If life is a cycle just like every other in our knowledge, then is it not our responsibility to break free from it? Is existence a pursuit of happiness or is it an entirely arbitrary sequence of events...

My downstairs neighbor Arthur Frajer is an extraordinary person. He has lived in our building for well over 30 years, yet we only started saying hello several years ago. From a conversation that my mom...

If you ask an Upper West Sider what establishments define their neighborhood, Zabar's is likely to be at the top of their list. Founded in 1934 by Louis Zabar, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who fled Russian...

Stepping out from the Canal Street station, you are met with the nostalgic rattling of shopping carts and the vibrating notes of a Ruan string instrument. The hasty exchange of various Chinese dialects...

If you’re more efficient than most, you may have already finished your 2023 cleaning. After all, there’s nothing like starting the first few months of a new year with a fresh start. It’s a tradition...

Everyone has encountered glitter in one form or another: slime, Christmas ornaments, makeup, or the glitter glue from your first grade art projects. Glitter has been around since 1934 and has captivated...

As the sun sets over the Bosphorus Strait, the line between European and Asian Turkey darkens to a blur. The Istanbul waters at dusk appear dappled and somewhat turbulent, but ferryboats and cargo move...

Who made Central Park? Before clicking on any websites, Google automatically answers “Frederick Law Olmsted” in large bold letters. A different answer emerges, however, after sifting through the park’s...

Everyone dislikes being told what to do. From a young age, we've been told to do this and that and to always follow the rules. Growing up we've all heard our parents or peers tell us not to open umbrellas...

It was a Wednesday when Mr. Vikram Arora returned our first test. One by one, he passed out the tests with a smile on his face. Of course, very few of us were smiling by the time we received the graded...

We’re going in now. .. It’s almost my turn... Finally!  Before his eyes was a whole new world. Even though he was surrounded by the chattering of his classmates, he couldn’t hear a thing....

“Hi, my name is Eddie and I’m here with Bronx Science. Today, we’re here with?’ Armed with only the mic of his Apple Earpods, Eddie Jiang '23 points the device at Katherine Wong '23, a frequent...

On June 22nd, 2020, the U.S. death toll for the COVID-19 pandemic passed 120,000. The next day, former-President Donald Trump said, “Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than...

The whistle blows. It’s December 18th, 2021, and I’m watching her live on NBC Sports. It’s during the 2022 Speedskating Olympic Trials.  Lou is a Bronx Science classmate, a close friend,...

“I know I’m not doing well.” Michael Thomas begins Man Gone Down, his novel about an African American man with an estranged white wife who is forced to produce a sum of money to get his children...

“Keep the crosswords coming,” Former U.S. President Bill Clinton wrote in a 2002 letter to Will Shortz. “Even when I can’t finish them, they’re the only part of The Times that guarantees good...

The room was quiet with suspense and excitement as we waited for Mr. Gonzowitz, our club's faculty advisor, to arrive. Garfield-themed decorations (in honor of the club’s “mascot”) hung around the...

It is a cool October morning in a quaint residential neighborhood tucked inside Queens. The fresh-cut grass in our front yard shimmers in the sunlight. I walk around my backyard garden, looking at...

The greatest comic artist of all time may be highly debatable, but I believe that the answer is obvious -- Jack Kirby. Born in the Lower East Side on August 28th, 1917, Kirby dedicated forty-two years...

During the dramatic and eventful period of time during the Cold War known as the Space Race, Soviet and American scientists rushed to be the first to successfully land a person on the moon. This was not...