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Spending time in natural environments has been shown to boost mental health, but why? Research shows that outdoor activities reduce stress and anxiety, elevate moods, and promote mindfulness. (Photo Credit: Mitsuo Komoriya / Unsplash)

Nature’s Healing Power: Boosting Mental Health Through the Great Outdoors

Christina Kantlis, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2025
Acadia National Park celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2016. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Acadia a national monument on July 8th, 1916, one month before establishing the entire National Park Service. (Photo Credit: Raphael Assouline / Unsplash)

A Vacationer’s Guide to Acadia National Park: How to Admire the Views and Avoid the Crowds

Alina Povelikin, Staff Reporter
January 19, 2025
Bison have been growing more accustomed to the presence of visitors, which poses a threat to humans and wildlife alike. (Photo Credit: PLBechly, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

How Tourism Erodes the Appeal of National Parks

Sally Kramer, Staff Reporter
January 14, 2025
'Town among the Greenery (The Old City III' depicts an intricate cluster of colorful rooftops and buildings, tightly packed together amidst lush greenery. The bold lines and expressive shapes give the village an abstract, almost dreamlike quality. (Image Credit: Egon Schiele, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Life and Death on Canvas: ‘Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes’ at the Neue Galerie

Allegra Lief, Staff Reporter
December 25, 2024
Central Park is home to countless waterfalls of varying sizes, drawing many who seek to immerse themselves and meditate within nature’s tranquility.

An Ode to Central Park: A Treasure Map at the Heart of New York City

Liah Igel, Staff Reporter
December 4, 2024
Here is a Tosa style artwork by Tosa Mitsuoki depicting Murasaki Shikibu composing 'The Tale of Genji.' During the Edo period, Murasaki Shikibu, and subsequently 'The Tale of Genji,' became a popular subject for ukiyo-e artists, influencing this Tosa’s artstyle. Murasaki Shikibu's impacts are far-reaching, and can still be felt today. (Image Credit: Tosa Mitsuoki (1617 - 1691), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nature, Poems, and Love: A Profile on Murasaki Shikibu, Author of Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

Karen (Asahi) Ono
July 10, 2024
Eleni Skasilas '24 (in the front) guides a wheelbarrow down a narrow path. A wheelbarrow is sometimes needed to carry the large amount of weeds pulled out during a gardening meeting.

A Tour Through Time With the Bronx Science Garden

Anna Koontz, Staff Reporter
July 10, 2024
The showstopper dress that concludes the exhibit serves the purpose of a wedding dress made out of cellulose, silk, satin and lace, and was a gift to the Met from the Brooklyn Museum.

The Fleeting Nature of Fashion: A Review of the Met Museum’s ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening’

Amanda Ro, Staff Reporter
July 9, 2024
This sign is marks the border of Warwick, New York; the sign is visible as you enter from Vernon Township in Sussex County, New Jersey. (Photo Credit: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

The Pros and Cons of Warwick, New York

Anthony Ortega, Staff Reporter
July 3, 2024
The spotted lanternfly became one of the most recognizable invasive species in New York City due to the large swarms identified last year. After numerous reports from civilians and a collective effort to get rid of them, the SLF epidemic came to a close. (Photo Credit: Cbaile19, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The Invasive Species Threat: A Closer Look at New York’s Ecological Invaders

Maliha Chowdhury, Staff Reporter
June 20, 2024
When you head to the grocery store, you are presented with so many different options of foods to buy. It can be overwhelming. How do you know what to look for when navigating the aisles? (Photo Credit: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Do Not Feel Intimidated by Healthy Eating: Here Are Some Easy, Delicious, and Affordable Tips to Shop Healthy

Maheen Alam, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2024
Three students enjoy having lunch together on the benches in the courtyard.

Lounging Around: Bronx Science Students Enjoy Campus Life

Liza Greenberg, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2024
Perhaps one of the most disheartening consequences of the climate crisis is its effect on stargazing. Many metropolitan areas are enshrouded by a coating of aerosols and destructive light pollution, obscuring the cosmos. In order to fight back against the climate crisis, we must search for the cosmos within ourselves instead. (Photo Credit: herdiephoto, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Self-Realization is the Key to Solving the Climate Crisis

Rajin Tahsan, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
In the United States, the LACEY Act prohibits the trade of wildlife, including timber, that was illegally obtained. Other countries have similar legal protections, such as Canada’s Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act. (Photo credit: Dan Meyers / Unsplash)

The Hidden World of Tree Poaching

Anna Koontz, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Oddly shaped pumpkins and unique designs tend to attract more attention than traditional carvings. Photo Credit: Sudan Ouyang / Unsplash

Pumpkins From Past to Present

Lara Adamjee, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2023

The Transcendent Beauty of Chinese Ink Paintings

Nicole Zhou, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a Romantic visionary who promoted the human imagination in his lifetime and inhis oeuvre of otherworldly artworks, considering them to be “the Body of God.” Blake’s philosophy of life can be summarized in one crucial insight: we don’t live in reality, we live in what we think reality is. If there is an essence to human existence, for Blake, it is the divine spark of the human imagination.

William Blake: In Search Of Wonder

Rajin Tahsan, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
Try guessing where each photo is taken — except for the globe in the middle, of course. Check your answers below the crossword module!

Summer 2023 Crossword: Summer Travels Theme

Charlotte Zhou, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
Pictured here is my first encounter with the two swans. This picture was taken at Little Bay Park on December 11, 2021.

Nature Photography: Where Nature and the Photographer Meet

Joshua Im, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
An elderly man and a young man build a part of Bangladesh. (https://unsplash.com/photos/D8KUJbEc3cQ)

‘Amar Sonar Bangla’: My Golden Bengal

Fairuz Omar Raya, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2023
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