Articles on New Advances in Science and Tech
Just up the Mystic River from the Tobin Bridge lies the Everett Marine Terminal (EMT), the country's oldest continually operating...
On October 8, American physicist John Hopfield and British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the 2024 Nobel...
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a significant AI safety bill that aimed to require companies developing...
Whether it be a craving for the donuts or refreshers, a good amount of Concord Academy freshmen are thoroughly in love with Dunkin’...
From warm, fluffy bread to crispy, indulgent fries, carbohydrates are both a common craving and a vital...
On Tuesday, October 1, roughly 50 people disembarked a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line train—but not...
Every day, one cannot help but notice the distinct smells of different places at Concord Academy: the scent of whiteboard markers...
On September 29, 2024, a small asteroid temporarily entered our planet’s orbit, capturing the attention of many astronomy enthusiasts.
In an era of continuous tension between maintaining both authenticity and informational skepticism, manipulation, as defined by...
On September 9 2024, Apple launched their new iPhone 16 series, which includes the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and...
On September 6, 2024, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided to remove two twin spacecraft from the New...
During the last Community Weekend of the year, the annual flea market, a student-led initiative, was a resounding success. The...
Recently, a new feature emerged on Instagram. The chatbot, integrated into Meta’s apps, has the ability to respond...
Archaeologists are commonly thought to only find durable artifacts like ancient ceramics, jewelry and gold, or occasional plant...
On March 21, 2024, a genetically modified pig kidney was successfully transplanted into a human recipient for the first time. A...
On April 8, 2024, around 34 million people gathered in states across the US to watch the solar eclipse. Eclipses have fascinated...
The night sky is lit up by blinding electric lights that can interfere with the flight of birds. Light pollution can trap the birds...
The ability to stay young—the longevity of youth—has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of time. Even with the efforts...
Justice, wisdom, tolerance, love. We struggle with defining moral concepts such as these. Therefore, we struggle to know what is...
In this age of modern political and social discourse, few industries are more controversial than that of so-called “Big-Tech”—the...
As our world keeps advancing with new technology, one particularly intriguing innovation has emerged from Apple. The company has...
In January of 2024, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its last flight. The 4lbs Ingenuity chopper first flew in February 2021...
Aging is always associated with a decline in health, but people’s views vary in regard to the definition of aging: is aging considered...
This February, California has found itself in the throes of a significant crisis. An onslaught of atmospheric river storms has...
“Science is imagination in a straightjacket” - Richard Feynman
Quantum is a daunting word. Quantum is a disobedience...
This year, for the first time in four years, February will have 29 days instead of the typical 28. In other words, it is going...
It has been just over a year since Open AI first released the infamous text-based chatbot ChatGPT. It has quickly established itself...
Have you been struck with confusion about the weather this winter? Massachusetts is known for having blizzards and heavy snowfall...
This has been a relatively underwhelming winter so far, with just one early dismissal as of late January. That early dismissal...
The door plug of a Boeing 737 Max 9 detached mid-flight, creating a hole in the plane, causing cabin depressurization, and leading...
In a world of constant business, the food we consume is often mistreated in our lives. Our substitute for proper meals has become...
In 2021, at an international climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Joe Biden promised that the U.S. would ‘lead by example’...
On December 25, 2021, the James Webb Telescope was launched into space. The telescope was a major step forward in...
The COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a conference of global importance. For years it has served as the zenith...
An Alaska Federal Judge has recently ruled that the ConocoPhillips corporation's controversial and bipartisan Willow Project can...
As the temperature continues to drop, heating Concord Academy becomes increasingly important for the health and happiness of the...
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” –Abraham Lincoln
Earth has worn many faces: The Devonian Period’s...
Cystic fibrosis, probably best known to us as the illness that appears in the movie and book “Five Feet Apart,” is a disease that...
In the fall, two cherished holidays roll around: Halloween and Thanksgiving. Friends and families gather together to celebrate...
When seasons change, temperature changes as well. Changing temperatures provides ideal conditions for the pathogens, environmental...
An exciting vacation on the world’s biggest ship is on every family’s bucket list, but revealing the horrifying reality of the...
On October 2nd, Oregon State University published an article that showed a severe loss of maternal DNA lineages among blue, fin...
Humans have been interested in the notion of immortality since the beginning. While modern technology is making an effort to slow...
On October 4th 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, worked with the Federal Communications Commission, or the...
