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Cicadas Are Coming Back
By: Christine Nguyen, Journalist
Two rare broods of cicadas are expected to emerge this year in an occurrence that has not taken place in about 200 years. These two types of cicadas, Brood XIX and Brood XIII, will emerge in the trillions in 17 different states and are predicted to surface when the ground temperature reaches about 64 degrees.
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Permian Fracking In Texas
Permian Fracking In Texas
By: Landon Tucker, Journalist
The Permian fracking industry in Texas produces about 168 billion gallons of wastewater a year. Globally, that number becomes increasingly high and disturbing: 359 billion cubic meters a year.
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Oil Platfrom Rig in the Middle of the Ocean
Turning Pacific Oil Rigs into Mobile Defense
By: Bryan Xi, Journalist
The Navy planning to convert surplus oil rigs into missile bases. Called the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP), it was presented at the Sea Air Space 2024 exposition to strengthen America's national strength in the Pacific.
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This is how global warming is caused
The Hottest Summer on Record
By: Anna Statz, Journalist
The weather in the summer of 2023 was the hottest summer ever recorded. If we do not take action now on reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses being released in the atmosphere, then the abnormal temperatures of 2023 will become normal.
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Biggest Ever Crab Claw Found From 8 Million Years Ago
By: Miles Kowalewski, Journalist
In a archaeological find, scientists recently excavated the fossilized remains of the largest crab claw ever found, dating back to about 8 million years ago. This amazing discovery puts light on the ancient ocean ecosystems and the weird creatures that inhabited our planet millions of years ago.
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Satellites Set To Stage Fake Solar Eclipse For Studies Of Sun’s Corona
By: Walker McCann, Journalist
 A total solar eclipse on April 8 will be a rare and short opportunity for scientists to observe the Sun's mysterious corona.
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Billion Dollars Are Spent On Ants in Australia
By: Rachel Cao, Journalist
The main reason why the ants are so hard to get rid of is because they can reproduce at insane speeds. A mature queen can lay up to 5000 eggs a day making it practically impossible to eradicate. 
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Researchers Have Finally Found A Way To Save The Northern White Rhinos
By: DoWon Lee, Journalist
Just two northern white rhinos remain on the planet. Both of them are female, named Najin and her daughter Fatu. The last male, Sudan, died in 2018.
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2015/365/95 The Versatile Pickaxe by cogdogblog is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Bitcoin Farms Big Polluters
By: Zouli Alexandratos, Journalist
Bitcoin mines require large energy costs and have high pollution rates. With all of the previous problems and new ones all the time, should Bitcoin still exist?
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Supercells Squad Busters
Supercell's Squad Busters
By: Zouli Alexandratos, Journalist
Squad Busters is a new multiplayer game by supercell where you team up and take down the enemies. When it comes to being an immersive experience and a true team initiatives products, it is all the more delightful with the rewarding gameplay.
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Recent Crimewave
By: Anas Abukar, Journalist
Very recently children and teens have been posting their crimes on the internet, not only that but they seem to be doing more. The question we seek to ask is "why?" Why as in "why are children doing this? But by the end of this article, you will know more than when you started.
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How Wireless Chargers Work
By: Vaibhav Saravanan, Journalist
We all have probably used wireless chargers to charge our devices before. Now, learn about the different types of wireless chargers and how they work.
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The Greatest Air Jordans of All Time
The Greatest Air Jordan's of All Time
By: Daniel D'mello, Journalist
The Air Jordan 1, the most iconic sneaker of all time, was created in 1984 by Nike for a rookie Michael Jordan. Designed by Peter B. Moore, it seperated itself from the traditional white basketball shoe with bold black and red colors, which defied the NBA's rules for uniforms, stating that shoes had to be at least 51% white.
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Bee Swarm Simulator
Bee Swarm Simulator
By: Liam Eckerman, Journalist
In Bee Swarm Simulator there are many different aspects of the game, such as shops, tools, backpacks, and planters. The idea of the game is to build a beehive with many types of bees that help you collect pollen.
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how does horror affect your brain
By: Kevin Alay Quintanilla, Journalsit
Horror is a feeling of fear and excitement. Horror gives a sudden rise in dopamine, adrenaline, endorphins, And the result of this is that it cause your brain to respond with the "fight or flight" response.
