By: Allen Bryan Major League Baseball, which plans to begin its regular season in three weeks, said on Friday the 26th, 31 players had tested positive for COVID-19. In addition to the players, seven staff members had also tested positive. This information …
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By Owen Xu Li The soil of the Amazon is so incredibly rich that in a single teaspoon worth of soil, there may be over 1,800 microscopic life forms, of which 400 are fungi. Scientists describe this soil as a “dark matter” …
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By: Emily Zhang Glaucoma is an eye disease caused by optic nerve damage and visual field defects. When an optic nerve or visual pathway gets damaged, it will affect the patient’s vision. If left untreated, it can lead to blindness. However, according …
Read More »2020 College Application Under Covid-19 Crisis
By: Brian (Ruibo) Wu Due to the inconvenience caused by Covid-19, many colleges have adjusted requirements for the 2020 college application. The UC colleges firstly announced that any standard tests such as SAT, ACT, SAT Subject, will be optional, and that admission …
Read More »1.2 Million first-time Unemployment Claims Filed on the Last Week of July
By: Zeru Peter Li On the week ending August 1st, another 1.2 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits. That is 200,000 fewer benefits filed than last week, the third week of July. The 1.2 million new claims this week are much …
Read More »What Will Happen to Sports in the High School
By: Allen Bryan Amid this pandemic, I am sure that you, like many other high school students, are wondering what will happen to fall sports. Recently, the National Federation of State High School Associations released guidelines for the reopening of sports. The …
Read More »Mysterious Elephant Deaths in Botswana
By Owen Xu Li Over the last 2 months, hundreds of elephants have mysteriously died in Botswana. Dr. Niall McCann of the National Park Rescue said that more than 350 elephant carcasses had been observed in the southern African country since the …
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