by Marshall Fisher ’24 | Dec 7, 2022 | Science & Tech
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 Kingman and Director of Operations Mick...
by Carey Cai ’25 | Dec 7, 2022 | Science & Tech
“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 launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center,...
by Eva Tutin ’24 | Dec 7, 2022 | Science & Tech
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 several months. After only a few weeks of...
by Mandy Adams ’24 | Dec 7, 2022 | Science & Tech
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, Environmental Symposium meets six times, typically at...
by William Kim ’24 | Dec 7, 2022 | Science & Tech
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 lies ahead: every year, millions of lights,...
by Eva Tutin ’24 | Oct 31, 2022 | Science & Tech
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 asteroid in order to alter its course. The...