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AMD Ryzen 7 8700g
AMD Ryzen 7 8700g
By: Joseph Park, Journalist
Many laptops lack a GPU so AMD and Intel provide more powerful integrated graphics so you can play  games without a GPU on these devices. The graphical performance in these iGPU's used to be locked in mobile devices until the 8000 series of AMD CPU's.
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The Nintendo switch
By: Rasan Balata, Journalist
The Nintendo switch came out March 3, 2017 and ever since then people have been using them. It's a unique console because you can play with it anywhere you want while being able to connect it to your TV or on your normal Nintendo screen.
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Samsung vs. iPhone
Samsung vs. iPhone
By: Ashley Lopez, Journalist
The Apple store is the world’s largest company by market capitalization since December 2023. Over time Apple started releasing new phones and the newer the phone is then the more high-quality materials iPhones have as well as during 2023 Apple sold more than Samsung's.
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How Acid Rain Attacks Automobiles
By: Zouli Alexandratos, Journalist
While generally related to environmental degradation and ecosystem damage, acid rain plays its destructive magic on more than just nature alone. It also insidiously works on taking away from the very vehicles that drive down our streets
Indian Brothers Build Car-Copter
Indian Brothers Build Car-Copter
By: Gary Taylor, Journalist
Ishwardin Prajapati and Parmeshwardin Prajapati, two Indian brothers from Uttar Pradesh, India, transformed their Suzuki Wagon R into a helicopter-like vehicle. They purchased the car for 100,000 rupees (about $1,300) and made extensive modifications over several weeks in their makeshift workshop.
2024 Toyota Mirai
2024 Toyota Mirai
By: Christopher Carballo, Journalist
The 2024 Toyota Mirai is known for its amazing durability being a hydro-powered car. The Toyota Mirai has an astounding range. It can go for about 400 miles before needing to be refueled again.
2024 Toyota Prius Prime
2024 Toyota Prius Prime
By: Christopher Carballo, Journalist
The 2024 Toyota Prius Prime, is a car known for its durability and movement. The outside of the 2024 Toyota Prius Prime has a very attractive look compared to all the other cars in the Toyota brand.
2024 Lucid Air
2024 Lucid Air
By: Christopher Carballo, Journalist
Not only can it go this fast in a few seconds, but it can also go on for 400 miles before having to recharge its electrical energy. The Lucid Air has the longest range within all the electrical cars so far.
Why The Cybertruck Is Overpriced
Why The Cybertruck Is Overpriced
By: William Allen, Journalist
One of the primary reasons behind the Cybertruck's overpricing is its ambitious design. The unique design, while eye catching, also presents manufacturing challenges that can drive up production expenses.
A model of the Opportunity Rover
Mars Rovers: Pioneers of Exploration
By: Tiger Deng, Journalist
These robotic pioneers have not only traversed the Martian landscape but also reshaped our understanding of this distant world, revealing its secrets one discovery at a time.
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New Horizons: The Space Probe That Flew By Pluto
By: Tiger Deng, Journalist
New Horizons pushed the boundaries of space exploration and provided humanity with unprecedented insights into the distant reaches of our solar system.
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Lunar Laser Ranging Experiments
By: Tiger Deng, Journalist
Lunar Laser Ranging experiments offer insights into the moon's secrets with unparalleled accuracy.
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Quasi Stars
By: Brandon Tao, Journalist
Quasi-Stars are amongst the largest stars ever to of ever existed in the universe, they burned brighter than galaxies & dwarfed any stars that exist today or could ever exist in the future. But the strange part is that they were inhabited by a black hole, slowly devouring it from the inside out.
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Higgs Field and Higgs Particle
By: Marek Solow, Journalist
Have you ever wondered how the universe keeps itself together? Well, in science you have probably learned that almost everything has mass. But what gives things mass? The answer is the Higgs Field, which is a very interesting topic in science.
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Mercury: The Swift Planet
By: Angel Lobos Lima, Journalist
Did you know that Mercury is the second densest planet in our solar system, being right after Earth? Learn more about planet Mercury and its interesting characteristics.
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If The Earth Was Flat
By: Brandon Tao, Journalist
We have always known that the Earth is a sphere. But what if we were wrong? What if the flat Earth community was right and the Earth was actually flat? Spoiler Alert: Very Bad!