On October 14th, 2023, a rare occurrence of a “ring of fire” solar eclipse took place in the Americas. Although this event occurred...
In Spring of 2019, a thirty-two page document titled “Concord Academy Sustainability Plan; Spring 2019” was introduced to the...
On September 12, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) unveiled its updated recommendation for the COVID vaccine which was newly approved...
A part of the thirty-two mile long Sudbury River lies just north of Concord Academy’s campus. The river is known for being contaminated with mercury...
By the time school was nearing the end last year, Biology might have been my favorite class. I liked the material, my classmates, and my teacher...
On April 19, 2023, users of the popular social media and messaging platform, Snapchat, opened the app to find a new friend on their Chat feed. Officially called “My AI,” Snapchat’s experimental feature allows users to message...
As warmer weather approaches in the Northeast, so too does the return of the dreaded spotted lanternflies. The planthopper insects are an invasive species native to East Asia that pose a serious threat to the health of Americ...
In the next two years, Concord Academy will carry out its vision for West Campus, constituting the most ambitious capital project ever pursued by the school. The plan mainly seeks to meet the needs of the performing arts curr...
For the first Community Weekend of 2023, the Sustainability Committee alongside the Environmental Coheads took to the weekend’s activities with a green lens, as it coincided with Earth Day. All of the activities offered for s...
Around this time of year, every rainstorm is followed by the claim that “April showers bring M...
On Saturday, April 22, Concord Academy’s Gender Representation in Tech organization, more comm...
It is allergy season again here in Concord, Massachusetts! Despite a variety of common allerge...
There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has positively impacted the world, from allowing for earlier detection of diseases to helping scientists improve climate decision-making and better understand the effects ...
It has been a largely snowless winter in the Boston area, with no snow days at all as of early February. There have, however, been a few close calls, which might bring up the question of how snow days are actually determined ...
On Friday, January 27, Concord Academy received a visit from Kevin Koch P’24. Koch is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Technicians For Sustainability, an employee-owned benefit corporation that promotes and installs solar PV pa...
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Having started earlier this winter, Meatless Mondays are now a new tradition at Concord Academ...
For the past several years, people have been asking themselves this: are our winters here in Concord really becoming more mild? Temperatures have risen overall and started having more, longer spikes in the middle of winter. S...
Since late December, rainfall in California has been abundant. Round after round of heavy rain and mountain snow has slammed the pacific coast of the state. Some places have received up to 40 inches of rain or over 10 feet of...
For thousands of years, civilizations across the world have turned up towards the night sky, spellbound by the forever-twinkling stars. This upcoming month, a new visitor will be temporarily sharing this incredible night sky—...
On January 9, the United Kingdom’s (UK) attempt at launching a rocket to space ultimately fell...
As part of Concord Academy’s Sustainability Plan, adopted in the fall of 2019, the school recently purchased two plug-in hybrid vans. The purchase was spearheaded by Director of Campus Planning, Design, and Construction Don K...
Environmental Symposium, taught by Gretchen Roorbach, is a one-credit fall science elective that invites three professional environmental scientists and activists to lecture on their work. Throughout the semester, Environment...
“We rise together back to the moon and beyond!” a NASA commentator exclaimed to more than three hundred thousand viewers worldwide at 1:47 a.m. EST on November 16. Together they watched as NASA’s new moon rocket lifted off la...
On October 28, Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter for approximately 44 billion dollars. Musk had first proposed to buy the site in April, but resistance from the Twitter board of trustees ultimately delayed the deal by sev...
With winter break looming and December in full swing, the purple and orange ribbons of Halloween have come down to be replaced by wreaths and mistletoe. It would seem that Halloween decorations are only the prelude to what li...
What makes a class special can vary. Sometimes it is a teacher, sometimes the material. In Advanced Chemistry: Organic Structure and Function, taught by Science teacher Will Tucker, it is certainly a balance of the two.
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Protecting Earth from an asteroid strike is common in science fiction, but it is also a concern for real scientists. On September 26, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) crashed a spaceship into an ...
Hurricane season is in full force, and one of the strongest storms so far was Hurricane Ian. This Category Four tropical storm initially made landfall on September 27 in Pinar de Rico, Cuba. It also impacted the Artemisa, May...
This year, there is a new student organization at Concord Academy: STEM Council. One of the first things this group is planning to establish is a STEM peer buddy system. This project will pair underclassmen interested in STEM...
