Getting a degree in computer science used to be a stable path for any student looking to land a job in the tech industry right after graduation. With the proliferation of AI tools like GitHub CopilotTech companies may not need to hire as many software engineers as before, because smaller teams can reasonably produce the […]
Since 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. sorority and its members have left their mark in many sectors and have impacted communities and spaces. Influential members include Phylicia Rashad, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Maya AngelouToni Morrison and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to ESSENCE. Harris was officially sworn in as vice president of the United
Willow buds, Arctic poppy seeds, fungal bodies and rock moss megaspores found in soil sample GISP2 under microscope at the University of Vermont. Credit: Halley Mastro/University of Vermont Greenland’s story is getting greener and scarier. A new study provides the first direct evidence that the center, not just the edges, of the Greenland ice sheet
The MIT School of Science is launching a center to advance knowledge and computational capabilities in sustainability science and help decision-makers in government, industry, and civil society achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Working with MIT’s Climate Project, researchers at the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy will develop and apply expertise from across the
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A lack of coordination between legal, policy and scientific thinking risks “wasting an opportunity” to improve air quality, concludes new environmental law research co-led by a UCL academic. In their Science In their paper, ‘Harnessing science, policy and law to secure clean air’, Professors Eloise Scotford (UCL School of Law), Alastair
Credit: Nature Climate change (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02091-2 Scientists across all disciplines are extremely concerned about climate change. Many have already changed their lifestyles or engaged in awareness-raising and protest actions, and many more are planning to do so in the future. This is the result of a large-scale survey of scientists around the world conducted
Calandrelli is an engineer turned science popularizer. Credit: Morgan Demeter Emily Calandrelli, MIT engineer, Emmy-nominated science communicator, television host and producer, is going to space. On July 16, Calandrelli announced on social media that she would be flying aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, a feat that will make her one of the first 100 women
If you’re a regular on social media, you may have heard that seed oils are unhealthy—or even toxic! According to a certain subset of internet influencers, seed-derived cooking oils can cause everything from heart disease to inflammation to fatigue to skin problems. Yet, contrary to posts demonizing common ingredients, plenty of scientific research disagrees. Here’s
This conversation is part of a larger lesson on developing technologies to reduce planet-warming pollution. The lesson was created by Kravitz, an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Indiana University, his colleague Paul Goddard, and Kirstin Milks, DeWayne Murphy’s science teacher at Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Indiana. As heat waves and
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a call for proposals from “qualified researchers and multidisciplinary teams” on the practical deployment and scaling of technologies that will enable data sharing while preserving privacy. The NSF said it plans to award 26 grants totaling $23 million. The awards will be made as standard or continuing