Science and Tech

Dr. Kimberly Sue is an anthropologist with a Harvard education and a physician at Riker’s Island, New York City’s main jail complex. She...

By Grace Hwang Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and trailblazer for racial and gender equality, died at age 101 on February 24. Even though the 2016...

Number theory is one of the fundamental subject areas in mathematics today. In the most elementary sense, it studies the relations between integers—the whole numbers: 1, 2, 3, etc. Although much of elementary number theory accomplishes that, much of these seemingly simple problems in number theory must be solved using complicated methods over structures called groups, rings, and fields.

Although it seems like we see and hear them every day, the bird population in North America is drastically decreasing—so much so that it...

As polar ice melts as a result of global warming, scientists estimate that many new islands will be discovered that have previously been...

According to a recent Center for Disease Control study, an estimated 2.8 million people get infected by antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” each year, with around 35,000...

Throughout the last three months, as reports of illness related to vaping have been dominating news headlines, public health advocates have called upon the...

Often, society has noted the stark physical differences between men and women: men are generally taller, and women often have wider hips. The typical explanation stems from Charles Darwin’s note that, “undoubtedly,” the greater size and strength of a man is due to how men must impress mates, with natural selection choosing time and time again the strongest and most able in the struggle for life. Men had to be aggressive and competitive for wives, whereas women were picky to choose the best mate.

By: Maureen Meosky Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: What do we know about it? Well, it’s spreading through our school, for one. Here’s what you...

By: Sherrie Wang Scientists have recently discovered that supermarket salt from China contain tiny plastic particles. All fifteen brands of salt analyzed contained particles of...