Category: STEM

By ALYSSA MARTIN Dreamworks’ 2007 computer-animated film, The Bee Movie, created a sweet media and commercial buzz about the bees. But 2020 has generated renewed attention about bees for reasons … Continue reading Infographic: Data points to decline of bees worldwide

By AVALON SALVADORE The Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch and Museum is in the process of becoming a food garden for the community, one that operates organically and environmentally safe. (Ethic … Continue reading STEM Opinion: Climate concerns in Southern California worsen

By LILIAN MOHR Greta Thunberg is rapidly becoming a household name as her mission to fight climate change as an environmental activist makes her a modern example of the powerful … Continue reading A teen fighting for a better future

By AZRIEL OLMEDO The Xenobot has an appearance of a tiny blob, about 0.7 millimeters wide. Designed by computer models, the Xenobot is created to help solve matters inside the … Continue reading News Brief: Scientists create the first ‘Living Machine’

By KAITLYN SUTOW According Citrus Valley High School’s engineering teacher, Paul Bartlett, “engineering is problem solving” in its simplest form. It is a discipline focused on math but committed to … Continue reading Citrus Valley provides options in engineering pathways

By ANDERS CARLSON, JOHNATHAN CHOE, and MAURICIO PILEGO The new iPhone model was released on Sept. 20 2019, and it comes in three forms: the iPhone 11, the iPhone 11 … Continue reading New iPhone 11 causes controversy over new updates

By AZRIEL OLMEDO An artist’s concept of Kepler-196f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a star in the habitable zone, a range of distance from a star where bodies … Continue reading STEM Opinion: Climate change influences the search for a new home

By KAITLYN SUTOW Gene editing is a very controversial topic due to the ethical implications. Is it right to genetically modify a human embryo? Because we do not know the … Continue reading The gene editing ethics debate continues

By KAITLYN SUTOW According to Stacy Richardson, a seasoned journalist with 15 years of experience who writes for the Great Lakes Ledger, Crispr- Cas9 is a tool that lets scientists … Continue reading Cas3 presents new opportunities for scientific discoveries

By KAITLYN SUTOW Recently there has been a major breakthrough in science; the first ever picture of a black hole was captured April 10. This is a very big deal … Continue reading The first photograph of a black hole captivates the scientific world