/oss/taxonomy/term/5405/all en /oss/article/general-science/body-parts-and-body-farms-where-science-and-spookiness-meet <p>Seeing Halloween decorations has been a highlight of an otherwise hectic month. While spider webs and ghosts send shivers down my spine, skeletons and the occasional amputated limb don’t rank high on the spooky scale for me. That is because I teach in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s <a href="/anatomy/facilities/anatomy-laboratory">cadaver lab</a> where amputated limbs and human bones are just another day at work.</p> Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:03:34 +0000 Cat Wang, B.Sc. 9712 at /oss /oss/article/contributors-general-science/going-date <p>In 1960 Willard Frank Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize for his method of using carbon-14 to find the age of objects ranging from ancient bows and arrows to trees buried in glacial ice. Since then, the technique of radiocarbon dating has been improved so that it can be used with much smaller samples---fractions of milligrams instead of the original 8 grams. This has made it less intrusive when dealing with precious art and in trying to figure out the authenticity of artefacts like the Shroud of Turin.</p> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Enrico Uva B.Sc. Dip. Ed. 9465 at /oss /oss/article/general-science/death-our-body-feasts-itself <p>A pretty morbid question perhaps, but why is it that our body does not decompose while we are alive? Most of<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118953358"> </a><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118953358">the post-mortem changes that affect our body</a> are the result of things we already carry inside of us, so how is it that these potent destructors are kept in check before we die?</p> Thu, 20 May 2021 20:05:34 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8740 at /oss