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Relay: Virginia’s First Autonomous Shuttle

By: Alex Bundics, Journalist
The result of this idea and several years of design and research was one small blue bus called Relay.

Bistable Inflatables Inspired By Origami

By: Lena Tosounidis, Reporter
With origami as their muse and geometry as their guide, the researchers created multistable structures out of triangular building blocks that could pop up or fold flat.
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New Light-Regulating Smart Windows For Greenhouses

By: Lena Tosounidis, Reporter

We all know greenhouses. They're the special buildings that allow people to grow crops in inconvenient conditions. As the world's population increases, the amount of available and appropriate farmland...

Top Mouse In The Market (Razer Basilisk V2)

By: Isaac Villa, Journalist

One of the most important components of reaching your maximum level in gaming is having a good mouse. You can search up mousses on the internet, and you will find many different kinds of them. But throughout...

The History Of A March Madness Bracket

By: Teddy Dehn, Journalist
March Madness is one of the most thrilling events in sports because of its single elimination winner moves on tournament, but have you ever wondered where the march madness bracket was created?
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The Giant Siphonophore: Mysterious Deep Sea Dwellers

By: Julia Clavecillas, Reporter
While the extensive form of the giant siphonophore may seem like it is one large creature, it is really made up of multiple smaller organisms.

Pandas

By: Erick Molina-Diaz, Journalist
Pandas are one of the laziest creatures ever.  They're also unintelligent.  They eat bamboo even though it's not nutritious so they have to eat 26 to 84 pounds of bamboo to maintain healthy and don't die of starvation.

How to change a Tire

By: Teddy Dehn, Journalist
Changing the tires to your car is a thing many people have to learn.

AI Helps Create Life-Saving Drugs

By: An Nguyen, Reporter
Can AI help us create drugs to save others?

How Do Vacuum Cleaners Work?

By: Nathan Britton, Journalist
The brush beats the carpet so that the dust dislodges itself, like what you did to clean carpets before vacuums were invented.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

By: Zekarias Delelegn, Journalist
It would cost about 33-34 million dollars to make this aircraft. It was reaching speeds of Mach 3.3, which is more than 3,500kph (2,100mph).

Cicada Ice Cream

By: Madeline Seminaro, Journalist
You know when bugs get in your drink or food? Imagine bugs being put in your food and then you purposefully eat it? Apparently, that's what people do when they eat cicada ice cream.
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What are Transistors and Resistors?

By: Aidan Musgrove, Journalist
How to Transistors and Resistors work?
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Mobile Phones – For the Better or Worse?

By: Aidan Musgrove, Journalist
Mobile phones have saved us so much time. But have they Really helped our lives?

An Introduction To Quantum Mechanics

By: Benita Xavier, Journalist
Tsunamis, being exceptionally treacherous, are impossible to stop, leaving us with the only option of evacuating the area as our survival while abandoning many buildings behind. Not all people escape in time, ending up in a life-threatening situation, in which many of them die. What should we do about this disastrous event and how can we lessen the amounts of deaths because of it?
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Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence

By: Arya Gupta, Journalist
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a machine or computer that mimics human abilities or intelligence. Here are some pros and cons on AI.

Perpetual Motion Machines, And Why They Never Work.

By: Aidan Musgrove, Journalist
Perpetual motion machines are machines that move forever, either by powering themselves or flipping weights.

Invisible String

By: Emily Noh, Writer
Swift’s narrative talents go from metaphors to colors, memories to easter eggs. She has several nods to her previous songs as well.

Why scientists chose Mars

By: Audie Paruchabutr, Journalist

Have you ever thought about why some scientists say we'll colonize Mars someday? Why Mars, out of all the other planets we have to choose from in the solar system? Simple: Mars is the most habitable and...

Wearable Generator Uses The Human Body To Power Small Devices

By: Lena Tosounidis, Reporter
It takes some serious technological know-how to develop a device that can use the human body as an energy source, and UC San Diego's nano engineers have done just that.

