Written by Daphne Yan At 9 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 2016, SpaceX Falcon 9 exploded on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral. This 229 foot tall rocket was being tested when it exploded. The rocket was destroyed by the explosion, and the Facebook …
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Submitted by: Iris Yuan There are many large environmental problems plaguing our planet today; from El Nino to over-pollution in Beijing and more, there is a plethora of problems that our environment is grappling with. However, that means that we tend to …
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Written by Vivien Song A deadly typhoon battered northern Japan on August 31, leaving 11 dead, and several missing. 9 of the casualties were elderly inhabitants in their 80s and 90s, who resided in the Ran Ran nursing home in the Iwate …
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The internet is filled with glorious images of Olympic athletes winning gold, bringing pride to their coaches, sponsors, and country. These people often are chosen by sporting goods companies to be role models for the general population, thus gaining widespread fame and …
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Written By Jeffrey Tan On August 28th, a Southwest Boeing 737 jet, flight 3472, was forced to initiate emergency landing procedures when one of its engines exploded. Tami Richards, a mother who was traveling with her three children and her husband to …
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By Cindy Guo I am not a sporty person, and my Saturday nights are certainly not used for watching sports games. But when the Olympics comes along, I have to watch something. Although it’s hard for me to enjoy every sport, I …
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Written by Patrick Xu: In Haifa, Israel, Jeff Steinhauer had made a breakthrough in the science of black holes; he has created extremely small sonic black holes that last for very short periods of time. He first cools the atoms to a …
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