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The student news site of The Harker School.

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Attendees explore booths hosted by student researchers, clubs, tech companies and WiSTEM volunteers. This years Symposium theme focused on artificial intelligence.

Research Symposium spotlights artificial intelligence

by Saloni Shah and Anna Vazhaeparambil April 23, 2018

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...

Green Team members speak to EPA official safter the listening session held by the EPA on Feb. 28.

Global Reset: Students fight Clean Power Plan repeal

by Anvi Banga and Katherine Zhang April 23, 2018

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...

Programming club officers Rakesh Nori (10) and Alexandra Michael (12) sit in the audience before a talk. The club hosted talks and also featured a keynote speaker.

Bay Area’s coders compete in Harker Programming Invitational

by Karina Chen, Reporter April 23, 2018

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...

Space industrys privatization leads to new breakthroughs, challenges

Space industry’s privatization leads to new breakthroughs, challenges

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor April 23, 2018

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...

Hawking gives a lecture for NASAs 50th anniversary in 2008. He died on Mar. 14 at age 76 in his home in Cambridge, England.

Remember Stephen Hawking: Hawking leaves legacy of theoretical physics research and groundbreaking discoveries

by Gloria Zhang and Nicole Chen April 23, 2018

Renowned theoretical physicist and author Stephen Hawking died at age 76 on March 14 after a long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Members of Hawking’s family released a statement...

Ellen Guo (12) presents her project to a judge at the 2018 Synopsys Science Fair.  The fair has gone virtual in response to the CDCs advisory against mass gatherings.

Annual Synopsys science fair draws student researchers

by Krishna Bheda, Aquila columnist April 23, 2018

The  2018 Synopsys Championship took place at the San Jose Convention Hall on March 14th and 15th. High school students displayed their projects from 1:30pm to 5:00 pm for judges and were available for...

Global Reset: Day Zero

Global Reset: Day Zero

by Arushi Saxena, Reporter March 12, 2018

Over three quarters of Cape Town, South Africa’s nearly 4 million residents will no longer be able to run water through their homes by July 9th. This day, dubbed Cape Town’s “Day Zero,” marks the...

Manan Shah (17), a national finalist in the 2016 Siemens Competition, gives a talk at the 2017 Research Symposium. Shah was Harkers only national finalist that year.

Siemens Foundation announces competition end, channels funds into new opportunities

by Derek Yen, Opinion Editor March 12, 2018

The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology has concluded after 19 years with its 2017 Competition, the Siemens Foundation stated in a news release on Feb 1. As of the time of writing, there...

STEM Scene

STEM Scene

by Neil Bai, Aquila Copy Editor March 12, 2018

Harker team wins National Science Bowl The Harker upper school Science Bowl team won the regional competition for the 2018 National Science Bowl (NSB), qualifying for the NSB National Finals taking...

Deadliest flu season in a decade slows

Deadliest flu season in a decade slows

by Katherine Zhang and Srinath Somasundaram March 12, 2018

Despite lowering numbers of flu-related doctors’ visits in recent weeks, this year’s flu season, the deadliest in a decade, is expected to last several more weeks as influenza viruses circulate throughout...

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Apple’s HomePod continues smart speaker trend

by Anthony Xu, Reporter March 6, 2018

Following in the footsteps of Amazon and Google, Apple recently released their own voice-controlled smart speaker named the HomePod. Announced in early June last year, the HomePod became available to pre-order...

Satchi Thockchom (12)  speaks at the EPA hearing about the CPP repeal at San Francisco on Wednesday.  The CPP targets the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from coal-burning at electricity power plants.

Students speak against CPP repeal at EPA hearing

by Helen Yang, Aquila STEM Editor March 2, 2018

Seven Harker upper school students spoke at the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listening session on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) this Wednesday at San Francisco. Freshman...

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