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We all know that social media gives us dopamine rushes. But, did you know that those dopamine rushes can influence how our appetite is regulated? By viewing appetizing food-related Reels or TikToks, our brain’s reward centers are activated and increase our hunger and likelihood of impulsive eating. As a result, our appetites are becoming more and more dysregulated, inconsistent, and intense because of social media. Figure 1. Food content on social media platforms like Instagr

Microplastics, environmental depletion, waste, pollution, health crisis. All words taking over today’s biggest headlines and news outlets. These concerns do contain harsh truths. Plastics are a huge environmental issue because of their long-life spans and centuries needed to decay. Figure 1. Plastic wasteland piled high with plastic products (Wasteland, n.d.). Therefore bioplastics, synthetic plastics made from biomass with biodegradable properties, are becoming a growing to

On a recent viewing of the show Hot Ones , where celebrities eat wings that get progressively spicier while being interviewed. As the wings continue to get spicier and the Scoville level passes 40,000, I can feel my own throat and skin radiating with heat as I continue watching them even though I’m not the one eating the wings. More so, I sympathize with the urge for celebrities to grab a bottle of milk to drown out the heat. That urge was the moment I grew interested in why