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Steven Kosa '25 Contributor Photo Credit: Sony Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been a massive success. Four years later, in hopes of riding consumer enthusiasm, the PlayStation 5 Pro version has finally been unveiled and confirmed for a release date of November 7, 2024. Nevertheless, this new version comes with a plethora of new features and... Continue Reading →
Solomom Khokar '28 Contributor Photo Credit: iStock Video games have become an integral part of our weekly routines. From kids enjoying Minecraft, to adolescents playing NBA 2K, and adults engaging in word scramble games, video games span all ages. Whether we like it or not, video games are here, and they are not going away... Continue Reading →
Haolin Tong '28 Contributor Photo Credit: iStock There is no question that short-form content is addictive, especially for a younger audience that has lots of time available. These Reels, TikToks, and Shorts allow viewers to digest more content in less time and can be extremely entertaining. However, as more and more people gravitate toward bite-sized... Continue Reading →
Connor Oger '25 Contributor Photo Credit: E. Wernquist, M. Oei, D. Nelson/Illustristng Collaboration On September 19 of this year, the featured cover article in the scientific journal Nature was the discovery of what co-author and astronomer at the University of Hertfordshire, Hardcastle, called “possibly the largest object that we know of in the universe”. Named... Continue Reading →
Harry Shaw '28 Contributor Image Credit: CBC Imagine you are trapped in space with no way to get back to Earth. Sounds like a sci-fi horror novel, right? Well, fiction has taken the form of reality for two astronauts, and it’s much more underwhelming than you think. American astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed... Continue Reading →
Jainesh Sasikumar '27 Contributor Photo Credit: NASA The Apollo 17 mission left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972, carrying the last humans to have walked on the moon. Over half a century later, Artemis II is now planned to take humanity back. The mission comprises of four astronauts from Kennedy Space Center, tasked with... Continue Reading →
William Hudson '24 Science and Tech Editor Peg City Car Co-op Motor vehicles are a terrible asset. On average, their values depreciate by a tenth instantly upon being purchased, and by six-tenths after only five years. They are one of the most expensive belonging to upkeep with petrol, insurance, maintenance, and, oftentimes, the necessity of paying off... Continue Reading →
Manit Sethi ’26 Contributor Maxim Tolchinskiy/Unsplash Online safety is not taken seriously enough in the modern world. Every day, around 560 000 computers are infected by one of billions of malware programs. With so many people falling prey to these cyber-attacks, how can we fight this malware and protect our digital life? Educating ourselves on malware... Continue Reading →
Michael Wolanik ’25 Contributor Photo Credit: HTD Global Prosthetics, replacements for missing limbs, have been developing for hundreds of years. Though initially cosmetic imitations, they have developed into fully functional robotic limbs. Recent developments in prosthetics have even granted amputees the sensation of touch in their replaced arms. Replacing limbs has been an issue since... Continue Reading →
Gabriel Arias ’27 Contributor Since 2014, the Euphrates River has been drying up. Located in the Middle East's fertile crescent, the Euphrates has been a key freshwater source for thousands of years and for dozens of different civilizations. Due to the drought affecting the river and surrounding area, many have been forced to leave the... Continue Reading →
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