A New World for Kids to be Creative

By: Caitlin Arnold, Reporter
Little Inventors is a project where kids can bring their ideas to life with art and engineering. If these kids keep up their curiosity and creativity, they could definitely make the world a better place with their helpful and inspiring ideas and inventions.

Are Machines Racist?

By: Valerie Lai, Journalist
Are machines automated to be racist? Find out in this article.

FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine for 12-15 Year-Olds

By: Valerie Lai, Journalist
The FDA has just authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in 12-15 year-olds.

The Triangulum Galaxy

By: Robert Martirosyan, Journalist
A delve into the second closest - and arguably most underrated - galaxy near the Milky Way.

Super Smash Bros Brief Beginner’s Guide

By: Audie Paruchabutr, Journalist

How to get good at SSBU: a short guide for new players. Basically, this guide will teach you all the essentials to getting good at smash bros so you can beat your friends for bragging rights. So,...

What is Geothermal Energy?

By: Abigail Romero, Reporter

Have you ever seen a video of a volcano erupting or geysers at a national park? If you have, then you've seen geothermal energy. The earth's crust is made up of rocks and water. Underneath the crust...

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All You Need To Know About Cyclones

By: Benita Xavier, Journalist
You have probably heard of cyclones, but what are they? A cyclone can be really horrendous, crushing many buildings and producing floods. Many people no longer have lives because of them. Why do cyclones happen? If one happens near you, how can you stay safe?
Six Recently Extinct Animals

Six Recently Extinct Animals

By: Arya Gupta, Journalist
An extinct animal is a species where there are no animals of its kind alive around the globe. Here are six animals that are gone now, that future generations will likely never hear of or see.

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe Breaks two Incredible Records

By: Aurora Ayala, Journalist
On April 29, when Parker was at it's closest to the sun, which is known as the Perihelion, the solar probe was going so fast that it could circle the Earth 13 times in a single hour!

The Big, Complicated Process of John Edmark’s Intriguing and Beautiful Bloom Spirals

By: Caitlin Arnold, Reporter

John Edmark is an engineer who experiments with angles and spirals to create patterns. Edmark makes his work to look for unusual behaviors in math and art. The Math The math in Edmark’s pieces...

Bus Rapid Transit Is Coming To Fairfax County, VA

By: Alex Bundics, Journalist
Fairfax County has begun designing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line that will provide service along Richmond Highway.
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Will Metrorail Fares Finally Be Reduced?

By: Alex Bundics, Journalist
Metro's board of directors is finally proposing more reasonable fares - kind of. The proposal is essentially that off-peak fares would be in effect at all times and in many cases riders would pay less that a current off-peak fare

Could Children Ages 12-15 Get the Vaccine?

By: Aurora Ayala, Journalist
On April 9th, Pfizer requested the FDA to modify their EUA (emergency use authorization) so that teens ages 12-15 could get the vaccine as well. 

The DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone

By: Zekarias Delelegn, Journalist
Regardless of being out for a while, the price on it hasn't changed from it's original $1,599. In fact, sometimes it has actually gone up, like at the end of 2019, it had a 13% increase. It can fly for about 30 minutes, with the highest speed of 45mph / 72kph. 
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5 Fun Facts About Jellyfish

By: Arya Gupta, Journalist
Jellyfish are interesting creatures that can be tiny, or large. Here are some fun facts about jellyfish!

AeroFarms’ Vertical Farming

By: Alexander Nguyen, Reporter
AeroFarm is reexamining how we grow our food by planting it vertically, to provide us all fresh and cheap produce. Vertical farming uses technology to quickly produce food. 

Charging By Air

By: Connor Mulherin, Reporter

Did you ever think it was possible to charge phones through the air? We can now charge our phones without cables or wireless charging stands. However, Xiaomi has created a device that will send a signal...

Is Your Water Toxic?

Is Your Water Toxic?

By: Kevin Le, Reporter
It's found everywhere, from your tap water to bottled water. Click here to read what arsenic is, how it affects your health, and how to avoid it.

