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Caterpillars Crawl Into M-A Campus and Surrounding Neighborhoods
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (518+ words) Since March, caterpillars have been spotted everywhere around campus by students and staff. Mostly concentrated in the F-wing, these bugs can cause rashes and have sparked unease among students. "I have seen the caterpillars. I've" seen them on the trees,…...
Mountain View's Ames Research Center Instrumental to Artemis II Mission
1+ week, 1+ day ago (409+ words) Four astronauts launched into deep space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1. Their mission lasted 10 days, during which the Orion spacecraft traveled around the Moon and back to Earth." The mission is NASA's second in the…...
How the Bay Area is Preparing for Sea Level Rise
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (370+ words) As climate change intensifies, major cities like San Francisco, East Palo Alto (EPA), and San Rafael are increasingly threatened by sea level rise. As a result, low-lying cities are at increased risk of flooding'a danger that many cities are proactively…...
Is AI a Threat to Your Safety?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (542+ words) It's no secret that AI is all around us. Chat GPT is present in many students' assignments, AI ASMR and "choose your bed" videos dominate Instagram Reels, and SMS platforms finish users' sentences with auto-generated response options. Especially among its…...
M-A Hosts 11th Annual M-A STEM Fair With Passion and Enthusiasm
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (636+ words) M-A hosted its 11th annual STEM Fair on Tuesday afternoon in the Makerspace. After months of planning, experimenting, and advertising, the STEM fair was a great success. From seeing which fabric degrades slowest to the benefits of a cost-effective RC (Remote-Controlled)…...
Opinion: AI Is Not Your Therapist
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (278+ words) This case is undeniably extreme, but it highlights a threatening concern'as AI grows in prominence, people are turning to it for emotional support, even over humans. In a 2026 survey of adults who have used AI for mental support, 43. 75% of Americans…...
Why Are Seagulls Taking Over the G-Wing?
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (504+ words) As students cross the blacktop in the G-Wing, whether to enjoy lunch or hurry to class, they are forced to shuffle past the hungry seagulls." "I've noticed them during lunch. They always fly over us and try and steal food…...
Dumpster Diving for Data
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (478+ words) From eating snacks in class to messing up a worksheet, producing trash on campus is a full time job for students. When it comes to waste disposal services, M-A uses Recology, which has comprehensive rules for what items belong in…...
Opinion: We Need Real Science
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (263+ words) It was not a parody account. According to reporting from this December, a series of marketing videos used artificial intelligence to impersonate real doctors and public health figures across Tik Tok, Facebook, X, and You Tube, promoting sketchy products and…...