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By: Owen Xu Li With increasing sea levels, rising temperatures, record-breaking heatwaves and more, it has been clear that human activity is responsible for Climate Change and that Fossil Fuels are the major cause. However, the majority does not know one of …
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By: Michael Chang The world of aviation has always strived to go faster. Soviet and European investors hyped up the world for a commercial supersonic flight with the Concorde and Tupolev projects. American military interests gave birth to the Blackbird project. However, …
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Microplastics are small pieces of plastic that were broken down from larger plastics by natural or human forces. According to current definitions, microplastic is any piece of plastic measuring five millimeters in size down to one micrometer. Plastic particles that are smaller …
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Serena Mao Over the past few weeks, America has been caught in the whirlwind we know as the 2020 democratic presidential debates. With four nights over a total of two rounds already completed, the world has seen the presidential candidates’ policies, values, …
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