15 February 2026 Chengyue Cui Assignment 7 Option 3: Write Soft News (Sports, Science, Arts)! 60,000-Year-Old Poison Arrows Scientists have recently unearthed the newest and oldest “poison-tipped arrows” in South Africa. This was found in...
4 December 2025 Jameson Dai Northern White Rhinoceros on The Brink of Extinction Fatu and Najin are the last two living Northern White Rhinos after Sudan, the last living male, died by being euthanized at the age of 45 on March, 19, 2018 in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The species was driven to being functionally extinct by poaching, habitat loss, and war.
25 August 2025 Austin Tsao Legendary Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Just “One of The Guys” Legendary Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Just "One of The Guys" As a relatively new member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback...
4 December 2025 Eileen Chen Otter Surfboard Hijackers Make Waves again in Santa Cruz, California On October 15, 2025, amidst the rolling waves of Steamer Lane, a renowned surf break in Santa Cruz, California, 21-year-old college student Isabella Orduna was wrapping up a surf session when she felt something pinch her foot. She ditched her board and jumped into the chilly Pacific, only to find “a big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter” lounging on her surfboard. Orduna recounted, “I was like, wow, what do I do now?”, as her board had been seized by an uninvited otter.
8 January 2026 Nina He Should the AI Bubble Deflate? Should the AI Bubble Deflate? Before this year, I had never been even the slightest bit interested in the economy....
12 February 2026 Joe Wang Her Last Spark In the last evening of the year, the wind was blowing, the snow was falling. Everyone was at home with cheer, but on the street, a poor little girl was wandering.
New Zealand Family Gets a Surprise Visit from a Baby Seal 12 July 2023 Roya Li Creative Writing New Zealand Family Gets a Surprise Visit from a Baby Seal Jenn Ross noticed that some buckets in her garage were knocked over when she returned from the gym on the...
Meet Fenrir, The World’s Tallest Living Domestic Cat 12 July 2023 Roya Li Creative Writing Meet Fenrir, The World’s Tallest Living Domestic Cat A gentle giant in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has set a Guinness World Record as the tallest living domestic cat in...
30-Year-Old Bobi Is The World’s Oldest Dog! 11 July 2023 Roya Li Current Events 30-Year-Old Bobi Is The World’s Oldest Dog! A 30-year-old farm dog named Bobi has recently been recognized by Guinness World Records as "the oldest dog living." The...
One-Eared Pooch Named Van Gogh Lives up to his Name 9 July 2023 Roya Li Sports One-Eared Pooch Named Van Gogh Lives up to his Name Jaclyn Gartner, the founder of Happily Furever After Rescue in Connecticut, was scrolling through photos of shelter pups last summer...
Colossal Biosciences Wants to Bring Back the Dodo Bird and Other Extinct Animals 7 July 2023 Roya Li Science & Technology Colossal Biosciences Wants to Bring Back the Dodo Bird and Other Extinct Animals Colossal Biosciences is dedicated to bringing back extinct animal species. Over the past year and a half, the company has...
Paul Rudd “Look-alike” Canine Finds a Forever Home 6 July 2023 Roya Li Current Events Paul Rudd “Look-alike” Canine Finds a Forever Home An Australian Shepherd mix rescue dog that looks like Hollywood star Paul Rudd has found a permanent home. The announcement...
