Wow! Bro, I don’t want to kill your buzz, or anything, but you got to hear this. I just found out how beer is made!

As a selling point on school tours, a staple in every pre-frosh publication, and a popular spot during Ithaca’s few warm months, the gorges are a major part of Cornell culture. While “Ithaca is gorges” t-shirts are seen by the dozens daily, many students are unaware of how these beautiful waterfalls came to be.

Few are immune to the trend. It brings you closer to fifth-grade friends, peers and even parents, for better or worse. Xanga, MySpace, Friendster, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook — what is the science that makes social networking such a staple of 21st century life?

In a world where both climate predictions and gas prices seem increasingly volatile, many hope for greater fuel mileage and reduced greenhouse gas emissions through the use of “hybrid car” technology.

If only memorizing material for a prelim, recalling where you left your keys, or remembering the name of last night’s date were easier. There are certainly ways to help improve one’s memory. Memory is simply the mental ability to store, retain or recall information, and understanding the way it works is key to making it sharper.

With a Starbucks in Collegetown and the locally beloved Collegetown Bagels down the street, it isn’t surprising that every day thousands of Cornellians give in to temptation and order a delicious, steaming cup of Joe. Many of them have been told that the caffeine in coffee is unhealthy, and that it may lead to high blood pressure. But how much truth is there to those accusations directed at this seemingly innocent drink? What really is the science behind caffeine?

You’re walking with a friend on a trail beside the gorge and you see a stick spread across the path. You recoil, thinking it’s a snake, but your friend stays calm. Why do two people react differently to the same stimulus?

Vincent T. Foss once said, “One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.” Too many of us college students know this to be true. Saving our work until the last minute, we frantically rush to submit our work minutes before it is due.