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The origins of the abaya are quite vague, dating back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. (Photo Credit: Ryan Miglinczy / Unsplash)

In France, Freedom of Choice is Crumbling

Sirajum Munira, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
The Muslim Students Association at Bronx Science is a safe haven for hijabis. Humairah Chowdhury ’23 mentioned how MSA “provided [her] with an escape from the stress of school.”

A Mosaic of Hijabi Narratives

Sirajum Munira, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
This is the basic, yet effective user interface for ChatGPT as of May 2023.

The War Between Artificial Intelligence and Detection Software

Aaqib Gondal, Staff Reporter
June 4, 2023
From paper to digital, The New York Times Crossword has evolved throughout the years. Nonetheless, its core values stay close to the first ever puzzle, published in 1942.

Language, Logic, and Storytelling: Behind the Scenes at ‘The New York Times Crossword’ With Editorial Director Everdeen Mason

Charlotte Zhou, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Graffiti in a back alley in downtown Toronto makes one contemplate the rising dystopian societies in the real world.

Reality Interchangeable With Fiction: The Rising Dystopian Societies in the Real World

Nusaiba Afra, Staff Reporter
July 25, 2022
Carmelo Anthony was once considered to be one of the most irreplaceable NBA players in NBA history.

Carmelo Anthony’s Fall From Grace

Nusaiba Afra, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
Hundreds make their way down a packed street in Hong Kong, which currently has a population of around 7.76 million. That statistic is slated to grow to around 8.2 million by the 2040s, before declining to 7.72 million by 2066.

Too Many of Us or Too Few?

Declan Hilfers, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2022
“If you ask me, the miracle isn’t how each snowflake is perfectly formed. The real winter miracle is what can happen afterward. It’s called a snow day. It’s a day kids live for,” writes screenwriter Hal Brandston, played by the actor Mark Webber, on Snow Day.

Marginalized Winter Celebrations in Holiday Television

Ruby Moran, Staff Reporter
January 12, 2022
A photo taken from the highway of a few ferns growing against a metal fence.

The Overlooked Beauty of New York

Nehla Chowdhury, Staff Reporter
December 2, 2021
The famous “Surgeon’s photo” of the Loch Ness monster, purportedly taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934 during a fishing trip north with his friend, Maurice Chambers. It is by far the most famous photo of Nessie, and helped to skyrocket the cryptid’s popularity after being sold to the Daily Mail in 1934 after popular sightings of Nessie in 1933. After Chambers passed away in 1994, personal papers revealed that the photograph was a hoax, having been taken by hunter and filmmaker Marmaduke Arundel Wetherell, having been a sculpture of wood and plastic made by sculptor Christian Spurling that was attached to a toy submarine. Spurling corroborated the story at the age of 90 in 1993, with the group deciding to have Wilson be the one to put the photo forth to lend credibility to the story as he was a physician. In spite of its proven falsehood, the Surgeon’s photo is still what many first think of when they hear of the Loch Ness monster -- and could you blame them? The hoax went on for over 60 years, only definitively ruled out because of testimony by its producers. The lighting allows the centered figure to remain obscure, yet establishes an iconic silhouette that many recognize. There is no scale to be given by anything surrounding the subject, so we cannot gauge size, creating more ambiguity. While color photography did exist in the form of Autochrome, it was rare, and thus understandable that Wilson, just going on a fishing trip, would not have it on his person, with the black and white coloring further obscuring detail and amassing any seams on the sculpture into a single silhouette.

A Dive Into Famous Folklore Monsters, or Cryptids, Their Origins, And If They Really Exist or Not

Scott Ernsberger, Staff Reporter
June 22, 2021
Here is the statue of David by Michelangelo, currently located within the Galleria Dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy. Constructed between 1501 and 1504, it was crafted out of a piece of marble initially thought to be too challenging for any to sculpt before Michelangelo.

An Exploration of the David and Goliath Story

Jonathan Lopez, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2021
Magnolias are ancient trees. Their lineage stretches back to fossilized samples dated at some 2 million years old. They have been theorized to have been around for longer than bees, as one of very few flowers dotting the landscape as beetles were the best insects to conduct pollination at the time. This particular plant is the Magnolia x soulangeana, or saucer magnolia. Originally bred by a French plantsman in the early 1820s, it flowers early in the spring, and was planted all over pastoral landscapes in the British Isles. As Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux sought to turn Central Park into an English romantic pastoral landscape, it was an easy choice to place this plant in the pre-planned park. It is an imported species to this continent, yet is a prominent feature within Central Park, and an example of its nature, nonetheless.

A Rhapsody on Nature in New York City

Scott Ernsberger, Staff Reporter
April 21, 2021
Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.

Capitalism Has Failed Us In Its Condemnation of Climate Change

Staff Reporter, Staff Reporter
January 11, 2021
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