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Popular Mechanics Article: "Scientists Spotted ‘Massless’ Electrons Moving in 4 Dimensions"
In a groundbreaking study conducted by scientists in Japan, a significant breakthrough has been achieved in the realm of particle...
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Mar 25, 2024
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Mudslide on Italian Mountain
Forty thousand cubic meters of terrain fell over the Passo Monte Croce Carnico causing the pass to shut down on Friday, until the area...
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Dec 10, 2023
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Liguria’s Recent Mudslide
During the early morning of October 31st, a mudslide came down and covered Rezzoaglio’s main highway making life for its 900 inhabitants...
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Nov 2, 2023
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NASA's Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
NASA has built a greenhouse gas detector called "Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer" that is getting closer to launch. This instrument...
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Sep 17, 2023
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2023 Summer Heat and Climate Change
The summer of 2023 has been most unusual weather wise. The Northern hemisphere saw record breaking temperatures over the two already...
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Aug 27, 2023
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Emilia Romagna Flood
On the 16th of May there was a torrential downpour in the region of Emilia Romagna in my home country Italy. The seemingly never-ending...
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Jun 6, 2023
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CERN Switzerland
I recently took a trip with my peers to Switzerland to see CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research)! This is the most...
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May 5, 2023
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Recycle Your Legos
If you were anything like me as a kid then you loved to play with Legos and make any kind of structure with them based on your favourite...
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Apr 12, 2023
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Math + Art
Math and art are often placed in two very different categories: creativity/logic and culture/education. However, if we take a closer look...
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Feb 17, 2023
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Syria Earthquake
On Monday two very large scale earthquakes hit the bordering area between Turkey and Syria with a magnitude of up to 7.7 to 7.8 on the...
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Feb 9, 2023
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January Popular Mechanics Issue
This month's Popular Mechanics issue featured an article where the writers of the magazine were debating whether or not to use lego...
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Jan 13, 2023
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Proud Ischia Volunteer
Volunteers and the hotel's owner On November 26th a mudslide hit Ischia, a small island off of Italy. I jumped at the chance to help and...
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Dec 9, 2022
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Space Behavior
Anyone who has taken a physics class knows that gravity is one of the four fundamental forces of our universe and the singular force that...
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Nov 23, 2022
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Engineering: What do You Need to Know?
I want to be an engineer. But what do I need to do to get there? The conventional answer would be advanced mathematics and physics...
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Nov 4, 2022
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Who's Most Affected by the Climate Crisis?
I'm sure everyone is aware of the effects of climate change especially with the constant heat waves, rising sea levels, and loss of...
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Oct 19, 2022
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Nuclear Fusion
I recently wrote a research paper on how nuclear power can help guide us toward a greener future. Through researching, I also learned...
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Oct 9, 2022
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Sharks = Scientists?
Gulf streams are constantly varying due to changes in temperature and other vital factors to wildlife migration and habitat. Blue sharks,...
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Sep 15, 2022
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Restoring Wildlife Balances
Studies incorporating examinations of population patterns, testing of new data to fill holes in understanding, and the investigation of...
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Sep 10, 2022
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Traveling With Seals
Recently, on a trip to Cape Cod, I took an early morning boat tour to go seal watching. Other than noticing how adorable they were and...
sofiasavoia
Aug 18, 2022
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Oysters: Natural Environmental Engineers
Why have oysters come to be so important? Believe it or not, we can save our reefs and harbors one oyster at a time. Most people only...
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Aug 5, 2022
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Were we smarter as babies?
It seems intuitive to just lift your body weight into the air for half of a second, but try explaining to a toddler how to jump. I was...
sofiasavoia
Jul 22, 2022
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Why does a puzzle work?
Often we look for people who are a lot like us. These people have the same interests as we do, are part of the same activities, and even...
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Jul 13, 2022
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