After hosting almost 30 events this semester in total, the Entertainment Committee (EC) celebrated the end of the semester with their biggest on-campus event of the year: Techfest.
Posts published by “Erin McGee”
Erin McGee is a fourth year undergrad at Stevens double majoring in physics and mathematics. She is the former science editor of The Stute, and is now a science writer focusing on space and math.
When it comes to climate change, much of the blame and responsibility for change rests in cities. New York in particular has moved towards phasing out its use of fossil fuels and other pollutants.
It seems like an idea straight out of science fiction: sending a robot into someone in order to cure them of whatever disease they are facing.
In a recent study by Snevets, researchers found that non-Pinnacle Scholars have, on average, higher IQs than their Scholar counterparts.
The Pinnacle Scholar Program is a part of the Special Programs at Snevets, of which “selected” students are a part.
Anyone who has seen The Mandalorian is familiar with deepfakes. The realistic (almost to the point of being eerie) young Luke Skywalker looks like Mark Hamill taken straight from the 1970s.
It comes back every summer: damaging coastlines, wildlife, and the economy that depends on them. There are thousands of miles of low oxygen “dead zones”, caused by pollution and accelerated by climate change.
Thousands of both natural and man-made objects currently orbit the Earth, ranging from debris the size of a grain of sand to entire satellites.
Last Christmas, NASA gave us a new telescope. Now, it’s working on seeing some of the earliest stars and galaxies of the universe.
Concussions are a major issue, not just for athletes, but for a wide range of professions. These, along with other types of brain injuries, are usually identified by the eyes.
Fake news, untrustworthy tweets, and all manner of rumors have recently made headlines in news, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the World Health Organization and the US Surgeon General have called for a crackdown on COVID-19 misinformation.