Day: February 4, 2026

Rebuilding Coral Reefs

Rebuilding Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are a key ocean ecosystem, but the consequences of climate change over the last few decades have left many of them completely decimated.  Many activists and companies are actively working to reverse damage and rebuild coral reefs. Let’s take a look at some of those efforts! Ecoblox The National Science Foundation introduced the […]

Why Gabbie Hanna’s “Adultolescence” is Just Plain Nonsense

Why Gabbie Hanna’s “Adultolescence” is Just Plain Nonsense

As I am writing this entry, I am going to try my absolute best to not end up on Gabbie Hanna’s blocklist by the end of the week. A few months ago, I found myself interested in reading her 2017 book “Adultolescence” where she writes a series of not so profound poems that address her […]

Will Elon Musk’s Merger End In The Death Of Tesla As We Know It?

Will Elon Musk’s Merger End In The Death Of Tesla As We Know It?

​Tesla has had many major ups and downs since the beginning of the Trump Administration’s second term, but this time is looking close to a breaking point. Tesla has seen major hits to its reputation due to Musk’s political dealings and fierce competition with Chinese electric vehicle companies. Last year, Tesla EV sales declined in […]

Student Destress

Student Destress

I think that we can all agree that being a student is not easy.  Whether you’re in middle school, high school, college, or at another level of higher education, being a student presents many challenges that don’t really come with an instruction manual on how to navigate.  Instead, you’re presented with an end goal of […]

Why Sabrina Carpenter’s Songs are so Iconic

Why Sabrina Carpenter’s Songs are so Iconic

While Sabrina Carpenter has tears running down her thighs, I have tears running down my eyes—figuratively that is. Sabrina has transformed drastically from her earliest days where she starred in Girl Meets World to become one of the most iconic pop stars in the modern music climate. There’s just something about her music that is […]

WWE Is Not a Sport but a Performance

WWE Is Not a Sport but a Performance

When you think of professional sports, what comes to mind?  Football?  Tennis?  Basketball? Maybe even rugby?  When one watches professional sports, one intends to see trained and practiced men and women work themselves to the extreme to engage in an activity with the intent to win the game in which they are playing.  While the […]

The Party Line Project

The Party Line Project

The Party Line Project is a social experiment from Matter Neuroscience that aims to prove Americans are more alike than different through meaningful conversations. According to the social media post announcing the project, the goal is “to create space for friendly, human-to-human conversations… a few different opinions (even on important political topics) should not block […]

Has Cynical Humor Within Shows Outlived Its Usefulness?

Has Cynical Humor Within Shows Outlived Its Usefulness?

There has been a trend in humor within current popular media that many audiences have voiced their complaints about. Cynical humor has been a part of the entertainment industry for decades, with many shows from Succession, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Family Guy, BoJack Horseman, and more drawing viewership up to the millions. This style […]

Long Island Officers Perform One of the Biggest Drugs in the City’s History

Long Island Officers Perform One of the Biggest Drugs in the City’s History

Long Island witnessed one of its largest cases of drug trafficking in an incident that occurred on February 3, 2026 in Nassau County where police stopped a pickup truck that was suspected as the site of a drug deal. Officers arrived at the parking lot of a Holiday Inn where they caught sight of two […]

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