Innovation According to Fiction In the winter of 1865, in a stately room decorated from the floor to ceiling with paintings and paraphernalia observing the recently concluded Civil War, four men sat in armchairs by a raging fire. Their arguments were no less heated, for these grizzled men were debating […]
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How the Coronavirus is Negatively Impacting Education
COVID-19 has had an unforeseen impact on education. What steps should students and educators take next?
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Gattaca in Real Life: Gene Drives and CRISPR
Introduction to Gene Drives Is having a weighted die cheating in Yahtzee? If you could ensure that you’d always get a four-in-the-row, would you capitalize on the opportunity, even if it’s immoral? Anthony James of UC Irvine and his team of biologists have been toying with this dilemma. In Summer […]
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What are the Geopolitical Implications of the Coronavirus?
The political dynamics of Washington in recent years have been like an ’80s aerobics routine: full of thrashing and contortions, but with little actual movement. An endless succession of pseudo-“bombshells,” frenzied two-week scandals, and Twitter rampages created a jaded intensity — the perfect spectacle for the smartphone era. But the past […]
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Social Media’s Effect on the Coronavirus
In times of isolation, social media serves as a window to the rest of the world. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok– a rising video-sharing social media platform– are being used to bring people together as COVID-19 sweeps the globe. The platforms are being used for the communication of […]
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The Rising Tide of Student Research
Despite the heavy emphasis on scores, student research in Taiwan is slowly becoming a staple in high school education. What may be the causes behind it?
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A look at COVID: a perspective of the virus’s effect on a local community
The COVID-19 coronavirus has persisted since its first appearance in January 2020, having a large ripple effect from the base of Wuhan, China and spreading across the globe. As time progressed, the impact of the virus was no longer merely an incident that was only observed through the national news […]
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The implications and effects of the Australia fires
As many people in the northern hemisphere are celebrating the new year with their warm winter garb and cozy winter fires, summer is just starting in the southern hemisphere. Although the summer season is just beginning, Australia is already forced to face the worst wildfire crisis in recorded history. The […]
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Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future
A brief foray into the history and developments in commercial nuclear technologies
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How well has Puerto Rico recovered since Hurricane Maria?
On Monday, September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria passed through the United States territory of Puerto Rico. After it pummeled through the island, the devastating category 4 storm left nearly the entire population of Puerto Rico without electricity and a shortage of water and food. There were more than 4,600 deaths […]