Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019
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60 years ago, mathematicians predicted that humans could never accurately predict the weather more than two weeks in advance. This week, scientists published a paper in Science supporting this hypothesis.
In 1969, Edward Lore...
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019
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The most recently built nuclear power plant in the U.S. came online more than 20 years ago. Nuclear reactors are frequently distrusted by the public, and the costs of constructing a new plant make it nearly impossible for newly bui...
Jack Wassik, Sci/Tech Editor
February 22, 2019
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NASA officials declared that the Opportunity Rover, which landed on Mars back in 2003, is officially beyond communication and repair, or, as many on the internet have claimed, “dead.”
Many on social media have expressed ...
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 22, 2019
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In 2018, approximately 54,000 Ukrainian citizens contracted measles. Meredith Wadman writes for Science, explaining that these infections represent nearly two-thirds of the measles cases in Europe. Nataliya Vynnyk, a Ukrainian p...
Jack Wassik, Sci/Tech Editor
February 13, 2019
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It was announced in 2014, after the New Horizons spacecraft passed Pluto, that there was a new object that the craft could reach with its remaining fuel. That object was Ultima Thule (or MU69), meaning “beyond known world...
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 13, 2019
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Traditionally, vaccines take the form of viral proteins, killed viral samples or weakened live viruses. While this approach has been successful for illnesses like the flu or measles, the World Health Organization describes vac...
Jack Wassik, Sci/Tech Editor
February 11, 2019
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The Mars rovers are some of mankinds’ farthest-traveling machines. With four successful Mars rovers, each more advanced than the next, they are making important discoveries about Mars’ atmosphere, surface, geology and environme...
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 11, 2019
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In 2017, fishermen, researchers and others enjoying the waters of the Pacific Coast noticed unprecedented numbers of pyrosomes, also called sea pickles. Two years ago, researchers were able to harvest nearly 60,000 pyrosomes wit...
Jack Wassik, Sci/Tech Editor
February 2, 2019
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Italy has been known for its wine for centuries, dating all the way back to the Roman Empire.
However, a report published at the beginning of January estimates that Prosecco production is depleting northeastern Italy of its soil....
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
February 2, 2019
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During the 36-day government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018, nonessential government programs shuttered their doors. This included the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Included in the nearly 800,000 government worke...
Jack Wassik, Sci/Tech Editor
January 23, 2019
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The prospect of traveling to Mars in recent years has moved from science fiction to reality as organizations including NASA and SpaceX try to find ways to travel and eventually colonize the red planet.
Among the many steps in order to achi...
Charlotte Mineo, Staff Writer
January 23, 2019
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A three-centimeter long 3D printed “sponge” has shown promise in reducing the off-target side effects of chemotherapy.
Researchers from the lab of Dr. Steve Hetts studied these devices in pigs and found that 58 to 70 percent...
