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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Competitive math draws participants of all ages

Competitive math draws participants of all ages

by Aditya Singhvi and Saurav Tewari October 18, 2018

Rows and rows of seats in a college lecture hall fill up with anxious students, armed with yellow #2 pencils, fully charged TI-84s and blank sheets of paper. Proctors distribute tests, making their way...

Amazon releases expand horizons of the voice-control Internet of Things

Amazon releases expand horizons of the voice-control “Internet of Things”

by Arya Maheshwari, STEM Editor October 18, 2018

The lights slowly blaze to life as you awake, mimicking the dawn sun as the clock glows blue upon reaching six o’clock. Perhaps a rooster crows through the speakers as a calm voice asks you to nod if...

STEM Scene (Volume 20, Issue 2)

STEM Scene (Volume 20, Issue 2)

by Helen Yang, Columnist October 18, 2018

Co-founders of instagram step down Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram, and Mike Krieger, CTO, founded Instagram together in 2010 in San Francisco. Six years after selling the company to Facebook for $1...

The art of creating kombucha leather

The art of creating kombucha leather

by Jin Tuan and Arely Sun October 18, 2018

Fueled by our consumerism, climate change continues to wreak havoc. The demand for crude oil and the mountains of plastic in our oceans often take the forefront in discussions about the negative human...

Modern breast cancer treatments provide new answers to disease

Modern breast cancer treatments provide new answers to disease

by Michael Eng, Columnist October 18, 2018

October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer will likely strike someone you know — one in eight women, to be precise.   Although a myriad of treatments are available now, the Edwin Smith...

The iPhone XS Max, pictured here in its gold color, arrived in stores on Sept. 21. Some new features include a 6.5-inch screen, which is the biggest yet on an iPhone, depth control in Portrait mode, and an A12 Bionic chip.

Apple releases new iPhones and announces upgrades to other products

by Nina Gee, Staff Illustrator October 11, 2018

It's that time again. The time that every tech enthusiast looks forward to at the beginning of the school year (or scowls at, if you're an android fan). It's come consistently every year since 2007, and...

Six sophomores, including Ethics in Technology Forum co-founders Sidra Xu and Jason Lin, engage in discussion around a table. The first Ethics in Technology meeting was held on Sept. 27.

New Ethics in Technology Forum addresses moral quandaries in science

by Anna Vazhaeparambil, Reporter October 9, 2018

In early December 2017, an unconscious and dying patient was rushed into the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. The Washington Post reported that as doctors hurried to treat the man, they were...

A team of students discusses one of the algorithmic programs from the contest. The Girls Programming League Challenge was hosted by the eponymous organization on Sept. 8.

Girls Programming League teams with Harker Programming Club to host inaugural Challenge

by Nerine Uyanik, Reporter September 19, 2018

Ukiah High School senior Miranda Ung woke up at five in the morning on Sept. 8, joining five of her schoolmates and their chaperones on a two-and-a-half hour bus ride to the Harker School. With few opportunities...

STEM Scene (Volume 20, Issue 1)

STEM Scene (Volume 20, Issue 1)

by Anika Rajamani, reporter September 3, 2018

New iPhones set to release Apple is set to release three models of the new iPhone later this year, presumably in September. This includes a larger iPhone X Plus and a cheaper LCD model. Apple has yet...

Allison Cartee (12) performs a chemistry experiment under a glass hood at UC Santa Cruz. Allison was a member of the Summer Internship Program (SIP) at UCSC and spent ten weeks performing research under the guidance of a mentor.

Summer research internships create new opportunities for student researchers

by Saloni Shah and Anjay Saklecha September 3, 2018

Over the past summer, students participated in various research projects at locales ranging from local companies to startups to academic institutions such as Stanford University and University of California...

Global Reset: The new normal

Global Reset: The new normal

by Jin Tuan, Lifestyle Editor September 3, 2018

17 fires are actively burning across California as of Aug. 28. The Mendocino Complex fire, the largest ever in Californian history, continues to spread in the Ranch portion and is now 93 percent contained....

Moral dilemmas arise with new self-driving cars and advanced artificial intelligence

Moral dilemmas arise with new self-driving cars and advanced artificial intelligence

by Srinath Somasundaram, Opinions Editor September 3, 2018

In October 2017, a bill titled the “AV Start Act,” designed to remove some restrictions on the operation of self-driving car technology, unanimously passed the Senate Commerce Committee in a significant...

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