Over 27,000 pieces of garbage, or space junk, are now in the Earth’s orbit. Those that we can detect, that is. The term space junk encompasses both manmade objects, like debris from other space missions, and natural occurring objects, like small asteroids. Larger debris is detectable, but there still remains a countless amount of undetectable yet dangerous pieces of space junk floating around Earth’s orbit that can still deal catastrophic damage if a collision occurs on satellites and other objects that are intentionally placed into Earth’s orbit, like the International Space Station (ISS). On November 12, 2021, the ISS narrowly avoided a major impact with a piece of a decommissioned Chinese weather satellite. The ISS travels 4.76 miles a second; an impact with something at that speed could be disastrous.

Students these days can get easily stressed through endless ways, either it be through classes, navigating through the pathways in highschool, or through drifting away from friends. From wherever it comes from, stress and anxiety can make school life incredibly difficult to manage. Grades can drop, tensions can rise, and late work can get out of hand. Stress is an insanely important part of high school life that teens need to be careful of. To manage your stress, there are a number of things that you can do, and we will show you!

One of India’s most sacred rivers, the 855 miles of Yamuna, near the city of Delhi, is used during Hindu festival, Chhath Puja, when people dip their whole body in the water. But because of the build up in nearby untreated industrial waste and sewages, the river frequently gets covered in a blanket of white, toxic foam. To be able to make offerings to the setting sun in honor of the Sun God of Hinduism, Surya, the people of Delhi do the routine ritual of dipping their body into the waters of the river. This action exposes them to the toxic foam. Despite knowing the health risks, many devotees to the Sun God still enter the river to complete the ritual. A devotee, Rajesh Kumar Verma, states: “What fear? If we are scared, then how can we pray?”

The Hubble space telescope was launched into orbit 1990. Although not the first, it was one of the largest and most versatile space telescopes. By 2020, the Hubble has served for 30 years, with 5 repair missions. It is speculated that Hubble could last until 2030 or 2040. However, as that is only a decade or two away, a replacement would be necessary.

Christmas trees have been around since 16th century Germany, when devout Christians brought trees into their homes to celebrate Christmas. They used real trees cut fresh from a forest nearby, and brought them home to decorate with pine cones and candles. Nowadays, however, you can buy an artificial tree instead of cutting it yourself. Tree ornaments could be found in Walmart, Target, and other retail stores.

Early on in the American Thanksgiving saga, turkey had always been eaten. It wasn’t, however, an important staple on the Thanksgiving day dinner table. Recent evidence from the first meal between the colonists and Native Americans at Plymouth now indicates that turkey may not have even been served then—begging the question: why do we eat Turkey every Thanksgiving?

Ever since 2002 when the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, the popularity of single-schools have been rising. There are mixed feelings about single gendered schools. Some say that it limits the interaction between boys and girls, but others say it is a better environment to study. Here are some pros and cons for single gendered schools and how they can impact a student’s learning.

In the past six months around 11.2 million new oysters were added in New York Harbor. Oysters act as a nonstop water filter, with an adult oyster being able to filter as much as 50 gallons of water a day. Although the waters are still far too polluted for the oysters to be eaten freely, the water quality is steadily improving.

In America, consumption of sodium is high, with the average American eating 3,400 mg of sodium per day, with the daily recommendation being less than 2,300 mg per day. Although there is a stigma surrounding sodium, it’s necessary to perform basic body functions like contracting and relaxing muscles and conducting nerve impulses.

The decrease of vaccine immunity and higher risks of infections causes the rich nations to rethink the “full vaccinated” meaning. Being “fully vaccinated” usually means two jabs of the covid vaccine. However, now, some nations in Europe like Austria have already started to have more than two jabs of vaccines. In Austria, they have started requiring 3 doses of the vaccine for people over the age of 65. In Israel, you need a 3rd dose of the vaccine to get a green pass(Which allows people to go into local stores like gyms, restaurants, and other places) if you received your second dose more than 6 months prior.

On Wednesday December 1st of 2021, NASA launched it's Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission (DART). In a year, a spacecraft of 324 million dollars, funded with American taxpayer dollars, will slam into an asteroid (dimorphos) around the size of the pyramid of Giza at a velocity of 15,000 miles per hour.

The definition of ‘going nuclear’ or ‘the nuclear option’ are both to act drastically, often in a negative way. Generally, what comes to mind when the word ‘nuclear’ is mentioned is nukes, or nuclear weapons. The two times that nuclear weapons have been used in warfare, the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, have been so devastating that fear of nuclear technology still remains apparent to this day. Nuclear technology in other fields has not been immune to failure too, the aftermath of the devastation in the Chernobyl disaster and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is still present today. The accidents that occured in these power plants were cataclysmic and caused mass public fear. In a 2019 poll by Gallup, only 49% of Americans approved of the use of nuclear energy. Since its conception, public opinion on nuclear energy has been waning, and showing little signs of improvement. This is, of course, due to the negative connotation that clings to even the mention of the word, ‘nuclear’.

The basic principle of economics is supply and demand and the concept of an equilibrium that exists between the two. The supply graph marked by the indicator S describes the quantity (millions of gallons of gasoline) that the firm (Gasoline producer) is willing to supply at a certain price. The demand curve marked by the indicator D describes the quantity that the buyer would purchase at each given price. Intuitively speaking, the higher the price, the more the producer is willing to supply, and the less the customer is willing to buy.

Just one day after 1.5 million people gathered on the beaches of Orange County for the annual Pacific Airshow to gaze in wonder at the majestic jet shows, a near-14 square mile slick appeared along that same coastline. 126,000 gallons of oil spilled into the ocean just three miles off the shores of Newport Beach. Fourteen boats and 5360 feet of boom, a device used to contain the oil, were deployed in the clean-up effort. By Sunday, the next day, 3150 gallons of the 126,000 gallons had been “recovered.” Since the beginning of the clean-up process, numerous reports of marine life washing ashore have emerged indicating the enormity of the ongoing pipeline failure.

The Washington Football Team, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, are a historic franchise, with three super bowl victories, and multiple Hall of Fame players. However, in the past decade, multiple employees have had alleged racist, sexist, and misogynistic behavior, along with accusations for team medical mismanagements, and claims of toxic workplace conditions. The team has also been plagued with a series of losses. At the forefront of this is the team’s owner, Dan Snyder, who has been labeled as the cause of these problems.