Articles in the SCIENCE/TECH Category
Tracey Suter followed up earthquakes with some well-executed science of her own. Though some may think of animal experimentation as cruel, Tracey reveals that it’s necessary to use rats to study neuroscience phenomena as a …
On Thursday, March 17th, five of Trinity’s science departments put forward seniors and their best projects to be presented in the Spring Joint Science Symposium. The talks, hosted by Prof. Curran of the chemistry department, …
Early Saturday morning, February 5th, 2011, Hartford middle school students gathered at Trinity College’s Vernon Center with boards in hand and speeches in mind to participate in Trinity College’s Third Annual Physics Fair, organized by …
We are not alone; life does exist on other planets!
At least, that is the argument that Dr. Richard Hoover, a NASA astrobiologist, is making in the March edition of the Journal of Cosmology. Pictured here is …
Part 1: Introduction
I recently listened to Temple Grandin’s talk on TED. A brilliant woman first brought to the public eye when Oliver Sacks depicted her in his 1995 book “Anthropologist on Mars”, Grandin is a doctor …
“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” This sentence was hastily scribbled under Ken Jennings’ correct final Jeopardy! question, “Who is Bram Stroker?” The category was “19th Century Novels” and the answer, “William Wilkinson’s …
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Conspiracy theorists concerned about technology rising up and taking over may soon have more to worry about. A computer, nicknamed Watson, will be competing against past champions in games of Jeopardy!. …
Who says engineers aren’t passionate? Last Thursday (October 18, 2010), the Engineering Societies Banquet, hosted by the illustrious John Montalvo, reminded me of why I wanted to be an engineer. Once full with delicious treats …
Last time, we looked at two incredible presentations in biochemistry and biology from the Interdisciplinary Science Symposium, last Thursday, October 11, 2010. We’ll look at computers and nerves (though not together which would be pretty …
Last Thursday, October 11, 2010, four Trinity students presented their scientific discoveries from work conducted at Trinity. From the study of chemical compounds to the biology of fish brain cell generation to the effect of …
