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Cracking the Crisis: Bird Flu and the Surge in Egg Costs

Kayla S, Writer • April 27, 2025

Avian Influenza A (H5N1), more commonly known as “bird flu,” has begun to spread nationwide, causing much distress and worry. But what exactly is it? The H5N1 strain of bird flu first appeared in 1996 in geese in China, then in humans in Hong Kong shortly after, according to Yale Medicine. In 2020, nearly 25 years after the first recorded case of H5N1, the virus reemerged in wild birds across Europe. By late 2021, it had reached North America, with the CDC reporting the first sporadic cases...

A NASA model of YR4’s trajectory from January 27. Each yellow dot represents a potential location of the asteroid on December 22, 2032.

NASA Predicts Potential Asteroid Impact in 2032

Arjun Jangi, Staff Writer • April 8, 2025

“An asteroid might hit the Earth.” It sounds like a line straight from a doomsday film, something said by someone who’s watched one too many sci-fi movies. After all, when was the last time an asteroid posed a real threat? Turns out, very recently. Twelve years ago, an asteroid entered the atmosphere and exploded mid-air over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The event created a shockwave so powerful that, according to Kate Howells in The Planetary Society, it was estimated to have released the same...