10 March 2026 Leo Xu Assignment 13 Option 3: Write Soft News (Sports, Science, Arts)! Origami Folds Found Out by a 14-Year-Old Holds Thousands of Times Its Weight Miles Wu, a fourteen-year-old, designed a folded...
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.
10 March 2026 Aurelia Zhang Assignment 3 Option 2: Write an Op Ed! When Neutrality Becomes Cruelty The Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskeych was disqualified from Olympic competition on February 12, 2026, because...
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.
What Does It Mean To Be ‘One With The Mango’? Consider This Man 12 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub What Does It Mean To Be ‘One With The Mango’? Consider This Man Hundreds of mangoes loom overhead, dangling from a canopy of trees like misshapen, glowing orbs. What’s special is that over...
Japan Falls Victim to a Record-Breaking Heat Wave 12 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub Japan Falls Victim to a Record-Breaking Heat Wave This week, residents in Japan are undergoing a dire heat wave with temperatures reaching over 95 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition...
As Species Die Out, Mountain Gorillas Make a Comeback 6 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub Science & Technology As Species Die Out, Mountain Gorillas Make a Comeback While many species evolve over the years, others die away; this is part of the evolutionary process in nature. However,...
Some See Mundane Objects; Others See Art 6 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub Some See Mundane Objects; Others See Art Cornelia Parker, a British artist born in the 1960s, spent most of her childhood by the railroad. Tossing coins onto...
ARTIFICIAL SONAR UPGRADES TO A NEW, WHALE-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE FEATURING SHRIMP NOISES 5 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub Science & Technology ARTIFICIAL SONAR UPGRADES TO A NEW, WHALE-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE FEATURING SHRIMP NOISES In an effort to map out underwater life, a scientist sends out man-made sonars . The researcher’s intent is to...
OLYMPIC SWIMMING PRODIGY REMAINS HOME AND HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD 5 July 2022 Abigail Weintraub Sports OLYMPIC SWIMMING PRODIGY REMAINS HOME AND HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD The women’s 400-meter freestyle final in Budapest happens soon, and Ariarne Titmus, Australian women’s swimming prodigy, and world record holder...
