Serena Mao Running into problems can be frustrating, especially when it means we start obsessing indefinitely about them and see no end in sight. A problem we can’t seem to solve or an idea we can’t seem to squeeze out from our …
Read More »Trump Wall Emergency Denied
The house recently passed a new federal resolution by a vote of 182 to 245 against declaring a national emergency to build Trumps wall. During floor debate, Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro, the main sponsor of the controversial legislation, said, “There is no …
Read More »Microsoft’s Racist Twitter Bot
By: Eileen Guo https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/03/24/why-microsofts-racist-twitter-bot-should-make-us-fear-human-nature-not-a-i/ How we portray ourselves in the real world is how we portray ourselves on the Internet, maybe even worse. The Internet is a place where people can hide behind a mask and make any type of racist, sexist, …
Read More »The Tortoise that Saved Its Species
By Owen Xu Li Diego, a giant tortoise whose sex-drive has been credited to saving his species, will return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos Islands are a UNESCO World Heritage site acclaimed by its unique flora and fauna, …
Read More »Rules of Replacing Toothbrush
By: Brian (Ruibo) Wu Along with improved living standards, people are starting to pay more and more attention to the health of their teeth. Many people spend hundreds of dollars each year on plastic surgery and cosmetic dental work but ignore the …
Read More »Social Media Platforms Crack Down on Coronavirus Misinformation
By Kevin Zhang Facebook has recently stated that it will start taking down fake claims of cures and unproven theories surrounding the coronavirus. As the virus spreads, so does misinformation that may seem credible on the internet, when in fact it is …
Read More »The Need for Consistency
Serena Mao No one is an all-knowing robot––all of us have times where we are wrong about things. Sometimes, we realize that an opinion we originally held wasn’t necessarily correct before making that opinion public, thus hiding the fact that we were …
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