On Saturday, September 10, some Concord Academy students went apple picking at Honey Pot Hill Orchard. There, they could pick seven kinds of apples: McIntosh, Sansa, Akane, Honeycrisp, Smitten, Ginger Gold, and Gravenstein. T...
The website previously used by many Concord Academy students to access student resources, CA Connect, has been taken down and replaced with a tab on the main CA website. CA Connect had links to Schoology, Gmail, and oth...
Fall at Concord Academy means new textbooks, frantic rushing to get to class across the Quad, the start of sports, cramming into the Chapel, Club Expo, and Family Weekend. This year, it also means wasps. From eating outside t...
As the summer comes to an end, many crops are ready to harvest in the northeastern United States. While many fruits ripen through the summer, a few wait until the fall begins. These include raspberries, grapes, and apples. Ra...
Over the years, a perfectly cut, lush-green, grassy lawn has become synonymous with the American Dream and sprawling suburbia. Many lawns in New England can be seen sporting this rather sought-after look. Hving a perfec...
Concord Academy is lucky to have a variety of beautiful flowering trees on campus. Most trees only bloom for one to two weeks maximum, so make sure to appreciate them before they drop their flowers!
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In the spring of 2019, Concord Academy unveiled an ambitious series of institution-wide academic and operational goals in the form of the Concord Academy Sustainability Plan. The 32-page report explicitly detailed the sustain...
On April 26, 2022, entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk struck a deal with the board of Twitter to acquire the company for approximately $44 billion. In the statement announcing the deal, Musk stressed his intention to pres...
Roughly ten years ago, the dean of faculty of Concord Academy asked Mathematics Department faculty Mark Engerman to teach a new math elective on economics. Up until this current school year, Engerman has taught the ensuing co...
Since March 23, the Stu-Fac has been home to three brand-new artificial gardens which can be seen in the wall separating the freshman pit and the faculty tables. They have thus far been a modest yet intriguing addition to CA’...
Concord Academy’s Mathematics Department offers a variety of courses for students of different interests and backgrounds. To ensure equity, the department provides options for both advanced or introductory and passionate or i...
Mobile Apps for History is a two-credit computer science course that is available exclusively in the second semester of Concord Academy’s centennial year. Its students range from freshmen to seniors, all of whom have complete...
Many students have just gone through tech week for the winter mainstage, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, and many more are watching major assessments beginning to rear their heads after three blissf...
Social media apps are some of the most frequently opened applications by smartphone users, globally. In fact, billions of people download TikTok and various Meta apps each year. These apps are often used to fill free time, an...
Any citizen of Concord, or Massachusetts for that matter, knows how treacherous the conditions are in winter. As a veteran of the Massachusetts winter experience, I have picked up a few tips that may aid you on your journey o...
Since January 1, 2022, mobile payment apps like Venmo, Paypal, and Cashapp required users to file a 1099-K form that is used to report business transactions. This change to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax-reporting rule...
As February continues to plunge Concord into a frigid winter, snow is not the only thing you will see lining the streets. The sight of crunchy, white snow is often accompanied by the light-blue tint of sodium chloride, more c...
For most people, snowfall forecasts are simple—your weather app tells you how much snow is going to fall and when, and the school decides whether or not to close because of it. However, behind that forecast are weeks of patte...
Our collective attention remains riveted on the intensifying cyberwar between battling Instagram accounts Bananas of Concord and Apples of Concord. Both accounts have racked up some serious number of followe...
Omicron, the most recent mutation of COVID-19, has created another surge in cases worldwide. This new variant is more transmissible than previous strains but appears to cause a less severe illness in most people, especially t...
Wen Stephenson, a climate journalist and essayist, was CA’s second Environmental Symposium speaker of the year. Formerly an editor for the Atlantic and the Boston Globe and writer for the New York Times<...
From October 31, 2021through November 12, 2021, The United States joined almost 22 other countries in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th annual United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow, or COP26. COP26 served as an opportu...
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the multinational technology conglomerate formerly known as Facebook, announced on October 28 that the company would be renamed Meta. For nearly two decades, Facebook has been the clear figurehead of t...
Tick, tock, tick, tock … You lift your head up and stare at the massive digital clock as its minute digit approaches the time limit. Using their loudest indoor voice, your proctor breaks the silence by declaring a fi...
TikTok has just recently overtaken YouTube in total hours of user watch time per month in the United States.
Between August 2020 and June 2021, TikTok users have watc...
On Wednesday, October 21, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved a third booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. People who received their secon...
