Monthly Archives: August 2026

Go green

Protecting the environment has been a hot topic in recent years. Everyone is supposed to play a part in living a green life.Many environmental problems are around us, such as waste pollution and air pollution. As students, we can do many simple small things to make a difference. We should …

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Calm down and gain a different experience.——You only need to put down your phone for five minutes.

Nowadays, phones and the internet have become necessities for everyone. They make our lives more convenient, and getting information is no longer hard. But if we always stay lost in the world of algorithms, we may miss out on some more interesting things in real life. What should we do? …

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Talent<<<Hardwork!

By: Elle Shi, Grade 7 In sports, it is easy to believe that the most talented athletes will always be the most successful. Some athletes seem to be born with incredible speed, strength, coordination, and natural abilities. However, talent can only take an athlete so far. When it comes to …

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Happiness and How You Can Buy It

As a society of young adults, we consistently prove that money and happiness go hand in hand. In recent years, spending has increased, yet happiness in life has remained relatively the same. Relentless pursuit of wealth has hindered people’s appreciation for the journey that is life. John Stuart Mill, in …

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Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Practical Reality

By: Mitchell Cui, Grade 11 Quantum computers have spent decades as more of a promise than a product — locked away in research labs, always “a few years off” from doing anything useful. That story is starting to change. Scientists have been chipping away at one of the field’s toughest …

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What is Blue Carbon?

By: Elle Shi, Grade 8 When people think about climate change, they often imagine forests and trees absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, there are some other ways to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere other than from trees that are not even found on land at all. These …

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El Niño Raises Global Concerns for Heat, Drought and Food Security

A rapidly strengthening El Niño became a major climate story in mid-August 2026 as scientists warned that the phenomenon could become exceptionally strong later this year. On August 13, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center reported more than a 90% chance of a very strong El Niño developing during the Northern …

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Robot Cleaners

By: Ben Yi, Grade 11 Photo from Walmart Globally, the cleaning robot market is somewhere between 17 and 21 billion dollars in 2026, growing at roughly 18% a year toward the high 40s by the early 2030s. This includes household cleaning robots, such as simple floor cleaning robots, and pool, …

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