By David Zhang Recently, two relatively large earthquakes occurred a couple of hundred miles northeast of Los Angeles, 6.4 and 7.1 on the Richter scale. Luckily, they weren’t close to any major cities, so there wasn’t too much damage done. These two …
Read More »New Fungi Helps Prevent Malaria
By David Zhang Malaria is an extremely prominent disease around the world, especially in Africa. Malaria causes over 300 million cases per year and 500 thousand fatalities. As it is a virus, it is extremely difficult to cure, as it replicates itself …
Read More »How are companies that defy the Huawei ban punished?
By Kevin Zhang In the last month or so, Huawei has lost almost every trade partner it had, most notably Google. However, a major software partner, Microsoft, has been mostly silent. Microsoft did remove Huawei hardware from sites, but is not responding …
Read More »Educational Robots Conference
By David Zhang The Global Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER), produced by KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, is a professional conference designed for elementary, middle and high school students, their teachers and mentors, technology education professionals, robot enthusiasts, and invited professional guests. …
Read More »Apple Stand
By Evan Li: During the WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) this year, Tim Cook announced a new Mac Pro and a new monitor called the Pro Display XDR. This monitor was priced at an unbelievably high price point: five grand. This wasn’t …
Read More »Turning It a Bit Better
By Alex Wang Recently, scientists have come up with another solution to a problem. What is so special about this new solution, you may ask? Global warming has been a major issue that has been plaguing our governments and citizens for decades …
Read More »Huawei ban’s effects on the Tech Industry
By David Zhang The U.S. has made a major move in the past week, signalling another battle in the international trade war between China and the U.S. that has been plaguing investors and rocking the tech industry. The U.S. blacklisted Huawei devices, …
Read More »The Black Hole Picture – and the Story Behind It
by Mike Z Weeks ago a ring-like picture rocked the entire scientific community. Astronomy researchers and fans were celebrating the first ever picture taken for a black hole. The stunning picture shows the shadow of the supermassive black hole in the center …
Read More »Facebook User Bans
By Kevin Zhang Recently, in the beginning of May, 2019, Facebook has banned even more accounts. This time it’s not exactly suspicious accounts possibly trying to influence elections or terrorist-tied profiles. Many far-right speakers have been banned for hateful and violent speech …
Read More »Protecting Our Election
By David Zhang When Trump had won the 2016 election, many people were left shocked, expecting Clinton to have left Trump in the dust, like numerous polls predicted. Instead, Trump managed a narrow victory, losing the popular vote but gaining an advantage …
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