/oss/taxonomy/term/5406/all en /oss/article/history-did-you-know/saved-bell <p>There are a number of common words that have different meanings for scientists; ‘cultures’ are in Petri dishes, ‘medium’ isn’t just the size of a T-shirt, and ‘cleavage’ is the process of cell division, and not, well, cleavage… As a fan of the history of anatomical sciences, the phrase “saved by the bell” always made me think of shallow graves, trapdoor coffins, and the fear of being buried alive. Who even knew about the TV show? (Most people. That’s on me.)</p> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:03:58 +0000 Cat Wang, B.Sc. 9438 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