By Sofia Pan, Grade 8 Nowadays, Wi-Fi is seen as something to be desired. You’ll probably find it harder to live without Wi-Fi than to live without food, but have you ever paused and wondered ‘What’s actually Wi-Fi?’ First, let’s clear something up. You might think Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless …
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By Sarah Zhu, Grade 8 Imagine, the skyscrapers stand like a forest, nestled close to one another. The towering buildings before us reach straight into the clouds, and the sunlight reflected off the glass makes the world fresh and bright. Self-flying cars zip through the skyEverything is running in perfect …
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By Sofia Pan, Grade 8 (Caption: Every winter, skaters glide across ice rinks with a grace that seems almost effortless. But beneath the elegance lies a surprising amount of science. Let’s look at two key questions: why is ice so slippery, and how do skaters spin so fast?) Why Ice …
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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: Mitchell Cui Grade 11 The “Dead Internet Theory” used to be a weird joke from a late-night Reddit thread. It used to be just a conspiracy theory of bots talking to other bots. But when you look at the internet in 2026, it doesn’t feel like a joke anymore. …
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By: Sarah Grade 8 If laughter, wind sounds, and other noises cannot compete with the short video soundtrack that plays every 30 seconds, are our children living in reality or trapped behind a 5-inch screen? Nowadays, short videos are extremely popular, and a large number of people are addicted to …
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If you’ve ever lugged a laptop around in your backpack all day, you know the battery is always the heaviest thing in there. It’s literally like carrying around a giant, heavy brick, and it’s just sitting inside the plastic casing. That’s exactly what electric cars and airplanes are like right …
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Mitchell Cui 10th Artificial intelligence has a branding problem. Most headlines present it in extremes: either it’s going to save the world or quietly destroy it. The reality is much less dramatic—and yet far more powerful. AI is slipping into daily life so seamlessly that it barely feels like technology …
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