The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The Cassini spacecraft makes a flyby around Titan, one of Saturns moons. The spacecraft is set to plunge into Saturns atmosphere early tomorrow morning.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to descend into Saturn’s atmosphere

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 14, 2017

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...

Global Reset: Tip of the iceberg

Global Reset: Tip of the iceberg

by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor September 8, 2017

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...

Arindam Ghosh (12) conducts daily lab work at his laboratory. Students at SIP were assigned to individual and group projects.

Summer research brings new opportunities

by Vijay Bharadwaj and Anjay Saklecha September 8, 2017

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...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk

by Anika Rajamani, Reporter September 8, 2017

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...

STEM Scene

STEM Scene

by Anika Rajamani and Katherine Zhang September 8, 2017

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,...

Eclipse tents at an eclipse event in Oregon. Residents and visitors allike gathered to see a total eclipse.

Solar eclipse sweeps across America

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor September 7, 2017

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...

Sophomores Vani Mohindra, Sachin Shah, Cynthia Chen, Allison Jia, Jacqueline Jackie Yang, Emily Liu and Eileen Li pose with their trophy.

Sophomores succeed at national TEAMS competition in Orlando

by Nina Gee and Helen Yang September 7, 2017

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...

Protestors participating in the March for Science in San Jose, held last month, carry signs and chant slogans. Americans have actively campaigned for better awareness of climate change in the wake of Trumps announcements of his lack of support for the EPA.

Trump to back out of Paris Agreement

by Tiffany Wong and Katherine Zhang June 1, 2017

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...

Scientists across the nation park experiments to protest

by Michael Sikand, Aquila Asst. News Editor May 15, 2017

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,...

Science teacher and Harker Horizon adviser Chris Spenners classroom copy of the first issue of Harker Horizon rests on a textbook. The issue, released last week, features science writing from current and past upper school students.

Student-run science magazine Harker Horizon releases first issue

by Rose Guan, Winged Post Copy Editor May 10, 2017

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...

Protestors participating in the March for Science in San Jose carry signs and chant slogans. Worldwide, 610 satellite marches were held in addition to the main march in Washington, D.C.

Marches for Science held across US and world

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor April 22, 2017

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...

Students react to United Airlines incident

by Alex Wang, Winged Post Sports Editor April 21, 2017

Chicago Aviation police officers forcibly removed Dr. David Dao, a 69-year-old physician, from an overbooked United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville earlier this month. Prior to takeoff, the...

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