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        • Earthly Applications for NASA Technology
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        • Exploring Artificial Inteligence
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        • Big Bang
        • Dictyostelium Discoideum
        • The Future of Solar Cell Technology
        • And Many More...
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        • Discovering New Numbers
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REACTIONS AND RESPONSES

THE CARBON UNDERGROUND
By: Jojo A.

An article by Henry Fountain called The Carbon Underground in a New york Times collective, Science News That Stuck With Us in 2015 outlines the companies that are working to store...
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GIRLS WHO DON'T CODE
By: Mikayla K.

New York City independent schools pride themselves on their commitment to diversity and inclusion, but have struggled to attain gender parity in computer science classes...
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THE FALLACY OF NUMBERS
By: Zoe E.

The modern world is one dependent on the apparently indisputable, rational, and empirical realm of numbers. Numbers inform our beliefs, our decisions, and our sense of self...
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RESPONSE BIAS STUDY
By: Zoe E.

In this study, Brandon, Nell, and I wanted to see whether a person’s judgment of a quotation was related to the person who said the quote! In order to do this, we explored...
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REACHING PLUTO, AND THE END OF AN ERA OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION
By: Mateo P. 

Surprisingly, Dennis Overbye’s article, “Reaching Pluto, and the End of an Era of Planetary Exploration”, lacks focus on the actual voyage to Pluto, but rather recounts human exploration of the...
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PHENOMENON OF THE SELF-DRIVING CAR
By: Liam D.

I read about the development of self-driving cars, vehicles that can drive without any human assistance, but also seem able to do it safer than most humans. The articles seemed to...
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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
By: Ruhi S.

It makes sense that Darwin’s Origin of Species was greeted with strong skepticism. Our pore-less faces wrinkle in disgust and our purebred homo-sapien brains recoil in horror at the thought...
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EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE RESPONSE
​By: Stella S.

During the last two weeks of March 2015, a dedicated team of scientists, using a “telescope as big as the world,” attempted to take the first ever picture of the supermassive black hole...
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  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • HOW TO SUBMIT
  • Past Publications
    • 2018 Publication >
      • Artistic Creations
      • Historical and Current Explanations
      • Mathematic and Scientific Exploration
      • Scientific Research
    • 2017 Publication >
      • Artistic Creations
      • Historical and Current Explanations
      • Mathematic and Scientific Exploration
      • Reactions and Responses
      • Scientific Research
    • 2016 Publication >
      • Historical and Current Explanations
      • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations
      • Scientific Research
      • Reactions and Responses
      • Artistic Creations
    • 2015 Publication >
      • Historical and Current Explanations >
        • Bell Curves
        • Birds Vs. Turbines
        • Energy in the Obama Era
        • The Future of Neuroscience
        • Gender Gap in Math
        • GMOs--Yes or No?
        • The History of Minecraft: How a Swedish Indie Game Came to Dominate the World
        • The Effect of Prozac on the Brain
        • Philae Lander's Discovery of Organic Molecules
        • Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Turbines
        • Your Own Worst Enemy: An Overview of Lupus
        • The Methylhex Ban
        • The Effect of Lyme Disease on the Immune system
        • Infectious Mononucleosis
        • Replacing CFCs
        • The Switch
      • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations >
        • The 43rd Figure
        • The Clock
        • The Collatz Conjecture
        • Constructing a Soccer Ball
        • Determining how Ballparks Affect Batter's Ability to Create Hits
        • The Rotating Conundrum
        • Pythagorean Puzzle
        • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations
        • Kinetics Lab
        • Math in the Restaurant Business
        • Math as a Vessel for Social Change
        • Sustainability of Bottled Vs. Tap Water
        • Thoughts on the Lottery
        • Understanding Player Efficiency Rating
      • Scientific Research >
        • Communicating With Computers
        • The Mystery of Asthma
        • The Nanoscopic War Against Cancer
        • Phytochemistry
        • Solving the energy crisis with Intermediate Band Solar Cells
        • A Pain That Never Ends
        • Rapamycin Resistance
        • Ampacity of a Single Core Horizontal Cable
        • Morphological Properties of Texting Acronym Formation
        • cGAS and STING Expression
      • Reactions and Responses >
        • Can Humans Survive the Climate Crisis?
        • My Experience as a Teacher's Assistant
        • Ted Talk Responses
        • Teens For Food Justice
      • Artistic Creations >
        • Chandelier
        • Deltoidal Hexacontrahedon
        • Dodecahedron Card Trick
        • Eye of the Triangle
        • Free Radric Delantic Davis
        • The Grid
        • What Does A Randomly Composed Song Sound Like?
        • Science Wing Mural
    • 2014 Publication >
      • Cover Photo
      • Artistic Creations >
        • Art Using the Fibonacci Sequence
        • Computer Generated Architecture and Designs
        • Mathematical Landscape
        • Math Art
        • Math in Music
      • Historical and Current Explanations >
        • Algae Bio-Fuel
        • An Energy Alternative
        • Clean Energy In Transportation
        • Calorie Restriction
        • Creating Energy in the Modern World
        • Dietary Intervention Impact on Gut Microbial Gene Richness
        • Earthly Applications for NASA Technology
        • Explaining Relative Motion
        • Exploring Artificial Inteligence
        • Gamma Function
        • How Leaves Work
        • Hydrogen Fuel Cells
        • Music and Brain Development
        • Programming Calculators
        • The Science of Microsatellites
        • Sci-Fi Taser
        • Sloane's Gap
        • Sustainable Energy: Why Some Ideas Shine Brighter than Others
        • Understanding The Galvanic Cell
        • The Virus: Our Unforeseen Philosopher's Stone
        • What Are Fuel Cells and How Do They Work?
      • Mathematic and Scientific Explorations >
        • Astrocytes Expressing ALS-Linked Mutated SOD1 Release Factors Selectively Toxic to Motor Neurons
        • Big Bang
        • Dictyostelium Discoideum
        • The Future of Solar Cell Technology
        • And Many More...
      • Reactions and Responses >
        • Alternative Energy Sources, New but Unused
        • An Insight Into the Curious World of Ethnobotany
        • Challenging What We Think We Know
        • The Current State of American Education
        • Discovering New Numbers
        • Interview With an Architect
        • Life of Pi Response
        • Mathematical Art Video Commentary
        • Missing from Science Class
        • The Museum of Math
        • The Inside Scoop on a Real Mathematician
    • 2013 Publication
  • 2019 Publication
    • Scientific Research
    • Mathematical Exploration
    • Scientific Exploration
    • Computer Science