Have you ever purchased something online? A T-shirt? A new pair of shoes? If so, you are among the majority of people with their credit card or bank account information stored privately online through encryption. As a result, you are also among a group of people who could be at risk of theft or fraud […]
Are quantum computers making private online information a thing of the past? Read More »
Global warming and its detrimental impacts on society and Earth’s natural systems have become an ever-urgent issue for humanity to confront. According to the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization, there is a 50–50 chance we will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming within the next five years with the likelihood continuously increasing. As the reality of
Solar geoengineering: An uncharted climate solution or human interference? Read More »
On Wednesday, May 3, four Roxbury high school students and a couple of Northeastern undergraduate volunteers built mini wind turbines as part of an energy education pilot program. The motivation behind the event was not only to teach students about the generation and conversion of energy but also to try out accompanying learning modules with
When you look up at the night sky, how many light-years do you think you’d be able to see into space? 1 million? 2 million? In contrast, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is able to see a whopping 13.6 billion light-years deep. It’s NASA’s most powerful telescope to date, built to help us understand
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