Outside the lab, Jin captains his varsity swim team and co-presidents his DECA chapter. He also co-founded Project LIFE, a student-led initiative that has grown to over 20 chapters in eight states, with a mission to improve education and access to the bone marrow registry. Most teenagers go to a pathology office for a blood…
What was once an industrial site dominated by a glass factory and a towering smokestack has been transformed into a sprawling public park in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Ariel-Foundation Park, now covering 250 acres, combines remnants of the city’s industrial past with lakes, trails, gardens and an unusual observation tower built around a historic smokestack. The…
Davis, a student at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, built the machine as part of his science research project. The system uses waste plastic, including waste generated during 3D printing and converts it into filament that can again be fed into a 3D printer. A failed 3D print typically goes straight to the…
“Ori: Holder of the Heads” follows a world where people can speak to their ancestors and ask them for advice A TikTok reviewer who makes a habit of stopping at comic convention booths that attract little attention ended up giving an indie comic creator a major boost after visiting his stall at Anime NYC. The…
The new CMU Robotics Innovation Center sits in the foreground, with new housing development under construction behind it and the U.S. Steel Community football field visible in the background. For decades, 178 acres along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh remained largely vacant after the collapse of the steel industry. The site was once home to…
Representative Image (AI-generated) When invasive Asian clams were discovered in Lake George, New York, in 2010, researchers moved quickly to test whether covering the lakebed could stop the species from spreading. According to a final report by the Darrin Fresh Water Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, published through the Lake Champlain Basin Program, a large-scale…
Pennsylvania man Jonathan Hunter Kramer charged for allegedly plotting ISIS-inspired attack. A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing federal terrorism-related charges after FBI agents arrested him with a semiautomatic rifle, rifle magazines and about 190 rounds of ammunition that prosecutors say were being acquired for a planned attack. Who is Jonathan Hunter Kramer? Jonathan Hunter Kramer,…
Jayden Williams made history as the youngest mayor of Stockbridge when he took office at age 22 in January. Just 10 months later, the city council voted to remove him from office following a 10-hour misconduct hearing focused on his administrative conduct, spending and use of city resources. According to local reports, Williams, now 23,…
For now, the boats still leave from the dock, visitors still descend into the darkness, and Penn’s Cave remains a family-run attraction waiting to learn whether its future will ultimately belong to the state. Long before tourists arrived by boat, Penn’s Cave was simply a dark opening in the Pennsylvania countryside. In 1795, an Irish…
San Francisco’s struggling downtown mall could get a second life as a major sports destination. The San Francisco Standard and San Francisco Chronicle report that Urban Land Development and TMG Partners have submitted a bid to transform the shuttered San Francisco Centre into a multilevel complex featuring six basketball courts, eight volleyball courts, retail, dining…