Science & Technology
Articles on New Advances in ScienceSelf-Driving Cars
As the automotive industry enters a new decade full of rapid advancements, it is only a matter of time before self-driving vehicles fill public...
COVID Vaccines: Everything You Need To Know
As Concord Academy continues to welcome back a majority of its students to fully in-person learning, more and more faculty, staff, and students are...
Vaccinations and Testing Protocols at CA
How has COVID testing helped control the spread of the virus at Concord Academy? What is the protocol for positive and inconclusive tests? Do...
COVID-19 Variants and Their Spread
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, mutated versions of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, have been occurring across the world. According...
Dr. Liesching’s COVID-19 Talk
During lunch on Friday, February 19th, Concord Academy’s Science Club and Medical Club invited Dr. Timothy Liesching to speak to the community about...
Pandemic Pollution
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have hoped that a silver lining of worldwide lockdowns will be a significant decrease in pollution. This has...
Mental Health During COVID at Concord Academy
The air is frigid; snow is caked onto the sidewalk; the sun still retreats below the horizon before 5:00 PM. Winter is in full swing, and, for many,...
Men and Women: The Truth About Friendship
Not too long ago, I stumbled across an article that caught my interest. This eye-catching article in Psychology Today claimed, ““men’s friendships...
Give It A Shot—The Different Types of COVID-19 Vaccines
When scientists began the quest for a COVID-19 vaccine in early 2020, they warned us not to get our hopes up. Vaccine development is a notoriously...
Tesla: The Perfect 16th Birthday Gift for You?
Tesla, Inc., the American electric automaker with the 49-year-old chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk behind the wheel, is nothing short of...
New COVID-19 Variants: What We Know So Far
Just as vaccines began to offer hope for the end of the pandemic, Britain raised a sudden alarm about a highly contagious new variant of...
Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine
At the time of writing, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has reached 21.1 million, with more than 357,000 resulting deaths. Vaccines,...
What Is an mRNA Vaccine and Why Is It Cool?
Recently, many companies around the world have announced their vaccines aimed to target and hopefully quell the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, one...
Labs During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a novel challenge for laboratories all over the world. Laboratory work in general requires many precautions, and...
Winter Storm Eartha
Early on the morning on December 5th, a Nor’easter, dubbed by the Weather Channel as “Winter Storm Eartha”, left hundreds of thousands of civilians...
The Effect of Halloween on COVID-19 Cases
Halloween looked vastly different this year, with safety measures taken all over the country to prevent the spread of the deadly virus COVID-19. The...
Coronavirus Cases Rising in MA
As schools and businesses continue to reopen, coronavirus cases are rising again in Massachusetts. As of November 7, the New York Times reports a...
Stu-Fac in a Changing Time: Safety and Sustainability
With the onset of CA’s STAC 2 pilot program, the Stu-Fac resumed in-person operations. New restrictions and guidelines regarding dining were...