Siemens Competition extends deadline in light of natural disasters
by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor
September 14, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
The Siemens Competition announced this morning that it would be extending its deadline to Sept. 25, six days after the original deadline, in order to accommodate for students in areas affected by recent natural disasters. "We wish to remain sensitive to all students, families and communities affect...
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to descend into Saturn’s atmosphere
by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor
September 14, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, currently traveling on course to Saturn, will end its 13-year trip around the planet and its moons by descending into the Saturn’s atmosphere early Friday morning. Researchers at NASA hope to determine whether or not the Saturn’s moons—specifically Enceladus with its ...
Tip of the iceberg
by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor
September 8, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
This year marked a change in attitudes towards climate change - no longer is it an issue of the future. As evidenced by the urgency of the Paris climate accord, leaders and legislators have followed scientists and activists in tackling the threat of climate change. The questions that remain concern h...
Summer research brings new opportunities
by Vijay Bharadwaj and Anjay Saklecha
September 8, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Students partook in various research projects over the past summer, working in internship programs and participating in research. “I worked on finding driver mutations for the alternative lengthening of telomerase pathways in cancer cells,” Rahul Bhethanabotla (12), who took part in the UC San...
Tech Talk
by Anika Rajamani, Reporter
September 8, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Shard Virtual Reality Slide Wikimedia Commons The View from The Shard recently unveiled two virtual reality experiences, introducing this technology to entertainment. Standing at 1016 feet, the Shard is a skyscraper located in Southwark, London. Visitors are strapped into a custom-built motion platform which has been planned perfectly to simulate the movement in the VR...
STEM Scene
by Anika Rajamani and Katherine Zhang
September 8, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
HARKER Siemens Provided by Siemens Foundation Research reports for the 2017 Siemens Competition are due on Sept. 19. Reports must be submitted on topics in the following fields: mathematics, engineering, biological and physical sciences. Social and behavioral science research projects are not e...
Solar eclipse sweeps across America
by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor
September 7, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Two minutes of awe were all that observers were hoping for when they tuned in to the skies on Aug. 21 to witness the Great American Eclipse, the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since 1979. Individuals within the eclipse’s path of totality, defined as the shadow of the ...
Sophomores succeed at national TEAMS competition in Orlando
by Nina Gee and Helen Yang
September 7, 2017
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
A team of Harker sophomores won several awards in the national TEAMS competition this June in Orlando, Florida. TEAMS, which stands for Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science, is a national competition for middle and high schoolers consisting of three main components: Written Essay, Pre...
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...
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