Don’t Have To Be Jeff Bezos To Travel (The World)

By: Shri Bala, Editor
You do not have to be rich to travel. When the word “travel” comes to mind--costly transport is a resort. Is it possible to travel without spending copious amounts of money? It is, indeed.

JDM Nissan Skyline GTR34

By: Elmer Zambrano Lovo, Journalist
The Nissan Skyline GTR34 (JDM) is one of the most beloved cars in the world.

How Do Mines Work?

By: Brian Mazariegos, Reporter

The way mines work is to hurt or destroy something or someone, there are two kinds of mines there are anti-personnel mines and anti-tank or anti-vehicle mines. Mines or mostly used on the defend army or...

McLaren P1

By: Gus Neuberg, Journalist
One of the best sports cars ever the McLaren P1.

4G On The Moon

By: Adam Mokatrin, Journalist
Nokia's new plan with NASA to put 4G wireless on the moon has gotten the attention of many people.

Coleopter: A potentially revolutionary invention ends in disaster.

By: Trey Gagermeier, Journalist
In the 1950s French and American aerospace engineers developed their own tail sitting aircrafts.

The GPS-Global Position System

By: Evan Nanthavong, Reporter
Nowadays we use the GPS almost daily and it can become a very helpful tool when navigating.
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The Cold War Aug Is The Best Long Ranged Weapon In Call of Duty: Warzone

By: Alexander Ramirez, Journalist
In the end, based on the aforementioned comparisons, it seems that the buffed AUG holds a slight edge.
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Microsoft Discusses Offering to Buy Discord For More Than $10 Billion

By: Hayden Frost, Journalist
Discord is a communication platform (which is made for gamers) where you can chat with friends and make friends in servers, or private chats. It is very similar to skype (which Microsoft also owns)because it's a communication platform where you can share your screen and use your camera.

What To Know Before Getting A Dog

By: Peyton Danner, Journalist
Over 45 percent of American households own at least one dog as a pet.

Robotic Venus Flytrap

By: Arnutchay Sy, Reporter
Researchers turned a living Venus Flytrap plant into a cyborg robotic arm capable of grabbing objects.

Is The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Worth Buying in 2021?

By: Cavanagh Keelin, Journalist
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, released by Nintendo on Mar. 3 2017 for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch, is to many one of the best games ever made by Nintendo.

Tiny AI

By: An Nguyen, Reporter
Can a super powerful AI fit in our phones?

What Are False News Articles Trying To Do?

By: Nathan Britton, Journalist
Sometimes politicians spread fake news about their opponent in hopes of seeming more popular and better. This is why you always check the facts before believing an article.

How AI Will Change Sports

By: Eric Yang, Journalist
As AI get more prominent in the world sports will undoubtedly be changed. This is how sports will be massively impacted by AI technology.

How Redditors Changed and Almost Broke the Economy

By: Derek Oropeza-Obispo, Reporter

Everyone at least knows what the stock market is, for those who don't know it's when a certain company sells a part of their share an evaluation. A specific group of people called Hedge funds which...

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The Leopards

By: Joe Lam, Journalist
Weight: 42.2 tons. Crew member required: 4 (Commander, gunner, driver, and loader).
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F-86 Sabre

By: Joe Lam, Journalist
Armaments: six 12.7mm Browning machine guns (or four 20mm cannons for later variants) and two 1000 pounds bombs or sixteen 5 inch rockets.

March Madness The Most Exciting Time For Basketball

By: Grady Clipper, Journalist
March madness is the peak of the college basketball season. It is when the NCAA committee chooses the best 64 teams to go to the tournament to compete for a national championship.
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Flying Taxis as Future Transportation

By: Hayden Frost, Journalist
Flying taxis are important because they are a new form of transportation that is more clean, cheaper, faster, and possibly a big change to our transportation system in the future, it could possibly change the whole taxi industry.

Giant Sand Worm Fossil’s Proves Fact Is Crazier Then Fiction

By: Lucas Georgelas, Journalist
Giant sand worms, originally thought to be fiction. Have been proven to had exist 20 million years ago.

