Friday, June 9, 2023
Science is a study of division. The world is simply too big to understand in its entirety; it must be divided into sections, then cut into chunks, then narrowly delineated until it reaches a pocket of exploration tiny enough to finally comprehend. Yes, it may pain students learning to name […]
At the speed of light, it would take 16,000 years to reach the nearest black hole; nevertheless, those on Earth can feel the massive gravity vacuums tugging at their imaginations. How can the same laws that keep the cosmos in order allow infinite light-sucking voids the size of suns to […]
Night falls on the city, but darkness stays at bay as bright ribbons of red and white taillights stream down the broad roadway. On both sides, the busy cars are saluted by miniature stars caught on slim metal saplings. Oh, wait, those are just LED streetlights. However, they’re still bright […]
A round earth makes life convenient. No one has to worry about falling off the edge into the void, the ocean does not dump its contents into space, and there are not any awkward corners or edges to navigate around. Earth exerts a gravitational force on its own mass, pulling […]
In her fifth year at TPS, Christine can remember a time when kids logged onto GP5 for their classes. As an eleventh grader in New Jersey and the eldest child in the family with one brother, she will be taking AP Calculus AB, AP English Language, AP Biology, French II, […]