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Different Types Of Planets
By: Brandon Tao, Journalist
The first four planets in our solar system are known as "Terrestrial" planets, while the outer four planets are known as "Gas Giants". As for the possible quadrillions of exoplanets in our universe, it is not as simple as classifying them as "terrestrial" or "gas giant" because some of them are so vastly different to our solar system. Because of this, astronomers produce new scientific terms to sort out the unusual exoplanets they have discovered.
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The Birth Of A Star
By: Sir Pharaoh Carter, Journalist
You may think that stars have existed since the start of the world or that they just randomly appear, but the creation of a star is one of the most complicated processes that you can ever learn about. In a literal sense, stars are very hot balls that are made of gases such as hydrogen and helium that are power by nuclear fusion but these stars don't just appear.
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Why Haven't We Traveled To Mars yet?
By: Rawson Barr, Journalist
For years, the idea of humans traveling to Mars has been a hot topic in the scientific and space communities. However, despite numerous missions to the red planet by NASA and other space organizations, humans have yet to set foot on its surface. So, what are the reasons for this delay, and why haven't we made it to Mars yet?
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How SpaceX Transformed The Rocket
By: Andrei Daquioag, Journalist
On March 14th, 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the hope of revolutionizing spaceflight and making commercial spaceflight more accessible. Initially, SpaceX was struggling. Their first flight of the Falcon 1, in March of 2006, had failed, and subsequent launches failed to reach orbit. The company was on the brink of bankruptcy, but fortunately, SpaceX received grant of $1 billion from NASA. On May 25th, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the ISS, resulting in shipping contracts for SpaceX, and jumpstarting SpaceX's development for a reusable rocket.
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What Is A Solar Eclipse?
By: Rawson Barr, Journalist
A solar eclipse is one of the most fascinating astronomical events that occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking some or all of the Sun's light from reaching the Earth's surface.
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The New Boston Dynamics Atlas
The New Boston Dynamics Atlas
By: Tyler Cline, Journalist
This new robot set to replace it is all-electric, much smaller, less heavy, and has a much higher range of motion. These allow it to be superior to the old robot in many ways.
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Prosthetics
By: Kate Li, Journalist
What if you were born without a limb? What could you do?
Penguin Inspired AUV
Penguin Inspired AUV
By: Bryan Xi, Journalist
Penguins, the swift swimmers of Antarctica; the perfect model for an underwater drone. That's exactly what the German company EvoLogics thought when the built the Quadroin AUV.
Chinas New Stealth Drone
China's New Stealth Drone
By: DoWon Lee, Journalist
China's CH-7 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) redefines modern warfare. With its structural capability along with a 15 kilometer air ceiling, the drone is scheduled to finish this year.
The AI Death Calculator
The AI Death Calculator
By: DoWon Lee, Journalist
Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives, this calculator can also predict job, income, and other information about people. This calculator may seem fake, but with recent studies and tests, this AI calculator can really be a predictor of the future.
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Starlink, what it is and how it works.
By: Salar Nasimov, Journalist
The primary goal of Starlink is to provide satellite internet connectivity to underserved areas of the planet, as well as provide competitively priced service to urban areas. The project aims to improve upon the delay traditionally associated with satellite internet, making it a viable alternative to cable or fiber connections.
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Japan's New Wooden Satellite
By: Salar Nasimov, Journalist
The idea behind the wooden satellite is simple yet genius. Wood doesn't block electromagnetic waves or the Earth's magnetic field. Therefore, devices within the satellite could work without the need for additional sensors or antennas, potentially reducing the amount of metal needed.
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Optimus Gen 2
By: Vaibhav Saravanan, Journalist
Optimus Gen 2 is latest and improved robot in the Tesla's Optimus project. This robot is one of the many examples of how technology is improving rapidly and how its being used in many different ways.
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Drones In Combat
By: Ben Wandow, Journalist
Drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) when armed, have become a major force in modern warfare. They offer a range of advantages over traditional manned aircraft including, lower cost, reduced risk, increase flexibility, and persistent surveillance.
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What is Neuralink?
By: Avi Dhanjal, Journalist
To truly understand what this is we need to ask the question, what is Neuralink and how does it work? Simply put, Neuralink is a brain chip designed by Elon Musk.
