Category: Latest News
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SpaceX launches a Starship rocket and catches the booster in giant metal arms
Article originally written by Daphne Panie ’27. Space Travel, a children’s dream, may now become a reality as a major breakthrough in this field was made a couple of weeks ago. On October 13, 2024, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and Starship, made history as he caught the…
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Humans sympathize with, and protect, AI bots from playtime exclusion, finds study
Article originally written by Sejal Mackey ’27. AI, which is quickly becoming increasingly popular when using almost any kind of website, has also started to gain prominence as becoming a friend to a user and engaging in social interactions. In an Imperial College London study, humans began to gain sympathy…
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Achieving Carbon Neutrarily via Hydrogen Energy in South Korea: Implementation and Challenges
Article originally written by Tia Agarwal ’26. South Korea’s successful and rapid transition into hydrogen energy is due to their large scale investments and target for this century. The country is a leader in harnessing hydrogen energy ever since the establishment of The Hydrogen Energy Network (HyNet) in 2019. That…
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Are Tasmanian Tigers Coming Back?
Article originally written by Aarush Dey ’27. What are they?The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a marsupial with many canine-like characteristics. Despite its name, it wasn’t actually a tiger but got the nickname from the stripes on its back. Thylacines were carnivores that went extinct due to overhunting, habitat loss,…
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2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper
Article originally written by Daphne Panie ’27. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists, David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper, for their major contributions to predicting and designing the structure of proteins. Encoded by DNA and RNA, proteins are crucial to human survival as…
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SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew
Article originally written by Tia Agarwal ’26. On September 10, 2024, at 5:24 am ET, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a capsule carrying four civilians that took off from NASA’s launch complex in Florida. This mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, is the first time civilians have ever been to space and the…
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Scientists figure out culprit of Porbeagle Shark murder
Article originally written by Josie Choi ’26. Sharks are known as the kings of the sea as well as objects of fear due to their razor-sharp teeth and strong jaws. But off the coast of the UK, something quite contrasting has been found. A dead, pregnant porbeagle shark was discovered,…
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Neuralink successfully carries out second human trial
Article originally written by Shawn Wei ’26. The history of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) dates back to 1929, when German psychiatrist Hans Berger discovered brain waves, giving rise to speculation that these waves could be used for communication and control. The expression brain-computer interface was first introduced by Jacques Vidal in…
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iPhone 16 & Apple AI unveiled at Apple ‘Glowtime’ Event
Article originally written by Sejal Mackey ’27. Apple proves itself to create a more impressive phone each year – this year not being different at all. With new features including built-in Apple Intelligence, easier camera controlling features, the A18 chip, all being created while being environmentally friendly, Apple boasts the…
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OpenAI releases GPT-4o: What’s new?
Article originally written by Sejal Mackey ’27. AI is becoming increasingly more accessible. ChatGPT’s newest model boasts this, with its mission describing “making advanced AI tools available to as many people as possible,” which is detailed in the name itself: the o in GPT-4o stands for “omni” or “all.” In…
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