On June 5th, 2024 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore boarded Boeing's first spacecraft, the Starliner. They were expected to dock at the International Space Station (ISS) and return within 10 days. However, due to thruster issues and a helium leak, Boeing -along with NASA- deemed Starliner too dangerous to return to earth with the astronauts onboard. Fortunately, Elon Musk's company SpaceX was sending the Space Dragon Crew-9 to the Space station on August 18th and was willing to make changes....

The Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) is the nation’s oldest and most distinguished science research competition for high school students. Each year, seniors of the Horace Greeley Science Research Program apply to this competition that identifies future leaders in STEM. This year, Greeley is honored to have a recipient of the top 300 STS award: Anwen Cao, awarded for her research on the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The Epstein-Barr virus is a human herpesvirus affecting 90% of the world population....