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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

STEM Scene is Harker Aquilas STEM repeater focusing on current developments within the STEM world. This installation features five briefs.
STEM Scene: March 27
by Claire Zhao, Copy Editor • March 27, 2023
Harker alum Rishab Parthasarathy (‘22), along with seven other students, represented the United States at the 19th annual International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) from July 25 to 29, 2022, on the Isle of Man. “Every day is a new experience: meeting new people and being exposed to a really new culture,” Parthasarathy said. “I never knew that the Isle of Man had such a specific and vibrant culture, including multiple dialects of the same language within 20 miles of each other. It was really cool to be exposed to a culture that I hadn’t learned about before [and] see people who think about language.”
Blooming from the STEM: Linguistics leader
by Olivia Xu and Steven Jiang March 24, 2023
WiSTEM Co-President Eileen Ma (12) and STEM Buddies Directors Michelle Wei (11) and Margaret Cartee (11) prepare an oobleck demonstration to teach lower school students about non-Newtonian fluids. The recent STEM Buddies event featured five stations where participants could learn new concepts through hands-on activities and discussions.
WiSTEM brings educational activities to lower school for STEM Buddies event
by Ella Yee, Co-News Editor • March 16, 2023
Sheena Vaswani (04) discovered her interest in dentistry as early as high school. “I realized that dentistry was a marriage between my interests, and I didnt necessarily have to give up the artistic side of things,” Vaswani said.
Blooming from the STEM: Artistry in dentistry
by Andrew Liang and Sidak Sanghari March 13, 2023
An illustration of a virus approaching the Earth. Global warming has led to increased disease spread, with warmer temperatures, greater animal migration and the uncovering of viruses from the permafrost.
Global Reset: How climate change infects our world
by Shareen Chahal and Kinnera Mulam November 16, 2022
Instances of extreme weather are rising, along with their impacts, placing increased populations at risk from climate hazards. The number of weather-related disasters has increased by a factor of five over the past 50 years, with human activity at the vanguard of causes.
Cloudy or clear: Our climate future rests in our hands
by Kinnera Mulam and Lindsey Tuckey October 20, 2022
Summer Adler (9) scoops ice into a mason jar. Green Team has taken multiple environmental activism steps to open up climate activism opportunities for youth.
Global Reset: Fighting for a cooler future
by Kinnera Mulam, Co-STEM Editor • August 24, 2022
Caption: Coachella generates over 1612 tons of waste, only 20% of which is recycled, and produces noise pollution reaching over 110 decibels. The sound level compares to that of a car horn and the volume can interrupt predatory activities in the area.
Global Reset: Coachella harms environment through plastic use, fast fashion and noise pollution
by Angelina Burrows, Ananya Das, and Kinnera Mulam May 30, 2022
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Fiona Yan (11) practices presenting her research project at the mock science fair, which was organized by the Research Club on March 6. Fairs were held virtually from 2020 to 2022 due to the pandemic but have since switched back to in-person.
2023 Synopsys Championship returns to in-person science fair
by Edward Huang, Co-STEM Editor • March 13, 2023

Upper school students attended the 2023 Synopsys Science and Technology Championship hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering...

A conceptual illustration of a transformer box commonly used by AI. While machine learning text generators like ChatGPT might seem impressive, they rarely understand the content they produce at the same level as humans.
The AI revolution isn’t here yet
by Arjun Barrett, Managing Editor • March 13, 2023

Even if you haven’t had a chance to try OpenAI’s ChatGPT model yet, you’ve probably seen the unbelievably convincing text responses it...

This is the third installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk to student researchers about their projects and research goals. In this episode, Aquila reporters Selina Xu and Olivia Xu meet with Anika Mantripragada (11) to discuss her work in medical illustration.
Research Revelations Episode 3: The art of medical illustration with Anika Mantripragada
by Olivia Xu and Selina Xu March 6, 2023

This is the third installment of Research Revelations: Conversations with Our Student Researchers, a podcast where Aquila staff members talk...

An illustration representing the process of nuclear fusion. In December, researchers completed the first nuclear fusion experiment yielding an energy surplus.
Nuclear fusion: Powering a brighter future
by Victor Gong and Andrew Liang March 2, 2023

It begins with a single pulse of light. The pulse first separates into 192 separate beams, amplified and adjusted so their power distribution...

An illustration of Meta, the largest social media corporation in the world, and its advertising and data collection practices. From discriminatory personalized ads to illegally acquiring children’s data, Meta’s business model has suffered intense scrutiny.
Meta malfeasance: A history of addictive advertising
by Jonathan Xue, Humans of Harker Profiler • February 28, 2023

Devastated by a slew of lay-offs and financial losses, tech companies across the U.S. have struggled to stay afloat during the past year. Even...

An illustration of a robotic hand writing Say hello to ChatGPT. ChatGPT’s almost uncanny ability to use information from the internet and present it in human-like forms has led to its rapid popularity, gaining over 1 million users in less than a week after release.
Say hello to ChatGPT: The ultimate conversational AI assistant
by Edward Huang, Co-STEM Editor • February 8, 2023

“OpenAI has released ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model designed to make it easier for developers to create conversational AI systems...

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