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Robotic Dog Explores Cold War Testing Sites
By: Ryan Lien, Journalist
On September 8th, 2023, BBC News published an article on how Spot the Dog, is now investigating Cold War testing sites for the National Trust organization. Before I can tell you about the testing sites, you are probably wondering. Who is Spot?
Computer Virus? stock skull by Lynn Friedman is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
How to Tell if a Website is Safe
By: Juan Carlos, Journalist
In order to trust a website, it is important to follow certain steps. First, you should check the domain name of the website.
Laser Maze Security System
Automation
Laser Maze Security System
By: Gary Taylor, Benjamin Nguyen, and David Leach
For our engineering project, we made a laser maze security system. A laser maze security system uses a laser that connects to a LDR(Light Dependant Resistor), and when that beam is crossed, an alarm goes off.
Credit: Max Planck Institute For Intelligent Systems
Automation
How Delivery Robots Can Help The World
By: Jacob Bloom, Journalist
Delivery robots have become an essential aspect of modern society, offering a wide range of benefits that go beyond mere convenience. While many people believe that delivery robots are primarily used for delivering food, the truth is that their potential extends far beyond just that.
Lightspeeds logo.
Automation
Lightspeed
By: Audrey Bang, Journalist
With the new advances in technology, the dangers the internet presents grow in amount. Lightspeed is paving the way for the protection of student computers in schools, and helping teachers manage and control student's computers to redirect them to stay on task.
This is a video demonstrating how TranscribeGlass works.
Health
TranscribeGlass: The Revolutionary Glasses That Transcribe Speech in Real-Time
By: Cooper Shealy, Journalist
TranscribeGlass is a new technology that is changing the way people with hearing loss communicate with others. These high-tech glasses can transcribe speech in real-time and display the text as subtitles on the lenses in front of the wearer's eyes. This innovative technology has the potential to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing communicate more seamlessly with hearing people.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Different Types Of Artificial Intelligence
By: Jiaxiang Xie, Journalist
When you think about Artificial Intelligence, Chat-GPT or Alexa probably comes to mind, but AI can be much more than that. From simple if-else AIs, to AI's that can understand emotions, there's not just one singular type of AI that classifies them all. There are four different types of AI, and all four will be covered in this article. 
A printed circuit board with four Xilinx FPGAs Virtex-E XCV400E-PQ240.
Automation
What is an FPGA?
By: Tyler Cline, Journalist
An FPGA is an integrated circuit made out of a semiconductor, where the user can reconfigure the logic multiple times after manufacturing to meet their requirements. This property makes them very different from application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) because ASICs can only do the specific task they were designed for.
An E-Glove Used To Help Scuba Divers Communicate
Automation
An E-Glove Used To Help Scuba Divers Communicate
By: Daniel Do, Journalist
Hand gestures are used to relay messages such as, "Shark!" and "I'm okay." To further advance the development of the e-glove, a volunteer held up 16 different hand gestures.
Some of the infinite things you can make with Infinite Craft
Automation
The Rise of Infinite Craft
By: Marek Solow, Journalist
Neal.fun has once again come out with a popular game taking the Internet by storm, Infinite Craft.
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Automation
Naqi Neural Earbuds
By: Jimy Ordonez, Journalist
When David Segal's friend Keith broke his neck and pelvic bone, he became quadriplegic (paralyzed in all four limbs) Keith's life was changed dramatically, from going to running and eating his breakfast to getting fed his breakfast and being pushed in a wheelchair.
Law Firms Use AI To Justify Fees
Automation
Law Firms Use AI To Justify Fees
By: Nathan Brown, Journalist
AI can customize the legal advice and recommendations for each client by looking into their legal history. AI has brought an improvement within law firms by increasing the capacities of the law firms, making it easier to access their services, reshaping the way the legal work is done, and providing more cost-efficient services.
a close up of a person wearing a pair of earrings
Automation
How Hearing Aids Work
By: Nylah Nasim, Journalist
So how do these hearing devices work? Are they like speakers? Well, not quite.
Artificial Intelligence: In Depth
Automation
Artificial Intelligence: In Depth
By: Kate Li, Journalist
Take a brief trip through the amazing world of artificial intelligence! Believe it or not, AI is a part of all our lives.
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