Trump to back out of Paris Agreement
by Tiffany Wong and Katherine Zhang
June 1, 2017
Filed under News, Online Exclusive, Showcase, STEM
President Trump plans to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, he announced this afternoon at the White House. “The United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris Accord or really an entirely new transaction on terms that a...
Scientists across the nation park experiments to protest
by Michael Sikand, Aquila Asst. News Editor
May 15, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
On April 22 and Earth Day 2017, thousands of scientists and their supporters across the country donned their lab coats not to conduct research, but to march on Washington, DC, among other major cities, to emphasize the importance of rooting government policies in science. Organizers for this march, ...
Student-run science magazine Harker Horizon releases first issue
by Rose Guan, Winged Post Copy Editor
May 10, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
Student-run science magazine Harker Horizon released its initial issue last week, copies of which will be sold in Manzanita during lunch this week. The issue features work from 10 current and former upper school students and 15 magazine staff members, including a debate feature on gene editing, an i...
Marches for Science held across US and world
by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
April 22, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
Advocates for unfettered science and evidence-based policy took to the streets across the world to participate in the March for Science held today, Earth Day. The March for Science is a worldwide movement that advocates for evidence-based policies, improved science education, and the free expre...
Students react to United Airlines incident
by Alex Wang, Winged Post Sports Editor
April 21, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
Chicago Aviation police officers forcibly removed Dr. David Dao, a 69-year-old physician, from an overbooked United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville earlier this month. Prior to takeoff, the airline chose Dao as one of four passengers to disembark to make room for four airline employees....
Annual Research Symposium features Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Theme
by Eleanor Xiao, TALON Co-Student Life Editor
April 16, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, Showcase, STEM
The Women in STEM (WiSTEM) club held the annual Research Symposium, themed Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the upper school, spanning from Nichols to Manzanita Hall. The Symposium featured keynote speeches, talks by student researchers, poster sessions by...
NASA announces discovery of seven-exoplanet system
by Nicole Chen and Tiffany Wong
March 28, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Scientists at NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a single star, TRAPPIST-1, on Feb. 22. Located outside of our solar system, the planets surrounding TRAPPIST-1 are known as exoplanets. The discovery of the star and its planets marks the first time scientists have found...
Snapchat begins sales of newly released Spectacles
by Adrian Chu, Opinion Editor
March 28, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, Showcase, STEM
Snap began their online sales of their Spectacles in February, a pair of glasses with cameras compatible with iOS and Android built for the Snapchat app initially sold last November. The Spectacles can record 10-30 second circular videos with the press of a button on the top of its frame and upload the...
A “Switch” in gaming: New Nintendo console released amid popularity of phone games
by Kathy Fang, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
With its release on March 3, Nintendo’s newest video game console, the Nintendo Switch, seems to push the future of video game consoles closer to mobile phone technology because the Switch can be detached and reassembled into a tablet-like structure, allowing for on-the-go play. The Switch consists ...
Upper school hosts 2017 Harker Programming Invitational
by Jin Tuan, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Scattered around the Nichols atrium and in the science classrooms with their heads craned forward, the students in each of the 46 teams huddled at their own tables, focused intently on the programming problem they were racing to solve. The Harker Programming club hosted its annual invitational last we...
Overpopulation pressures threaten the environment
by Rose Guan and Tiffany Wong
March 28, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
The impacts of overpopulation on the environment amount to some of the most contested of the many issues relating to climate change, not least due to the various and sometimes coercive ways that governments worldwide have attempted to alter their countries’ population growth. Although studies hav...
Nintendo Switch breaks new ground in console gaming
by Neal Sidhu, Reporter
March 19, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
The Nintendo Switch has become one of Nintendo’s fastest-selling consoles and was released on March 3. The Switch is a gaming system which can be used not only as a home gaming console, but also a portable gaming device. A device that can be used as both a portable and home gaming console has never been...
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