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Schoolgirl making diy robot at stem lab Children and Robotics
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Children and Robotics

Working with robotics in STEM at a young age can help to develop a wide range of skills. Robotics projects often involve figuring out how to make a robot move, sense its environment, or perform a specific task. This exposure can help children to develop critical problem-solving skills that they…
Reggie Rego
January 31, 2023
Applications now open for Miami-Dade County’s BizUp grant program Applications now open for Miami-Dade County’s BizUp grant program
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Applications now open for Miami-Dade County’s BizUp grant program

Miami-Dade Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, and District 2 Commissioner, Jean Monestime, have just launched the BIzUp Grant program and invite Miami-Dade County businesses to apply to a pitch competition for a chance to win one of several $50,000 grants, and a top grant valued at $100,000, including 12 months of technical assistance from StartUp FIU.
Kaven
January 2, 2023
Irene Loilot-Curie and Gender Equality
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Irene Loilot-Curie and Gender Equality

Throughout the years women have fought hard for gender equality. This is one the the most crucial discussions we are having as a society today. It takes courageous women to break barriers and fight for the love of science. Women like Irene Joliot-Curie have paved the way for women throughout…
Daniela Zapata
November 20, 2019
A Brief History of the Endangered Species Act
Technology

A Brief History of the Endangered Species Act

The Endangered Species Act: The ESA was passed in 1973 with the goal of protecting and recovering populations of species in danger of extinction, as well as the habitats in which they live. Five threat factors are listed in Section 4(a) of the act as qualifications for listing: (A) the…
Kaven
November 20, 2019
Phonons: The New Negative Gravity
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Phonons: The New Negative Gravity

According to a paper released July 23 with arXiv a group of scientists have now considered sound to have negative mass, and constantly drifting in all directions. This new concept has shattered the conventional way of thinking about sound as a wave. This new paper argues the fact that instead of…
Daniela Zapata
March 8, 2022
Community Impact Due to Climate Change
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Community Impact Due to Climate Change

Due to climate change, many residents of coastal communities around the world are experiencing the effects of rising sea levels, increased heatwaves and droughts, and worsened floods; the threats presented by this phenomenon are becoming increasingly obvious and threatening for all of us. Carbon concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere stabilized…
Kaven
August 7, 2018
Fight For Gender Equality
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Fight For Gender Equality

Women like Sheryl Sandberg, who have built a reputation by telling women to just “lean in” to get what we want at work has helped pave the way for gender equality. By now, many of us know that the gender pay gap is a real and ongoing issue. Women are…
Daniela Zapata
July 23, 2018