Trump’s administration rescinds previous environmental plans, alters emissions
by Irina Malyugina and Tiffany Wong, Reporter and Aquila News Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
In recent years, federal and state governments in the U.S. have initiated the switch towards using renewable energy sources and regulating emissions, passing pieces of legislature such as the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which used financial incentives such as loan guarantees to motivate states to combat en...
Dialectic: Is deleting Facebook useful?
by Arya Maheshwari and Rose Guan
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
In our recurring Dialectics, two authors with contrasting viewpoints discuss an issue of prominence in the local or broader community. We hope to use these multiple view stop provoke deeper thought among the student body and help readers explore new perspectives. Recently, Facebook revealed that it h...
AI-themed research symposium draws crowds
by Farah Hosseini and Rose Guan
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math club (WiSTEM), along with parent outreach volunteers, Harker staff and other clubs including Research Club, held the 13th annual Research Symposium, themed after artificial intelligence, across campus on April 14. Over 900 people attended...
Elementary! Find compounds in a chemical word search
by Derek Yen
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
This puzzle is a combination of a word search and a crossword puzzle. Like as in a word search, there is a grid of letter (elemental symbols) in a jumbled grid. Only some of these letter when isolated can form real words (chemical compounds). Like in a word search, the same atom can be used multiple...
Tech Talk
by Kathy Fang, Photo editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
NASA and SpaceX launched the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) on April 18, whose mission is to investigate exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life in a sky area 400 times larger than the Kepler mission launched in 2009. British and American scientists di...
STEM Scene
by Kathy Fang, Photo editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
The upper school Science Bowl team competed at the National Science Bowl competition in Washington, D.C., after having won the regional competition in February. A team of upper school students presented their projects at the California State Science Fair at Los Angeles from April 23 to 24...
Green High Schools Challenge encourages environmental awareness
by Vivian Jin, Reporter
May 5, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, Showcase, STEM
Upper school students recently participated in the Green High Schools Challenge against Pinewood School and The Nueva Upper School for Green Team’s Club Week. The challenge, implemented through JouleBug’s app, Shine, started at 8:00 a.m. on Apr. 16 and lasted until 12:00 p.m. on Ap. 23. Student...
Robotics win in world championship subdivision marks historic season
by Anika Rajamani, Reporter
May 1, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
The Upper School Robotics team won the Roebling subdivision alongside three alliance partners at the 2018 International FIRST Robotics Competition from Apr. 18 to 21 in Houston, Texas. Seniors Aria Coalson, Sunny Jayam and Pat Zhong; juniors Ryan Adolf, Carl Gross, Rahul Goyal, Christopher Leafst...
Research Symposium spotlights artificial intelligence
by Saloni Shah and Anna Vazhaeparambil
April 23, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, STEM
The upper school hosted its annual Research Symposium on Apr. 14, featuring both student and guest speakers, interactive booths and exhibits sponsored by various companies. WiSTEM, who was in charge of organizing the Symposium, decided the theme (“The Artificial Intelligence Revolution”), orga...
Students fight Clean Power Plan repeal
by Anvi Banga and Katherine Zhang, Aquila Asst. News Editor and STEM editor
April 23, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
The words “Speaker 117” echo through the room as a teenager, the first speaker of the session, rises from her seat. All heads turn towards her as she slowly makes her way to the podium at the front of the room, the soft squeak of her shoes making the only sound in the room. Taking a last peek at...
Bay Area’s coders compete in Harker Programming Invitational
by Karina Chen, Reporter
April 23, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Students dispersed across Nichols Atrium focused on their laptops, hastily typing on their keyboards with looks of focus and intent as they were locked in on challenging programming problems. The teams nervously chatting amongst themselves, racing for the top spot in the Harker Programming Invitational...
Space industry’s privatization leads to new breakthroughs, challenges
by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor
April 23, 2018
Filed under STEM, Winged Post
Since the Soviet Union’s launching of the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 and the United States’ landing of the first humans on the Moon in Apollo 11 during the Space Race years, aerospace research agencies internationally have continued to push the world’s boundaries of space exploration...
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