Science & Technology

The LI Explorium and Brookhaven NAACP Clean Up 34 Pounds of Garbage During Earth Day

May 24, 2023 Abigail Bender 0

By Abby Bender The Long Island Explorium beach clean-up team collected 34 pounds of marine debris in just under two hours during its 2023 Earth […]

The Future is Bright: Local Science Fair Students Showcase New and Innovative Ideas

May 8, 2023 Menka Suresh 0

By Menka Suresh The Research Associations, WAC Lighting Invitational Science Fair, had its 12th annual science fair on April 23 2023 at Commack High School. […]

Two Exhibits Feature the Importance of Botanical Art on Long Island

May 7, 2023 Kelsie Radziski 0

By Kelsie Radziski The New York Botanical Gardens’ Orchid Show and the Heckscher Museum of Art’s Art in Bloom exhibition, both open until April, introduced […]

Residents Voice their Concerns about Toxic Ash Contamination on Long Island

February 7, 2023 Kelsie Radziski 0

By Kelsie Radziski, Ashley Pavlakis, and Samantha Rutt Local residents are upset after learning last week that the Brookhaven landfill, which was set to close […]

For Long Islanders in quarantine, Animal Crossing: New Horizons bridges social distance

April 29, 2020 Josh Joseph 0

By Josh Joseph Tess Bergman was bedridden for two weeks. Upon testing positive for COVID-19, she was forced to self-quarantine in her Ronkonkoma home. But […]

DEC awards $15,000 in food recycling grants to Long Island Towns

February 27, 2020 Deanna Albohn 0

By Deanna Albohn and Niki Nassiri Community Action of Southold Town (CAST), a nonprofit serving low-income residents of Southold, received a $15,000 grant from the […]

Surveillance software tracks undocumented workers through their smartphones, leading to deportations

February 26, 2020 Josh Joseph 0

By James Bowen and Josh Joseph Long Island immigrant advocates expressed concern about an upsurge in phone surveillance technology use, only a week before Mass. […]