By: Brianna Zhang The Catalyst Fresh midnight, In the corner of the room, the tabletop lamp glows This ladybug attracted to the…
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By: Leyuan Zhou She flinched. The inimicality of someone’s stare of burned at the back of her neck as she stood in her living room,…
Learning to Lose
By: Leyuan Zhou The moment I stepped off the bus, the verdict was clear– we were not winning the game. It was the first of our season,…
Reopening Schools Is Way Harder Than It Should Be
By: Alina Dang To the Editor: In the United States, the coronavirus is still infecting and spreading quickly. It is almost the time of…
Rare NEOWISE Comet Can Now Be Seen from Earth
By: Amy Dong Since its initial discovery near the Sun on March 27 by scientists, the rare comet NEOWISE can now be seen from Earth, and…
The Human Brain’s Unique Wiring Patterns May Be What Makes It Special
By: April Feng The human brain is an extremely complex organ. It is abnormally large when compared to human body size, and it also…
Domestic cats may have lived over 1,000 years ago along the Silk Road
By: April Feng Many of us are familiar with our furry feline friends—cats! The presence of pets and animals as companions has been deeply…
UAE to Launch First Interplanetary Mission to Mars
By: Brianna Zhang The United Arab Emirates is preparing to launch its first interplanetary mission to Mars in hopes of collecting…
Fact check: How dangerous are ‘murder hornets’?
By: Brianna Zhang Two Asian giant hornets, or “murder hornets,” have been found in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting that the invasive…
Edge of Milky Way Uncovered
By: Jonathan Xu The size of the entire Milky Way has remained a mystery until in February, when an estimate for the size of our galaxy…