Have you noticed that summers feel hotter than they used to? It's not just your imagination, and it's not only because of climate change. If you live in a city, there's another reason your neighborhood heats up faster than the countryside around it. It's called the urban heat island effect, …
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After 15 years at the helm of the world's most valuable company, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive. Apple announced that Cook will transition to executive chairman of the board of directors, with John Ternus — currently senior vice president of Hardware Engineering — taking over as …
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By: Xiran Zhang Grade 10 Kindness is a very beautiful thing in our lives. It is small but warm, and it can make the world a better place. As a 10th-grade girl, I see kindness everywhere around me, from my family, friends and even strangers. These small kind acts touch …
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What is dreamcore? Dreamcore is an internet-based surrealist aesthetic. Through media such as images, videos, and music, it simulates and recreates the feeling of dreams—experiences that are both strange and familiar, both warm and melancholic. Dreamcore works often have unclear image quality with visible grain. The scenes are usually set …
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By: Evan Shi Grade 12 My varsity hockey team’s senior night is coming up and for it, the other seniors and I have to create a trifold with photos illustrating our hockey experience over the years. I spread out four years of team photos on the table in our living …
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Each day, people come into contact with surfaces, objects, and other individuals that carry germs. Germs are not visible to the naked eye, yet they spread quickly through touch and the environment. One of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the spread of illness is proper handwashing. This …
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By: Sofia Grade 8 People first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA's Apollo 11 mission—a feat achieved in roughly eight years from the official commitment to the landing. Yet our attempt to send humans to Mars has already spanned over 70 years, with technical studies dating …
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Picture this: every single day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic gets dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Not every week. Not every month. Every. Single. Day. Every year, 19 to 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into rivers, lakes, and seas around the …
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