By: Sofia Grade 8 People first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission—a feat achieved in roughly eight years from the official commitment to the landing. Yet our attempt to send humans to Mars has already spanned over 70 years, with technical studies dating …
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By Sofia Pan, G8 When you buy your next backpack or casual wear, you might be choosing between apetroleum plastic and a material grown from mushrooms in a lab. The bio-fabricationrevolution isn’t a distant headline—it’s about to define your style, your career options, andyour impact on the environment. Welcome to …
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Imagine floating in the deep void of space, surrounded by a silent sea of brilliant, non-twinklingstars. Suddenly, your eyes are seized by a strange anomaly: a sphere of absolute darkness,wrapped in a whirling carnival of light—a black hole, one of the universe’s most enigmaticphenomena.A black hole is a region in …
Read More »The Science of the Scroll:
How social media engineered your attention Have you ever promised yourself to scroll for ‘5’ more minutes, but ended up spending half an hour? If you feel like you can’t control it, you’re right. And it’s not that you’re weak-minded; instead, it’s the sneaky science behind social media platforms that’s …
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