by Zoe Green ’22 | Dec 14, 2021 | Science & Tech
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 opportunity for the UN to come together and...
by Ritika Sinha ’24 | Dec 14, 2021 | Science & Tech
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, Stephenson has been writing about the ongoing struggle of the...
by William Kim ’24 and Jason Mao ’24 | Dec 14, 2021 | Science & Tech
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 the social media industry. The name itself...
by Will Simon ’24 | Nov 18, 2021 | Science & Tech
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 watched an average of 24 hours of content per month, compared to Youtube’s 22 hours and 40 minutes,...
by Simon Glassenberg ’24 | Nov 18, 2021 | Science & Tech
The cold winter months are approaching quickly, and flu season is just around the corner. With increased time spent indoors and less vitamin D available to strengthen one’s immune system, common colds should be similarly inevitable, yet many people have not caught a...
by Jasper Perlis ’24 | Nov 18, 2021 | Science & Tech
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 second dose more than six months ago and who are...
