Written by : Ava Heydarian Edited by : Darrin Lin Three, two, one—Happy New Year! In the United States, we celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31st, spending time with friends and family waiting for the clock to hit midnight. Then, we have a day off on New Year's Day, January 1st. But have you ever thought of whether other countries do the same? Cultures across the world celebrate the start of a new yea

Written by : Hanning Yan Edited by : Carine Medellus Photo taken from alamy From the phones that we use to access the Internet, to the cars we drive everywhere, and the planes we take across the ocean, our lives are incredibly connected. Each day, modern technology provides the possibility of interaction with many people from different places and backgrounds. A life without these connections seems unimaginable.

Written by : Ryan Cho Edited by : Darrin Lin https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=%22truffle+pig%22 Do you know what people in Italy often call black gold? It’s a truffle! Truffles are a type of fungus, a group that includes organisms like mushrooms, that grow near tree roots and are very hard to find. Because truffles grow underground and never appear on the surface, hunters have to rely on smell rat

Written by : Victoria Otero Edited by : Rachel Chen Image by Helen Zhang Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt it was calling you to explore? Each night, the universe puts on a spectacular show just for us; the best part, you don’t need a rocket ship to see it. All you have to do is go outside and look up. Stargazing is one of the easiest ways to become a real-life space explorer. From spotting constellations lik

Written by : Ellen Yabut Edited by : Rachel Chen   Image by Brenda Chan Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night because of a horrifying dream? Or perhaps woken up in the morning feeling like your dream was the realest thing that could have happened? Even today, experts are continuing to unravel why people dream. Thanks to the knowledge discovered by our sleep scientists, here’s what we know! Mos

Written by : Hanning Yan Edited by : Darrin Lin Image by: Carol Li Wouldn’t it be cool to know what happens in the future? Turns out people have thought this way for almost 6000 years! Fortune-telling is a tale as old as time, dating back to ancient civilizations like China and Egypt. Fortune-tellers today still claim to be able to predict or even see things coming, though the results may or may not be true… He

Written by: By Ellen Yabut Edited by: Carine Medellus Image by: Helen Liu Have you ever tried to push a beach ball underwater? That one was tough, right? That's because water also pushes it up at the same time! This invisible upward force from a fluid is called buoyancy – the tendency of an object to float. How did we discover this phenomenon, you may ask? An ancient tale narrates that this principle was discovered by the Gr

Written by: Victoria Otero Edited by : Darrin Lin Image by: Sophia Seifert On a chilly beach, towards the end of the Earth, a penguin spots it: the perfect pebble. It’s smooth, not too big, and not too small; almost as if it were made specifically for her. The penguin scoops it up in her beak, waddles back to the nest-to-be, and sets it down, completing her nest. Just then, SPLASH! A wave comes across the

Written by: Ava Heydarian Edited by: Rachel Chen Image by Elizabeth Yuan “Once upon a time there was a Prince, and he wanted to get himself a Princess” . “Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her”. And, once upon a time, there was a world full of stories. These stories existed around the world, taking shape in every language and tongue. The stories shared tales

Written by : Ryan Cho Edited by : Rachel Chen Image by Olivia Liu Do you cross your fingers before a test? Or maybe you knock on wood to prevent something bad from happening. These small habits that we all do are known as superstitions! Superstitions are the belief that small little actions that we perform can bring good or bad luck, even if the event that follows occurs by pure chance . But you’re n

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