By: Gowri Gopakumar
What if a single cell can change the entirety of humankind’s interaction with medicine? That’s the power a stem cell holds. According to MayoClinic, “Stem cells are the body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated”.
Read MoreLanguage is a powerful tool. It’s what sets human beings apart from our animal counterparts. However, parts of our language are still fundamentally flawed: it also sets human beings apart from each other. The English language, in particular, exhibits built-in sexism. In recognizing and addressing these linguistic biases, we can contribute to a more inclusive language that reflects the diversities of the human experience.
Read MoreSports at Hudson High School have always been an important part of extracurricular activities for students. The football team ended with a winning record of 9-3. The boy's basketball team boasts an impressive 3-1 start to their season –the first time they have had a winning record through their first four games since their 2018 season, where they went 15-9 throughout the season. The girl's basketball team has also seen impressive results, forcing two games into overtime in their first seven games, with one ending in a win and one loss. While these teams end up in the headlines of many articles and stories, there is one person always present and cheering on the team. His name is Thor –the school mascot– and he serves as the icon for the school.
Read MoreThis last month was recorded as the hottest January ever, according to the European Union Climate Monitor.
Read MoreDo you lose to your siblings in a fight? Or do you feel like you don't know how to have an argument and win? Well, I can help you with only five psychological tricks to win an argument.
Read MoreEvery year we use 5 trillion plastic bags. That is 160,000 bags per second. It takes around 1,000 years to decompose a single plastic bag. How can something as simple as a plastic bag cause so much harm?
Read MoreBy: Abby Gemechu
Though medical care has undoubtedly improved over the last few decades, there is no question that still existing economic, social, and racial disparities in healthcare not only cause thousands of preventable deaths each year, but continue to enforce inequity and
Read MoreBy: Margaret Chen
The “Dilbert” comic strips will no longer be printed by hundreds of newspapers after its creator’s racist rant during a YouTube livestream went viral.
Read MoreBy Laila Kirkpatrick:
When the College Board announced its courses for the 2022-2023 school year many were excited at the addition of an AP African American studies class that would be piloted during the school year and become available in 2025 for schools across the country.
Read MoreBy: Haasini Sanisetty
The presence of small plastic fragments in the ocean was first reported in the 1970s but the phrase microplastics wasn’t coined until 2004 when it was used in a newspaper to describe the small plastic particles only micrometers in diameter.
Read MoreBy Shrividya Regadamilli
Statistics show that low-income families are more likely to face premature death from noncommunicable diseases due to a lack of proper resources and facilities. Beyond affordability, many other reasons for inequality in access to healthcare exist, such as racial and social injustice, and it is vital to gain various perspectives on the social issue of healthcare inequality in order to attain a strong understanding of the current healthcare system.
Read MoreBy Iris Qi
Environmentalism, defined by the Oxford dictionary as “concern about and action aimed at protecting the environment,” is a word that carries a lot of weight. As far as pressing issues go, it’s often ridiculed or ignored,
Read MoreBy: Kaila Morris
In middle school, Manasvi Katuri experienced first-hand the ease with which students could fall victim to societal beauty standards. It seemed that each of her peers had a clear idea of what it meant to have a “perfect” body, and there was constant pressure to conform to toxic, appearance-driven stereotypes. High school only exacerbated these pressures–– and her insecurities–– and it was then that Manasvi had to make a choice: Conform to society’s wishes, or follow her own?
Read MoreBy: Bobin Park
Every child, teen, or adult is commonly afraid of one thing: other children, teenagers, or adults. People have developed a fear of confronting people alone, especially when they are in a new environment.
Read MoreBy: Kaila Morris and Rhea Mahajan
More Than a Profession: Meet the Organization Empowering Teen Artists of Color to Do What They Love
Read MoreBy: Katie Harbaugh
Walk through the hallways of almost any school in America, and you’ll hear talk about mental health. Most of the time, it is not in a positive context. It is easy to blur the distinction between general mental health, which everyone is involved with, and specific mental health diagnoses, as we see happen so often when it comes to school.
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