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Summer interns preview fields of interest

Summer interns preview fields of interest

by Kavya Ramakrishnan March 3, 2016

For students interested in gaining professional experience in STEM fields over the summer, research, programs and internship opportunities present opportunities to supplement in-school learning. Although...

Zika virus spreads across the globe

Zika virus spreads across the globe

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter March 3, 2016

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified over one million global cases of the Zika virus, and as of Feb. 17th, 82 cases were confirmed in the United States. The Zika Virus...

Science bowl team places second in regional competition

Science bowl team places second in regional competition

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter March 3, 2016

Eight students grip their buzzers and anxiously watch the blinking timer as the moderator reads the last question of the round. His words immediately spark recognition from a member of Harker’s team,...

The Harker team poses in front of the John Harvard statue after participating in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament. The team did not place in the tournament.

Students participate in Harvard-MIT Math Tournament

by Neil Bai, Reporter February 29, 2016

Math Club members participated in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament at Harvard University on Feb. 20. The tournament was founded in 1998 and is run by students at Harvard, MIT and other nearby schools....

Pro-Con: Analyzing the Apple password bypass debate

Pro-Con: Analyzing the Apple password bypass debate

by Alex Wang and Derek Yen February 28, 2016

After the San Bernardino shooting in December of last year, the government retrieved one of the shooters’ phones, an Apple iPhone 5C, and demanded that Apple create an encryption key to unlock the phone....

Sophomore Rajiv Movva and junior Arjun Subramaniam attend Science Bowl practice as members of the A team. The regional competition of the Science Bowl will take place Saturday, Feb. 6.

Science Bowl teams prepare for upcoming competition

by Devanshi Mehta, Reporter February 3, 2016

The Upper school Science Bowl teams are currently preparing for their regional competition, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 6. Last year, the Harker Upper School team won second place at the...

Scientists discover new elements

Scientists discover new elements

by Nicole Chen and Derek Yen January 31, 2016

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) confirmed of the discovery of four new elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 on Dec 30. These new discoveries are “artificial...

Twitter considers changing to longer character limit

Twitter considers changing to longer character limit

by Stanley Zhao and Katherine Zhang January 31, 2016

Originally a social networking service focused on sending 140 character “tweets,” Twitter is considering revising its character limit to allow for up to 10,000 letters. The model is designed so...

Global reset: facing our future

Global reset: facing our future

by Sahana Srinivasan, Asst. STEM Editor January 31, 2016

2015 was the hottest year and Dec. 2015 the hottest month ever recorded, breaking the previous high temperature records set in 2014, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. Climatologists...

SKIN CELLS Neelesh Ramachandran  (10) and Ashwin Rammochan (9) look at a synthetic skin sample.

Pushing the envelope of research

by Vineet Kosaraju, Maya Kumar, and Rose Guan January 29, 2016

As seniors Alice Wu and Elina Sendonaris enter the room, they turn off the lights, preparing to check the results of their experiment. Once the room is dark, they flick the switch on a red laser and see...

USAYPT

by Vineet Kosaraju January 29, 2016

The United States Association for Young Physicists Tournament (USAYPT) is an international contest consisting of four problems that are discussed in a debate style known as “physics fights.” This...

Intel STS

Intel STS

by Maya Kumar January 29, 2016

Senior Johnathan Ma was named one of 40 finalists in the country in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) on Jan. 20. Along with Vineet Kosaraju (12), Sophia Luo (12), and Sadhika Malladi (12),...

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