Creation of the Panama Canal

By: Zach Bloom, Reporter
In the end 32000 died while working on the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was one of the first steps for America to place itself as a world power and changed the business of trade forever.

The Dubai International Airport

By: Zach Bloom, Journalist
The airport is already the biggest in the world and this extension is only going to make it larger.

Glorious Model O

By: Aaron Eads, Writer
The Glorious Model O is one of the most hyped up mice of all time, but is it really as good as they say?

Whats better Minecraft Java or Bedrock?

Intro Minecraft is a multiplayer or can be single player sandbox, player vs player type game. They're are two versions of Minecraft. java and bedrock. Platforms In order to play Java you need...

How To Play Don’t Starve Together

By: Zachary Butler, Journalist
Don't Starve Together is a multiplayer top-down survival game. A top down game is where the camera, or what you see on your monitor, is put at the top of the game, and you look down at your characters.

The Massive Star That Vanished

By: Elvis Pham, Journalist
A massive star is also known as PHL 293B, in a galaxy 75 million light-years away from Earth mysteriously disappeared recently and no one knows what happened.

Titanium Iron-Man Suit

By: Aidan Bishop, Journalist
3D printed flying Iron-Man suit. It's not a myth anymore.

Bacteriophages: The Enemy Made Into A Medicine

By: Jackson Whitaker, Journalist

Bacteriophages are all over the world and they are on you right now. Don't worry they have been modded and they only target bacteria. This is a really big deal because bacteria are becoming very strong,...

Turkey Reveals National Space Program and 2023 Moon Mission

By: Siamba Oguah, Reporter
On February 9th Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed a 10 year space program for his country. He announced the program as part of his vision for putting Turkey in a more global and regional role.

The Future Of Motorcycles

By: Bayron Coreas, Journalist
Can there be a super advanced motorcycle that can go a super high speed? The answer is yes, and motorcycles are no longer going to use gasoline.

Rio-Antirrio Mega Bridge

By: Skyla Tran, Journalist
The Rio-Antirrio bridge is one of the longest in the world.

Elegoo Sand Table

By: Skyla Tran, Journalist
The Elegoo Sand table is also known as the machine that erases what it creates.

How To Scooter

By: Casey Salmeron-Sandoval, Journalist
A barspin is when you combine a bunny hop and a barspin which is called a barspin. A barspin  is when you do your bunny hop and you spin your bars rapidly all in one go.

Ark Evolution The Game

By: Erick Molina-Diaz, Journalist
Ark is a game about dinosaurs and the evolution of mankind. 

Polluting Ocean Effects

By: Andrea Lizama, Journalist
We can do somethings to help.

Which Is Better Anki Vector? Or Anki Cozmo?

By: Aidan Bishop, Journalist
The battle begins. Is the older one better or is the new development the one for you.

The History Of NFL Stadiums

By: Teddy Dehn, Journalist
NFL Stadiums Are One Of A Kind, But Which Stand Out The Most. From The Five Billion Dollar Super Stadium To A Stadium That's Been In Use For A Century Here Are Some Of The Most Memorable Stadiums In Football History

How Does Technology Improve Performance In Sports?

By: Brian Mazariegos, Journalist
Today's technology really helps out sports by preventing injuries.

Exway Flex Electric Skateboard Review

By: Sina Farchtchi, Reporter
The Exway Flex comes in at around $649 for the Hub Motors and $699 for the Riot Kit.

The Plan To Refreeze the Artic

By: Edgar Alvarado, Reporter
A team of Designers plan on building a submarine like vessel to combat global warming by refreezing the Artic Ice caps.

Nerf Blasters! Fun and Tricks With Engineering!

By: John Stevens, Journalist
You can make a multi barrel nerf blaster fire all the darts and one time! Usually they are fired singly. Just insert the dart partially. They will not fire as far due to lack of pressured air but it still works.

How The Nissan Skyline GT-R Has Evolved Through The Years

By: Zachary Schnur, Journalist
The Nissan skyline is a very recognizable and iconic car in the Japanese car community.
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AT-M6, The Metal Gorilla in Star Wars

By: Joe Lam, Journalists
Introducing, the All Terrain Megacaliber Six.

