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Volunteers Make Maps to Save Lives

November 17, 2017

by Katelynn Fleming Living in the U.S., where Google Maps can give driving directions to virtually anywhere, it can be hard to imagine that the whole world is not mapped out as…

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First Robot Citizen

November 17, 2017November 17, 2017

by Olivia Kingree In 2016, the humanoid robot “Sophia” said that she would “destroy humans” during a televised interview. This month, she became the first robot citizen in Saudi Arabia.   Sophia was…

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Robots Outsmart the “I am not a robot” Test

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017

by Katelynn Fleming We have all been on one website or another that required us to click “I am not a robot” or type the letters in a distorted image of a…

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Forest Finding: Great Blue Heron

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017

By: Colleen Dabrowski Photo by: Anna Gombert Forest Findings has got a treat for you this week! The elusive Great Blue Heron that frequents the Drew University Zuck Arboretum ponds has been photographed by…

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Colliding Stars

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017

By: Abigail Mullen Quanta Magazine On October 16, physicists from the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced that they have detected gravitational waves rippling through space and time. According to Science…

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We Owe Our Genetic Diversity to 34,000 Year-Old Dating Networks

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017

By: Katelynn Fleming                                                            …

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BFR: New Rocket

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

From ExtremeTech By: Jesse Murray On September 29, Elon Musk released his revised plan for sending humans to Mars. The key to this plan is a new rocket called the BFR. It…

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More than 100 Hippos Die In Namibia

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

From National Geographic By: Maïmouna Kanté According to National Geographic, the past few weeks in Namibia have been marked by the death of more than 100 hippos in the Bwabwata National Park…

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Forest Findings: Cisseps fulvicollis

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017

By Colleen Dabrowski & Anna Gombert From Maryland Biodiversity Projects. Cisseps fulvicollis, the Yellow-collared Scape Moth, historically can be found all across the United States. However, today they are much more common in the…

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Rumbling Volcano in Indonasia

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017

By Abigail Mullen From sbs.com. On Friday, September 22nd, Mount Agung, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, started showing signs that it would erupt soon. As of Wednesday, more than 75,000 people…

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