By Sofia Pan, Grade 9 In the 1950s, humanity nearly eradicated bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) with heavy-duty chemicals like DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane). For decades, they felt like an archaic myth from the nursery rhyme, “Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.” But by the 2000s, they launched an …
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By Sofia Pan, G8 Every culture throughout human history has crafted an origin story to explain how the cosmos came to be—from primordial oceans churning life into existence to divine architects sculpting order out of chaos. Yet modern astrophysics and cosmology have uncovered an even more poetic and mathematically astonishing …
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By: Sofia Pan, Grade 9 According to family accounts, whenever Albert Einstein found himself stuck on a complex mathematical or scientific problem, he would abruptly get up from his desk and walk towards the piano. He would play for a short while, and then suddenly, his face would light up. …
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By Sofia Pan, G8 Have you ever fallen in love with doing something? It can be dancing, singing, playing chess, or even listening to podcasts. You might think the reason that you’re so into doing the activity is that you have the genes or because the activity has some magic …
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By Sofia Pan, Grade 8 You’ve probably used ChatGPT to help with homework or asked Siri to set a timer. But what if the AI didn’t just suggest—what if it actually did things on its own? That’s the promise of Agentic AI, and it might just change everything. Traditional AI …
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By Sofia Pan, G8 In 1945, an engineer named Percy Spencer was standing next to an active military radarmachine when he noticed a bizarre sensation in his pocket. His chocolate candy bar hadcompletely melted into a warm, gooey mess. Instead of getting annoyed, Spencer gotcurious. He placed a handful of …
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By Sofia Pan, G8 It is estimated that over 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day worldwide, yet news andpodcasts aren’t overwhelmed with news of plane accidents. In fact, the plane is the safestplace for you to be in during a storm. To uncover the reason, you’ll have to …
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By: Sophia The field of robotics is currently experiencing a massive transformation. For decades, most robots were simply clunky, bolted-down metal arms used to build cars or move heavy boxes in isolated factories. Today, engineers are designing machines that look, move, and interact with the physical world much like living …
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