Jessica Penna, 11th Grade Solid organ transplantation, the only remedy to end-stage organ failure, is a relied upon practice for thousands of patients every year. Whether it be for kidneys, lungs, livers, or hearts, a patient can only get new organs through donation from a healthy patient or, from the most frequent source, a brain dead (BD) patient (1)(2). However, reliance on BD patients for … Continue reading Xenotransplantation: The Future of Medicine

Matthew Vo, 12th Grade The past decade has experienced dramatic growth of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs, with particular attention focused on “creative AI”, capable of producing visual artwork, writing, or music at a level of quality rivaling that of works created by human artists and authors. However, such developments have also raised pressing legal and ethical concerns, as well as philosophical questions on … Continue reading An Overview of AI-Created Art – Philosophical, Legal, and Ethical Implications

Jennifer Zhong, 12th Grade In the United States, over 100,000 patients are on the national organ transplant waiting list in hopes to receive the necessary transplant to save their lives [10]. However, with the growing demand for organ transplants, only one-third of those on the waitlist will receive a transplant, and it is estimated that 40% will die before an organ donor is available [2, … Continue reading Xenotransplantation: A Potential Solution to the Organ Shortage

Charlene Chen, 11th Grade Space tourism, though often perceived as a distant and elusive dream, has already become a reality in recent years. Starting in 2001, California businessperson Dennis Tito spent 20 million USD to board a Russian Soyuz rocket heading to the International Space Station, officially earning the title of the first “space tourist” (1). More recently in 2021, several non-astronaut civilians flew into … Continue reading Space Tourism: An Out of This World Experience