A team of MIT researchers has figured out a way to create a supercapacitor simply by mixing cement, the binding ingredient of concrete, and a fine charcoal product called carbon black together with water.Better yet, this mixture could allow a
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Technological Resilience
Here's how to use resilience to protect you (your family and your community) from the disruptions caused by systemic breakdowns (power, food, etc.) and AI development.A few months ago, a Harvard freshman ran an interesting experiment. She
City of Cambridge Passes Ambitious Net Zero Building Ordinance
On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and mid-size non-residential buildings to do so
Fractured parent/child relationships: The side effects of high conflict divorce
In the case of Kudrocova v. Kronberger 2023 ONCA 26, a family in crisis agreed to a final custody order in 2016 which provided for a shared week on/week off parenting of girl/boy twins born in 2009. The order was
What Trump Gets Right about Harvard – POLITICO
But that s not the whole story. Another line of attack is about access. It s about who gets to be part of the elite, and whether America has gotten a fair return on the massive investment that it has
Farrah Abraham Trashes Harvard, Promises Lawsuit Over Alleged ‘Educational Abuse’
Farrah Abraham has moved on from her feud with Chrissy Teigen … she's now going off on Harvard — yes, that Harvard — claiming she was the victim of "educational abuse" and promising legal action against the University. We got
Massachusetts City Council Recognizes Polyamorous Domestic Partnerships
On March 8, Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council adopted amendments to the city’s Domestic Partnership Ordinance allowing polyamorous domestic partnership. The ordinance now provides that”Domestic partnership” means the entity formed by two or more persons who meet the following criteria and
Lesson missed: friends, beers, jeers, and racial profiling in the Gates arrest
[The mistaken assumption that we have achieved so much racial progress] that we should discontinue [legal] efforts born of the reactions to slavery and Jim Crow suggests that those who believe that we are in a post-racial environment are [either]
Cambridge Startup Walden Biosciences Launches With $50M Raise
Cambridge startup biotechnology company Walden Biosciences announced its launch today with a $51 million Series A financing led by UCB Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners. Walden is seeking to develop breakthrough therapies to treat rare and common forms of kidney
Appeals Court Vacates Injunction, Remands in Cambridge MTC Case
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has vacated a preliminary injunction issued in January by a Superior Court judge to prevent the City of Cambridge from enforcing an ordinance that delays medical cannabis facilities (“MTCs”) from converting to adult-use facilities. The Appeals