After multiple decades of work and research, Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart has discovered a new species of hickory tree, the carya pipecreekensis. Along with this discovery comes proof for a significant spatio-temporal range extension of Ginkgophyta (a division of gymnosperms that includes the maidenhair tree and its extinct relatives) in North America. The discovery...
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Microsoft granted patent to build bot off social media data
After a year like 2020, it can feel like the world is transforming into a gigantic Black Mirror episode. That inkling could very well be a reality, thanks to a recent Microsoft patent. In December 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Microsoft a patent which details a process of creating a chatbot based...
Hillsdale student assists on ET research project
When junior Shane Smith started looking for a summer research internship last year, he never expected to work on a project analyzing radio signals that could provide proof of extraterrestrial life. “I didn’t really know that there was actually a scientific community that was looking for aliens,” Smith, a physics major, said. “Usually when you...
Twitter, Google: Arbiters of free speech?
When Twitter permanently suspended then-President Donald Trump’s account on Jan. 8, one truth became evident: Big Tech has monopolistic power over the public forum in America. The ensuing crackdown on thousands of accounts following Trump’s removal saw non-establishment thinkers and groups, both conservative and progressive, removed from the main platforms of communication. Anyone outside of...
Physics professor measures signal that may signify gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes
A Hillsdale College professor and four Hillsdale graduates contributed to a study which revealed a signal found in data from the Arecibo and Green Bank Telescopes that may signify gravitational waves from the merging of two supermassive black holes. Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Dolch and students Cody Jessup ‘16, Daniel Halmrast ‘17, Joshua Ramette...