a window to save lives

BY: TYLER FYFE North American and European cities are getting denser and taller, casting shadows that stretch entire city blocks. That’s why Argentinian architect, Aldana Ferrer Garcia created an extending window for houses and apartments on the not-so-sunny side of…

Sleep deprivation could be the root of the student mental health crisis

BY: LILITH We’ve all been there. You procrastinated a bit too long on that paper and now you have one night left to cough up 5,000 words on how the minor characters in Macbeth somehow sparked the First Gulf War.…