Jonathan Logan S&E Editor Melita Wiles S&E Editor Kendra Devereux, Environmental Geoscience What is your topic? My I.S. is titled: Climate Change Impacts go Beyond the Surface: Groundwater Recharge Rates and Aquifer Resources across the Contiguous United States. In my study, I use …
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Your questions answered: the COVID-19 vaccine, virus variants and more
Melita Wiles S&E Editor What is in the vaccine? There are three main types of the COVID-19 vaccine. First, the mRNA vaccine consists of certain materials from the actual virus. These materials prompt our cells to create proteins that are unique to COVID-19. The …
“Visions of the Future” poster collection and space exploration
Jonathan Logan S&E Editor For two years, I had never set foot in the bottom floor of the physics department’s building (turns out that is where we keep the shrink ray machine). The faculty put up all of the senior/junior thesis posters down there. …
Inequality and Racism in A.I.
Jonathan Logan S&E Editor Timnit Gebru, a highly respected artificial intelligence (A.I.) ethicist, finished her Ph.D. thesis and was promptly hired by Google as part of their campaign to increase algorithmic scrutiny. Google, along with many Big Tech Companies have always pushed inclusive narratives. …
New Minds, New Fears, New Hopes
Jonathan Logan Science & Environment Editor The 21st century has been referred to as the century (thus far) of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). Pop culture likes to push dystopian visions of an automated future or romanticize the idea of consciousness in androids. Academics like to …
Impostor syndrome means you are not on your own
Jonathan Logan Science & Environment Editor We know you faked your way here. You know it, too. In fact, you have almost completely dissociated the person that has accomplished all of the wonderful things you have done from your own self. We know you …