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Dr. Ayanna Thomas 92 was the Keynote Speaker at the 2023 Student Research celebration.

A Joyous Occasion: The Bronx Science 2023 Student Research Celebration

Camila Kulahlioglu, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
Here is a solemn portrait of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in his later years. Photo Credit: Vasily Perov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Dark Times of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Katia Anastas, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
English actress Emily Beecham portrays Maura Henriette Franklin/Singleton in the Netflix series 1899. (Photo Credit: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Truly Mind-Bending: A Review of the Mystery Science Fiction Series ‘1889’

Alvina Rahman, Staff Reporter
July 20, 2023
The inner critic gains its power from making you feel unsafe, warping your thoughts and reactions to fit a narrative that thrives from your most irrational panic.

Change the Internal Narrative by Confronting Your Inner Critic

Hallel Abrams Gerber, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
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The Power of Lucid Dreaming

Alvina Rahman, Staff Reporter
June 5, 2023
Electricity is associated with ideas, and similarly, the brain is constantly shifting, developing, growing, and responding to stimuli.

Mastering the Mind: Brain Development and Social Emotional Learning

Hallel Abrams Gerber, Staff Reporter
May 11, 2023
The reason why many individuals are righties stems from the influence their parents had on encouraging the use of their right hand.

The World Through the Eyes of Lefties and Righties

Niha Roy, Staff Reporter
March 7, 2023
Tasnim Haque 24 has noticed an increase in the number of celebrity documentaries in recent years. “I think it is due to the growing use of social media. On top of that, the pandemic has made people more invested in the lives of celebrities.”

Celebrity Documentaries and the Glamor of Fame

Monica Reilly, Staff Reporter
February 7, 2023
Kittens trigger serotonin and dopamine in people’s brains, making them more loveable to people.

Cuteness Overload: The Neurology and Psychology Behind ‘Cute Things’

Camille Chen, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
As more and more of your life becomes vlogged, the line between what is real and what is performative becomes blurred.

Family Vlogging: Blurring the Line Between Parent and Employer

Monica Reilly, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Bounded by an elegant leather frame, the words Liber Novus, Latin for New Book, stand out on the front cover of Carl Jungs The Red Book.

A Journey of Great Ups-and-Downs: Carl Jung’s Visionary Insight From ‘The Red Book’

Rajin Tahsan, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Rayhan Mehal ’26 (right) and Ruixin Li ’24 (left) are the current board members for the Youth Medical Association. Together, they schedule events, internships/fellowships, along with mentorships/shadowing opportunities, and hold weekly remote-meetings every Friday at 8:00 PM through Google Meets.

Cultivating Passions in Medicine: The Youth Medical Association Makes Its Mark

Shahabir Sami, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
“In fact, if we are to understand ourselves better than we do now, I have no doubt that we must try to unravel all these complicated activities of the living matter in our brain,” said psychologist E.D Adrian in his book, The Physical Background of Perception, published in 1947.

To Be or Not To Be a Science? The Origins and Impact of Psychology

Ruby Moran, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Social media has become a prevalent part of our every day lives. It facilitates easier communication with people from all over the world, including those with whom you wouldn’t regularly talk. However, with this rise in social media use also came the rise in parasocial relationships, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Paradox of Parasocial Relationships

Nehla Chowdhury, Staff Reporter
December 28, 2022
Marketers have actively altered the demographic and the way in which they advertise their products to take advantage of a new and more impressionable than ever audience.

A Troubling Marketing Phenomenon: Kids Getting Older Younger

Donna Celentano, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
In the 21st century a huge portion of our attention span is occupied by social media. Social media dominates almost every aspect of our daily life, making it harder for us to stay off of the various platforms.

Social Media Does Not Equal Relaxation

Tasnim Tamanna, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2022
Fraternal twins Louis Nahon 23 and Raphael Nahon 23 rarely argue, sharing a lot of the same friends, classes, and extracurricular activities. The main questions we get are who is taller, older, or smarter (me, me, and me), said Louis.

Powerhouse Pairs: Twins at Bronx Science

Marian Caballo, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2022
The addictive nature of Twitter causes many users to scroll for hours at a time.

How Many Words is a Tweet Worth?

Monica Reilly, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2021
Spotify’s extensive genre selection allows listeners to immerse themselves in the music of their choice.

The Psychology of Taste: The Intertwining of Music and Identity

Ellora Klein, Staff Reporter
June 14, 2021
Pareidolia is linked to our familiarity with an object. For example, if we stare at the object for a long time, eventually we start to notice its hidden features. Olivia Wronski ’22 thinks that “people see faces in nonhuman objects in life because we look for ourselves in the world around us, which can cause our brains to become creative and pick out faces from patterns.” The bark of this tree, for instance, resembles a human face.

Perception in Pareidolia

Arianne Browne, Staff Reporter
April 23, 2021
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