Coral bleaching is the phenomenon in which coral reefs turn white while algae living inside the coral perish. (NBC News) Each year, billions of tourists are drawn to the beauty of tropical shores and flock to places such as the…
Will the Earth ever run out of resources? Coal mines in Columbia (Scott Wallace/World Bank) You have probably heard doomsday warnings such as “climate change will be irreversible by 2030” or “fossil fuels will run out by 2060” to the…
An artist’s rendition of what the early supercontinent, Ur, might have looked like. You’ve probably heard of Pangaea, the enormous supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and broke apart into the continents we know today. But did you know…
Garbage ‘patches’: A buoyant Dumpster-fire A turtle entangled in a ghost net. (The Ocean cleanup) Right now, as you read this, a 1.6 million-square-kilometer expanse of trash is sailing in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Hawai’i. The word…
Facial recognition technology works by recognizing and matching up key points on a person’s face, as shown in the picture. However, people of color in particular face much higher error rates with this software. (ACLU) For years, bias in policing…
Ian Lee currently attends Northwood High School in Irvine, California, and serves as a Committee Chair of the advisory board for InterSTEM. Ian is enthusiastic about learning a broad range of subjects, from music to humanities to STEM. (In younger…
Image of bacteria at molecular level. (USCNews) Antibiotic resistance has become a pivotal topic for biomedical research in recent years. Its ability to hinder advancements in drug development makes it one of the biggest threats to public health. Each year,…
How Spotify knows exactly what you want to listen to Algorithm-based streaming platform Spotify curates personalized playlists for users based on their favorite music (Spotify). Spotify. As the biggest music streaming platform in the world, Spotify has two main advantages…