Written by: Dorrie Peters In a world where climate change is one of the most pressing issues, scientists are constantly coming up with fresh solutions on how to save and preserve the planet. Some ideas, such as carbon capture, have been pulled from history. Carbon
Written by: Anisha Kolambe Source: New York Post While dogs are typically referred to as ‘man’s best friend’, cats also have their own special significance in the history of human civilization. Revered by the ancient Egyptians, murdering a cat was equivalent to a death
Written by: Erin Yoo By now, most people have heard of ambitious goals in reforesting the planet. Perhaps the most famous of these efforts is the Trillion Trees Initiative, which was a global attempt to restore and plant not one million, not one billion, but
Written By: Kaylee Zhou Wildfires are fires that are uncontrolled and often damage rural environments and ecosystems (National Geographic Society, 2019). Usually, wildfires occur above ground, but recently there have been many wildfires that happen both above and cause damage to the top layer
Written by: Gloria Wang On November 18, Francis Bacon’s painting Pope with Owls sold for $33 million. A week before, Van Gogh’s Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès (Wooden huts among olive and cypress trees) sold for $71.3 million. While it isn’t uncommon
Written by: Shiqi Cheng Recently, hydrogels, a type of water-filled polymer, have been found to be a useful material for effective wound healing, which this article will explore. Injuries to Human Skin The skin is the largest organ in the human body and
Written by: Gautham Anne While watching boats travel by or a duck on a pond, one might wonder how the astonishing wake patterns emerge, such as the ones depicted in figure 1. One might also note that the wake patterns, regardless of whether it is
Written by: Laya Gopalakrishnan 1 x 10-43 seconds. This is the duration of time that our universe was able to remain within a 1 x 10-33 centimeter confine. Following this was a phenomenon that many of us are familiar with: The Big Bang. There are
Written by: Dorrie Peters As this semester reaches a peak, many students will begin to experience heightened anxiety revolving around coursework, college applications, and social events. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly one-third of teenagers suffer from a serious anxiety disorder and
Written by: Colin Ward On August 8th, an experiment by the National Ignition Facility made an astounding discovery in nuclear fusion when they came closer than ever before to “igniting” a nuclear fusion reaction, the very same reaction that powers our sun. Ignition is a