Health
By Kathleen Jiang ~4 minutes Cooking is instrumental in everyone’s life. Think about how many times you’ve eaten today! Eggs for breakfast, milk as a drink, pirate booty’s as a snack, mac n cheese for lunch, and pizza for dinner. We all spend minutes, even hours of
Science
By Amy Yan ~4 minutes Scientists have recently declared chemical pollution an environmental threat as severe as climate change. Specifically, chemical pollution is the contamination of air, land, or water with high levels of unnatural substances, or pollutants. As these chemical pollutants continue to quickly spread throughout the globe, the
Environment
By Alan Chen ~5 minutes Recently, communities across the globe have seen unusually intense and violent hailstorms. Many have noticed huge ‘monster hail,’ which can be the same size as a small Labubu and cause significant damage to people and their property. This growth in hail size can be traced
Science
By Michelle Cheng ~12 minutes How Scientists are Using Worms to Learn About Humans Worms and humans could not possibly be any more different. And yet, scientists have been studying C. elegans (caenorhabditis elegans) to learn more about the human body over 70 years. These unassuming worms have aided in
Medicine
By Katherine Johnson ~13 minutes Have you ever had a parasite? Maybe you ate an unwashed fruit, had an open wound, or even stepped on something you shouldn't have. Nevertheless, parasites are everywhere and more common than you may think. In this article, we’ll go over parasites
Medicine
By Camila Garcia ~ 9 minutes Please see glossary for defined terms. Huntington's Disease, discovered by George Huntington in 1872, is a hereditary genetic brain disorder. Since then, many researchers have dedicated their lives to studying Huntington's Disease. While we have not found a cure nor treatments
Medicine
By Aravli Paliwal ~ 9 minutes Earlier this summer, I was graciously given the opportunity to shadow a private-practice oncologist/hematologist in the Dallas area. There, I gained a clear understanding of what a career in STEM entails, learned how doctors approach complex cancer cases, and secured an inside view
Science
By Montserrat Tang ~ 9 minutes The Hot Hell of Boilers As someone born and raised in New York City (NYC), I can attest to the urgent need to upgrade the city's climate control infrastructure. Current systems are outdated and hinder the city's ability to meet emissions
Environment
By Stella Fish ~ 4 minutes Have you ever wondered what life would be like if it were possible to revive extinct animals? To see a woolly mammoth, or a dodo bird? Thanks to a new modern-day technology, these doors are being opened. A dire wolf is a species of
Science
By Aashritha Shankar ~ 11 minutes While the concepts of space and time were fundamental to the Newtonian world, centuries of digging deeper into the mechanics of our universe have uncovered that it isn’t all as simple as it seems. From Einstein’s Special Relativity to theories of multi-dimensional
Mathematics
By Aashritha Shankar ~ 8 minutes While the concepts of space and time were fundamental to the Newtonian world, centuries of digging deeper into the mechanics of our universe have uncovered that it isn’t all as simple as it seems. From Einstein’s Special Relativity to theories of multi-dimensional
Environment
By Charlotte Lee ~ 3 minutes Mist Mist is comprised of tiny droplets of water hanging in the air. They are often white or grey and look like they are floating over land. It is formed when warmer air over water meets cooler air, which rapidly cools the warmer air. Because