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The Milpitas skyline after dark. A new study has discovered that the global light pollution problem is worsening.

New Science Advances study discovers alarming increase in global levels of light pollution

by Tiffany Wong, News Editor December 3, 2017

Over the years, the falling price and rising efficiency of LEDs have proven to be a blessing—and now are proving to be a curse. According to a recent study about our planet’s worsening light pollution...

Dr. Schafer speaks to Dr. Aiyers fifth period Signals and Systems class. Schafer visited the class to lecture on Fourier transforms.

Q&A with Dr. Ronald Schafer, Stanford electrical engineering professor

by Rose Guan, Wingspan Senior Staff Writer and Designer November 25, 2017

Harker Aquila spoke to Dr. Ronald Schafer, an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University notable for some of the earliest research in digital signal processing (DSP) and contributions...

A memorial service for Dr. Mirzakhani, who had taught at Stanford, was held on Oct. 21 in the CEMEX auditorium in Stanford.

Memorial held for Fields medal winner

by Saloni Shah, Reporter November 18, 2017

Dr. Mirzakhani, renowned scholar and math genius, died on July 14 of breast cancer at age 40. Stanford University held a memorial service for Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani, professor of mathematics, on Oct. 21...

STEM Scene

STEM Scene

by Arushi Saxena, Reporter November 18, 2017

HARKER Math Competition Members of Math Club attended a competition at Santa Clara University on Nov. 4. They participated in a three-hour exam involving several different types of problems. Students...

The PUMaC team practices on Nov. 10. The competition will be on Nov. 18 at Princeton University.

Math Club members attend first travel contest

by Anmol Velagapudi and Michael Eng November 18, 2017

A team of eight students from the Math club will compete in the Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC) in New Jersey on Nov. 18th. The upper school’s team consists of senior Swapnil Garg;...

A graphical rendering of two neutron stars colliding. Scientists detected a neutron star collision for the first time in August and presented their findings on Oct. 16.

Two different signals detect neutron star collision in historic scientific moment

by Arya Maheshwari and Katherine Zhang November 18, 2017

Scientists announced the discovery of a neutron star collision, which was detected on Aug. 17, in news conferences throughout the world on Oct. 16. Reports written by over 3,500 astronomers on the historic...

Research partners Swapnil Garg (12) and Katherine Tian (11) received notice on Nov. 6 that the Siemens Foundation named them regional finalists. They developed an automatic cancer-severity classifier at the Heng Lab in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of the Harvard Medical School.

Siemens regional winners named

by Anya Weaver and Nerine Uyanik November 18, 2017

Senior Swapnil Garg and junior Katherine Tian were named regional winners in the 2017 Siemens Competition on Nov. 6 for their development of an autobiotic classifier to assess the severity of kidney cancer,...

Global Reset

Global Reset

by Anvi Banga and Anika Rajamani November 18, 2017

The recent California wildfires have destroyed over 504,600 acres of land; more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and at least 40 people died. 2017 is ranked as the ninth worst hurricane...

University of California, San Francisco Marina Sirota shares a UCSF postdoctoral scholars thoughts on women in STEM. Aside from hosting Sirota on Friday, WiSTEM also screened the movie Queen of Katwe on Wednesday for their club week this week.

WiSTEM holds club week

by Rose Guan and Katherine Zhang November 17, 2017

The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (WiSTEM) club hosted its club week this week, utilizing a variety of events and fundraising activities to promote female involvement in STEM fields. “We...

Tech Talk

by Arushi Saxena, Reporter November 17, 2017

iPhone X The iPhone X was released on Nov. 3. The phones, with a beginning capacity of 64 GB, have a starting cost of $1000. Tesla Model 3 Tesla announced that its Model 3 will begin production...

Water cascades from an overflowing creek in Santa Clara, washing up on the surrounding banks during floods in March. The Bay Area experienced a high amount of rainfall and flooding in early March, with water levels reaching a high of 14.4 feet in San Jose.

The growing risk of climate refugees

by Srinath Somasundaram, Reporter November 16, 2017

Climate change has forced many in disaster prone areas such as Puerto Rico to leave their homes, causing the number of environmental refugees to grow. An increasing number of climate refugees have been...

Math Club members work on practice problems for the Princeton University Mathematics Competition. The competition will take place on Nov. 18.

Math Club prepares to compete in upcoming Princeton University Math Competition

by Saloni Shah, Reporter November 15, 2017

The Math Club will compete in Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC) on Nov. 18. PUMaC is a student-run math competition organized since 2006 to motivate high school students to both enjoy...

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