Sponsored by HEARTS, 美华文学, and 硅谷女性

Symbolic Statues

By: Julia Zhao From statues to plaques, America is littered with monuments to commemorate or remember history. They are timestamps of important dates in history, as well as a way to honor hard work and dedication.  The leaders of America, for example, …

Read More »

How Does Staying Up Late Affect You?

By: Michelle Hua People nowadays are getting fewer and fewer hours of sleep because of work pressure. Teenagers, especially, are sacrificing their golden hours of sleep in return for the completion of their school work and other related activities. But is it …

Read More »

Tik Tok and Lookism

Serena Mao In 2020, we’d like to think that we’re more tolerant and welcoming of diversity. Indeed, we’ve made monumental progress in the inclusion of people of all genders, religions, and races. The one area we still seem to struggle with, however, …

Read More »

Iran Shoots Down Civilian Plane

The plane, which turned out to be a Ukrainian jetliner with 176 people on board, crashed and exploded in a ball of fire. Within minutes, the top commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards realized what they had done. And at that moment, they …

Read More »

The Seatology: The Science Behind a Seating Chart

by: Leena Elzeiny Desks have been symbolic of the quality of education since the beginning of time, and not every country mirrors an American’s average desk. In Egypt, overcrowded schools force children to work on their laps, whereas in China, students receive …

Read More »

GMO Foods

By: Eileen Guo Genetically modified foods have been around since the mid-1900s. As the scientific understanding of how genes worked evolved, genetic engineering was first described in the early 1970s as a way to create desired traits using recombinant DNA technology, where …

Read More »