Cancer Strikes British Royal Family Yet Again: Princess Catherine of Wales Announces Cancer Diagnosis
By: Jessica A. Dennehy
Princess Catherine of Wales, known by many as simply “Kate,” wife of Prince William of Wales and future Queen-Consort of the...
An Enlightening Experience, or Total Chaos? How the Animal Kingdom Reacts to Solar Eclipses
By Sophia Byl
Among the exclamations I heard at about 3:18pm on Monday, April 8th were “This is crazy!”, “Look at how dark it is!”,...
N.Y. will add a $15 poll to drive into Manhattan.
By: Aarav Sapra
New York City is in a position to begin creating a poll to enter certain parts of the city to ease massive...
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
By: Aarav Sapra
Baltimore's recent Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, necessary for transit, transportation, and shipping routes, collapsed last month after being hit by a...
The Solar Eclipse is Coming: What to Know
On April 8th, a total eclipse is coming to Buffalo, New York.
Decoding the Geometry of Music: 70-Year-Old Math Problem Solved
Can we determine the shape of a drum by analyzing the sounds it produces? This has been a longstanding question in mathematics for the past 70 years. In 1954, George Polya, a renowned Hungarian-American mathematician, proposed a conjecture suggesting a link between the vibration frequencies of certain geometric shapes, including rectangles, triangles, or disks, and their physical shapes.
Risk of Sea Levels Increasing Along Coastal Cities
The gradual increase in seawater levels has contributed to the gradual sinking of coastal cities in the United States. This problem continues to be a silent problem that risks flooding and the livelihood or lifestyle of locals in these cities. Researchers from different universities in the US, Canada, England, and India have all reported and created a study to examine the potential impacts of subsidence in 32 cities along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts.
The SAT Exam Goes Digital
Following the post-pandemic trend of everything digitizing, College Board's SAT exam has gone digital for the spring of 2024. Juniors taking the exam soon are likely already aware that they will be foregoing the pencil and paper for a laptop or tablet, but for the underclassmen planning out their high school careers and just in case you didn’t know, here’s a run down of the new exam.
Move Over, Pikachu: An Eel-ectrifying Investigation of the Puppetmasters of the Aquatic World
With the rise of modern technology comes the rise of electricity, and thousands of different ways in which it can be used to benefit humanity. Electricity is quite the common commodity today, but its brilliance was rarely taken advantage of just a couple of centuries ago… by humans, that is. Turns out, nature has once again beaten us to harness the power of some mysterious, omnipresent resource in unthinkable ways.
De-influencing: What’s the Trend?
In 2023, TikTok was overrun by a new type of influencer: the “de-influencer.” Unlike influencers, who advertise products and have you buy things (a phenomenon promoted by TikTok and Instagram through their in-app shops), de-influencers convince their audience not to buy certain products that may be trending on social media at the moment. This could be anything from the plastic containers people are buying on Amazon to Stanley cups to Dyson Air Wraps, which were incredibly hot last year.