Samsung Buds Live

By: Jeffrey Campos, Journalist
The Samsung buds live has a feature called noise cancellation which means it reduces the unwanted sounds by using active sound control, which the previous galaxy buds did not have .

China’s Mega Airport

By: Isaac Villa Marin, Journalist
This is a story of the second international airport ion Beijing, and the process they made it and the benefits it will bring.

A New Development in Memes and Misinformation

By: Caden Mitchell, Journalist
If you don't know, memes are text, images, and videos meant to be funny or entertain. Misinformation is inaccurate information sometimes told on accident but always untrue. Memes and misinformation are very different things but memes can be the vessel for the misinformation.
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Sailing on Sunlight – Lightsail 2

By: Aidan Musgrove, Journalist
The spacecraft Lightsail 2 is the first spacecraft to use the sun as a propulsion system - but not with solar panels.

The Mysterious Malware That Infected 30,000 Mac-Computers

By: Elvis Pham, Journalist
The Silver Sparrow is a stealth operating malware that can completely remove itself from any Macbook Air.The Silver Sparrow can infect other Macbook AIR by exploiting an installer in the MacOS called JavaScript API and then dodging and commands.

What Bleaching Does To Your Hair

By: Madeline Seminaro, Reporter
Thinking about bleaching your hair? Want to know more about the consequences... or rather, the reward??? Well then this article is for you. In this article I talk about what could possibly go wrong and right and whether you could recover from those possible damages that you would do to your hair.
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More And More DC-Area Bus Systems Are Moving Toward Electric Fleets

By: Alex Bundics, Journalist
Even bus systems that are yet to introduce electric buses to their fleets are expected to begin to do so in the near future, and many systems already have hybrid electric buses, which is an important step toward fully electric buses.

Worlds Fastest Object Isn’t A Rocket. It’s A Computer.

By: Abhi Palikala, Journalist
One of the most difficult mathematical problems, which would take the worlds fastest supercomputer over 10,000 years, solved in 200 seconds.

How Does Salt Melt Snow?

By: Madeline Seminaro, Journalist
Why does salt, a component that seasons our foods, melt ice? This all starts with frozen water, that is what snow an ice are made up of after all.

Transportation

By: Zakaria Najmeddine, Journalist
As time progress society gets more and more advanced. Who knows what we have in store for transportation for the years to come.

Forza Motorsport 8

By: Adam Mokatrin, Journalist
You can expect stunning visuals and tech, such as ray tracing, native 4K, and 60fps

NASA’s SPHEREx Project Will Be Looking For Clues to the Big Bang

By: Conner Elling, Reporter
By using infrared light which is not visible to the human eye they will be able to see what secrets the universe holds.

The Fermi Paradox, And The Great Filter

By: Robert Martirosyan, Journalist
If aliens exist, then where are they? This theory attempts to piece together why we can't find these extraterrestrials.
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Misinformation About Covid-19 May Keep the Virus Around For Longer Than Wanted

By: Devum Agarwal, Reporter
Unfortunately, many people have been using big social media platforms to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 virus.

Minecraft – How to Kill the Wither (Bedrock Edition)

By: Christopher Haase, Journalist
In Minecraft, when you spawn the wither, you can choose to do it anywhere, and the best place to do it is underground.

Why we procrastinate

The act of putting off a task you know you will have to do at some point in the future, or procrastination, is a fairly common habit among all people, students or adults. If you know that you need to do something, why not just do it? As it turns out, procrastination is much deeper than laziness or poor work ethic.

Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 Review

By: Sina Farchtchi, Reporter
Have you ever wondered how noise cancelling works. In this article I will be explaining that and a review on the Bose Noise Cancelling 700 headphones.

New AI Can Cease Prescription Mistakes Before They Happen

By: Kevin Le, Reporter
A new AI named MedAware Is used to stop prescription mistakes doctors give to patients.
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