It Lives in My Laundry
There is a laundry monster in the machine, Rumble and tumble, It loves to be clean. It eats my socks and leaves only one. It likes to hum when the washing is done. The laundry…
A Student’s Guide to Maintaining Proper Mental Health
It can be hard for students to maintain their mental health. With schoolwork, extracurriculars, and the overall anxieties that come from growing up, students can find it very difficult to remain calm. The pandemic has…
The Mandela Effect
Quick- does Curious George have a tail? If you answered yes, then you may have just fallen victim to the Mandela Effect. The Mandela Effect occurs when a large group of people mistakenly believe something…
What if We Hibernated?
When summer takes a vacation and autumn and winter come by and visit, I bring out all five of my thick, fuzzy blankets to keep warm. Although I love winter, it’s freezing at night. On…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to CRISPR/Cas9
Two scientists, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, won the Nobel Prize for innovating a new technology for genome editing. For the first time, the tool allows scientists to make accurate changes to the DNA strands…
The Logic Behind Coincidences
A few years ago, my teacher planned a game of Jeopardy for my class. “I’ll choose a number between 1 and 100,” she explained, “and whichever group picks the number closest to mine will go…
A Year for Reading
If I were to stack all the things that did not go my way during 2020, I’d be buried under an avalanche of unmet expectations, hopes, and goals. However, amongst all the things that went…
That Time of the Year
The air is cooler. The winds grow sharp. When afternoon comes, The sky grows dark. The rodents fall asleep When the birds fly away. The fire seems warmer With each passing day. …
South Asian Representation
“Sports may be difficult for me, but I excel at math! Yes, I will complete your homework, but only if you persuade your friends to stop shoving me inside my locker.” As I sat in…
Ready Player Two (Audiobook Review)
I loved Ready Player One, a futuristic dystopian novel featuring a society near collapse due to human negligence and climate disasters. The only escape from the daily disappointment of reality is the OASIS – a…