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Things aren’t as bad as you think

Last December, I was feeling glum, and so was almost everyone I know. I thought, I should get a bigshot intellectual to give the Stevens community a pep talk, but who?

The truth about the Georgia voting bill

Last week the majority Republican state legislature in Georgia passed a new bill that will greatly alter voting access within the state and has already come under some significant criticism.

What America got wrong about COVID-19

It almost feels like cheating at this point, but given I’ve been in China for exactly a year and one day (and given the rest of my family is still in America), I have a unique perspective on the two extreme ends of COVID-19 responses.

My cherry blossom tree

There’s a cherry blossom tree that decorates the front yard of my house. It magically sprouts pink flowers every spring. I take it as an annual reminder that my favorite season has decided to join us — humanity feels lighter in the springtime.

Stevens Doesn’t Really Feel Like Re-Opening

With the speedy rollout of mostly-safe vaccines to the population and the end of the pandemic finally within view, Stevens finds itself at a difficult position of actually having to function as a proper school for the first time in over a year.

When pandemic boredom sparks creativity: the story of Beekeeper

Beekeeper is a project completely put into motion by Aaron Lerch (third-year Mechanical Engineer). Known as the drummer of one of Stevens’ most well-known live acts “Behind The Curtain,” Lerch has written and produced this project without any limitations on his creativity.

Are we the first civilization or the last simulation?

I recently came across the concept of Simulation Theory, which has been developed by several famous philosophers and computer scientists like Descartes, Moravec, Bostrom, and others.

Opening day in the eyes of a female athlete

Happy opening day! It’s that time again; it’s time for baseball. On April 1, Major League Baseball (MLB) began its regular 2021 season.

Will Artificial Intelligence ever live up to its hype?

When I started writing about science decades ago, artificial intelligence was ascendant. IEEE Spectrum, the technology magazine for which I worked, produced a special issue on how AI would transform the world.