Category: Spring 2008 – 10th Anniversary EditionPage 1 of 4

Spring 2008 Journal

Research: Persistent Explosives Present a Problem

Introduction During winter and spring of 2008 I had the opportunity to participate in the Women in Science Project (WISP) internship program for first-year students. As an intern…

Battle of the Sexes

In the summer of 1925, Russian geneticist Sergey Gershenson collected 19 female fruit flies of the species Drosophila obscura from a forest near Moscow. He brought the captured…

Remembering Karen Wetterhahn

On June 8, 1997, the Dartmouth community suffered a tragic loss: the death of Karen Wetterhahn, a beloved professor. A specialist in metal toxicology, Wetterhahn had spent over…

The Future of Science at Dartmouth and Around the World

As the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science celebrates its tenth year, scientists from all over the world continue to chip away at the unknown. Slowly but surely, we…