Between the coast of Japan and the coast of California, currents form whirlpools of trash, forming “trash islands.” A recent study published by the Nature Ecology & Evolution Journal has discovered...
On April 20th, a faint blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes over Alaska. The cause? Excess fuel from SpaceX’s launch of a rocket in California three hours before...
This year, in my AP Environmental Science class, I’ve learned about a weather phenomenon involving changing wind patterns and ocean surface temperatures called La Niña and El Niño. It is a process...
Mac M., Co-Current Events Editor
• February 19, 2023
Ukraine is in Need of at Least 300 Tanks: Who, What, Why?
Ukrainian forces have been saying for some time now, that they are in need of at least 300 tanks to make "a difference" in the war. While 300...
Many Americans have backed away from once-routine COVID-19 precautions, with less than half now reporting that they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds, and avoid unnecessary travel. Americans are...
Denim Day is a national sexual assault awareness day, held on the last Wednesday of every April (Sexual Assault Awareness Month). As Denim Day rolls around the corner, it's both essential and critical...
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are an atmospheric phenomenon. They usually occur in all of Iceland and northern parts of Canada, Alaska, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. The...
Devastatingly, millions of people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the war in Ukraine (learn more with these live updates on Washignton Square Post), and family members have been separated...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 21, 2022
On Wednesday, March 9th, Russia bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine, marking the most violent fighting since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. The attack presented...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 20, 2022
Infant jaundice is known to be a very dangerous disease in those who have just been brought into the world, but still a very common one.
Infant jaundice is the yellow discoloration of a newborn baby’s...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 18, 2022
On Feb. 28, officials told the press that Putin was planning a “devastating attack” on Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine’s government officials met in Belarus the same day to discuss the ongoing war. Unfortunately,...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 3, 2022
"Wake up, the war has started," is what a Ukrainian citizen told a Washington Post reporter her boyfriend said as he woke her up. At five in the morning, Ukrainian citizens began to hear explosions across...