Sanjivani Singh, Grade 12 Food scarcity is a global issue that has been greatly rising since 2018, causing an ever-growing demand for innovative solutions (1). Traditional approaches to rectify this issue – like conventional plant breeding – have often been limited in their efficacy and scope, leading to the development of more advanced methods to tackle this complex issue. One of these solutions is genetic … Continue reading GenEthics: Benefits and Concerns
Daanish Bassi, Grade 11 In the scientific community, millions of academic papers are published each year detailing the research completed by the vast number of scientists all over the globe. As this tremendous amount of research grows even further, it must be objective and free of bias to ensure that it is trustworthy and accurate (1). Realistically, however, the true essence of objective research may … Continue reading Bias and Objectivity: Unraveling the Collision of Two Opposing Forces in Science
Fiona Wong, Grade 12 From the humans that swarm the world’s bustling city streets, to every blade of grass lining our front lawns, all of these organisms are made of DNA – and all forms of DNA are composed of four essential building blocks: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine (1). The key differences that contribute to human individuality lie in our DNA sequences; genes code … Continue reading Humanity’s Evolution: Natural or Engineered
Shriyans Singh, Grade 12 As technology has advanced, entities such as logistics companies have considered turning to self-driving transportation in order to facilitate lower costs and faster transportation (1). Considering the possibilities of self-driving, the impacts could be radical. Factors such as climate change, costs, and lack of resources makes transportation harder and more important, self driving technology has been improving to attempt to help … Continue reading The Question of Self-Driving
Jessica Curran, Grade 12 Technology is finding its way into every corner of our lives including the industrial production process. This use of technology has been able to increase manufacturing efficiency by relying on machinery that can work 24/7 with little error [1]. This way, significantly more goods can be produced, but this comes at the cost of producing significantly more industrial waste. Industrial waste … Continue reading Industrial Waste: Environmental Considerations
Richard Zaher, Grade 10 With the coming of the new millennium, the world has experienced the implementation of the use of technology to an extent that is extremely unprecedented. From inventions that seem so sophisticated like the James Webb Hubble Telescope in 2022, or something so valuable yet so ordinary in today’s world like the iPhone, technology has truly revolutionized how we live our lives … Continue reading Do We Drive Forward?
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
Sanjiv Singh, 11th Grade While gas prices rise to historic levels, Americans have been considering other sources of fuel such as biofuel (1). From ethanol to other forms of biofuel, the economic and environmental impacts could be enormous. As gas prices skyrocket due to many factors and one being the war between Russia and Ukraine, many citizens have been unable to gain gasoline, leaving them … Continue reading The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Biofuels
Sophia Augier, Grade 11 There is an entire universe of endless possibilities just waiting for humankind to uncover. However, as a nation we struggle to recognize the benefits space research has on human life. Neither the broadening of earthbound scientific research, or the advancement of space research and exploration are mutually exclusive investments. Each is achievable and vital to sustaining human life, and should be … Continue reading What We Owe to Ourselves and the Future Generation
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