As the beat of the gavel marks the ending of her term, we are reminded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tasked with leading the United States House of Representatives for nearly two decades, truly has...

Right-handed people influence this globe, and it has been that way since the beginnings of the Stone Age. How do we know? Researchers have evaluated the humerus, ulna and the radius (arm bones) in old...

In the fall of 2022, Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida, causing billions of dollars worth of damage and leaving thousands of residents homeless. An additional unforeseen concern reared its head with its widespread...

Cephalopods are a somewhat unknown class of animals in the mollusc phylum, including octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and nautilus. They are known as “keystone” animals, meaning that their existence plays...

When Elon Musk reluctantly acquired Twitter for 44 billion dollars, his role within the broader cloth of world history was unsurprisingly not far from his mind. In fact, the idea was such a looming force...

From the get-go, Trump was immediately a different candidate from all the rest. For one, he made history as just the fifth president in U.S. history to have no prior political experience. Even so, the...

“I’ve learned more today than I have in the past two months of school,” Regan Toriello '23 said to me as we boarded a coach bus with the rest of our Green Design and Clean Technology class. We were...

It’s 508 B.C. You are one of the few male landowners eligible to vote in Athens, Greece. You walk along the uneven dirt and stone road to pnyx, an open-air auditorium west of the Acropolis, mulling over...

Democracy at its core is a simple concept: a system of organization based on the principle of majority rule. For an organization or government to be democratic is for people to be willing to vote, and...

Time is of the essence. In a typical school week, Bronx Science students cycle through a dizzying array of courses and extracurriculars, leaving many feeling as though they barely have time to catch their...

You roll the dice. You hold your breath and impatiently await the numbers that will determine your future. You pray for an opportunity to invest and grow your fortune and collection of real estate,...

It is exactly 11:11 p.m., and you find yourself in a dilemma. Your bedroom is pitch black except for a harsh, white glow from your laptop, illuminating your misery-stricken face. You are tired, angry,...

As Kevin McCarthy eagerly awaited the results of election night on November 8th, 2022, Republicans believed victory was inevitable. McCarthy had been waiting years for his moment in the spotlight, a chance...

As the time to leave the nest approaches, the list of ‘how to be an adult’ grows longer.  Some may think about how they will buy and maintain their own space. Others might contemplate job ventures...

November 15th, 2022: the Day of Eight Billion. That was the title bestowed onto this particular day by the United Nations, in order to commemorate the newest milestone in the growth of the human population....

It is commonly known that Americans pay significantly higher amounts of money for medical drugs than most of the rest of the world, but the price of insulin, a common life saving drug, might shock you. In...

We are in the midst of a language pandemic. Linguistic diversity is rapidly declining, resulting in the loss of centuries of history, culture, and knowledge. This is the price of our modern, connected...

I spent the summer of 2022 in ivy-covered buildings three times the age of my home country. Learning from and with incredible minds, and attempting to appreciate the “wonders” of British cooking, I...

As Americans, we’re constantly reminded of our country’s recent failures. In the news, bold print headlines describe the latest setbacks. Investment portfolios depreciate and the stock market falters...

On a Zoom call in September 2022 with Art Cullen, the owner and editor of the Pulitzer Award-winning Storm Lake Times, Cullen continuously expounded on how detrimental social media is to the journalism...