…this carbon dioxide comes from the large amounts of energy needed to heat materials involved in glass production. The wood-based “glass” aims to solve this problem via production methods that…
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…intelligence, common life and rare intelligence, and common life and common intelligence. Scientists, of course, cannot turn back Earth’s clock but are instead interested in these thought experiments to demonstrate…
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Former Red Sox player Wade Boggs, known as the “chicken man,” famously ate chicken before every one of his games as a good luck charm. Boggs told MLB.com, “In 1983,…
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…a large asteroid in the solar system. After analyzing the comet, they come to the horrifying conclusion that it is undoubtedly headed towards Earth. It will make a direct hit,…
…height; specific humidity; and the eastward, westward, and vertical components of the wind. To maximize efficiency, GNNs download every 3 hours of ERA5 data from 1979 to 2021. The second…
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Real Talk about NUTalk By Shannon Jones, Marine Biology, 2016 Last Thursday night saw Raytheon Theater full of students, faculty, and even members of the Boston community gathered for an…
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…continuing research into uncultured bacteria, as well as the study of Lyme Disease, persister cells, the microbiome, and more has continued to draw undergraduates hungry for research experience. Enter Trina…
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…reduced by half. Rob, however, graduated second in the class and moved to Connecticut to complete the final leg of the program: running a real nuclear reactor. With only six…
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…the plastic ending up in a landfill. The tremendous environmental impact of single-use plastics is killing the planet’s wildlife along with the environment itself. Since humans are completely surrounded by…
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Despite the seemingly inconsequential nature of information behind a screen, the ubiquity of social media allows it to seep into the reality of many adolescents. The culture of likes, comments,…
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