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3D Printing and Design Club president Evan Zhang (11) smiles as he explains the functionality of the 3D printer to members. To prepare the printer, users needed to preheat the print bed and load the model’s computer-aided design (CAD) file.

STEM Spotlight: 3D Printing and Design Club

by Ashley Mo and Jonathan Szeto October 4, 2024

3D Printing and Design Club members learned about the basics of 3D printing and watched the Creality Ender-3 3D printer construct a sailboat model on Sept. 24. Vice President Eddie Zhang (11) began...

As part of a school-wide Wi-Fi upgrade, the IT team replaced old wireless access points with new Ruckus devices in every classroom. Members of the community should expect reliable internet connection anywhere on campus with improved speeds and security.

Wi-Fi overhaul hopes to bring widespread coverage across campus

by Jonathan Szeto, Mihir Kotbagi, and Charlie Wang September 30, 2024

For schools located in Silicon Valley, the global center of development and innovation, state-of-the-art technology and facilities play an important role in day-to-day operations. At Harker, it’s no...

Harker Programming Club invited four panelists for this year's Girls Programming League Challenge. The speakers discussed their technical expertise and exposure to sexism in academia.

Girls Programming League Challenge spotlights astronomy and computer science experts

by Claire Tian and Claire Xu September 29, 2024

Harker Programming Club (HPC) hosted the seventh annual Girls Programming League (GPL) Challenge over Zoom on Sept. 21. The event welcomed around 60 female and nonbinary students from around the world...

Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology teacher Anita Chetty uses a probe to guide a group in examining a specific part of the rat. Throughout the dissection, she checked in with each group to ensure they could clearly identify the structures.

Human Anatomy and Physiology classes conduct rat dissection

by Aryana Bharali and Isabella Lo September 27, 2024

Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology (HAPy) students took part in a two-week rat dissection to reinforce their understanding of internal structures and organs. Students rotated between the roles of chief...

Green Team officer Kristiyan Kurtev (11) talks on the phone with an environmentalist. Throughout the whole event, he convinced five of them to start voting more consistently.

Green Team advocates for sustainable voting through phone banking

by Lily Peng, Reporter September 25, 2024

Four students from Green Team called environmentalists in Colorado as part of the weekly Environmental Voter Project (EVP) to encourage them to update their voter registration on Sept. 16. EVP identifies...

Junior Jaden Fu hunches as he reads a textbook. “The desks are really small and the chairs don’t give enough back support," Jaden said.

Poor classroom layouts weaken students’ spinal health

by Eva Cheng and Caden Ruan September 24, 2024

Navigating through rows of desks, you gingerly squeeze through narrow gaps between chairs and backpacks and settle into your seat in the back of the classroom. The teacher turns on the projector, about...

White fungus, tea leaves and Gentian roots provide benefits in boosting immunity. There are almost 12,800 traditional Chinese medicines, ranging from herbs to animal products.

Bridging ancient philosophy with science

by Ashley Mo and Claire Yu September 20, 2024

Nearly 2200 years ago, Emperor Huang-ti compiled the “Huangdi Neijing,” a foundational text that explained the philosophy of Chinese medicine and introduced practices that still influence modern therapies...

Students gathered in the Nichols auditorium to learn about Synopsys guidelines and requirements. Only 15 RRI and 15 non-RRI projects are allowed to be submitted through the application process.

Synopsys interest meeting promotes student-led scientific research

by Ashley Mo and Jonathan Szeto September 11, 2024

Around 100 students attended a meeting to discuss the Synopsys Science Fair application requirements in the Nichols Auditorium last Wednesday. The Synopsys Science Fair is an annual science and engineering...

Student researcher Nisha Padhi (10) examines a test tube of MTT solution. Over the summer, she focused on chemical synthesis of small molecules and looks forward to combining aspects of cell biology work into her future research.

Journey into hands-on research

by Ashley Mo, Co-STEM Editor August 29, 2024

Imagine stepping into a chemistry lab, feeling the snap of blue nitrile gloves around your fingers and draping a pristine white lab coat over your everyday clothes. At school, science is mostly about facts...

To avoid the construction of a new swimming stadium, organizers decided to hold two Olympics swimming events in the Seine River, which has historically been unsafe for swimming due to high bacteria levels. Despite France’s €1.6 billion plan to clean the waters leading up to the Olympics, the Seine continued to fail bacteria tests.

Global Reset: “Green” policies create controversy at Olympics

by Lily Shi and Charlie Wang August 25, 2024

In the sports world, sustainability is a buzzword. Practically every major sporting event now features a sustainability statement containing generic eco-friendly pledges. The 2024 Paris Olympics, touted...

Intel lost more than $30 billion in market value after its second quarter earnings report. The company announced that it would cut 15% of its workforce and slash dividends due to financial struggles.

Chip crisis: Intel tumbles amidst layoffs and lackluster earnings

by Victor Gong, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief August 23, 2024

Intel’s stock plummeted over 40% this past month, marking its worst fall in 50 years. The company’s per-share price tanked 26% just a day after it announced a $10 billion cost-cutting plan in its second-quarter...

Benjamin Xia (10) savors his ice cream with his friends after watching the class's hydrogen rockets. The ice cream lab reinforced concepts of thermodynamics and energy transfer.

Chemistry students conclude school year with a blast

by Ashley Mo and Kairui Sun May 22, 2024

Students from Honors and AP Chemistry classes closed out the year with a hands-on hydrogen rocket lab on Davis Field on Monday and Tuesday. Some classes also conducted an instant ice cream experiment,...

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