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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


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


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


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


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


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 5, 2023


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


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 11, 2023


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


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


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


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


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


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


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 18, 2022


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


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


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


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...
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Aug 18, 2022


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


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...
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Jul 22, 2022


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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