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The Wildezine

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The Wildezine

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The Wildezine

Technology can affect people’s brains in many different ways.

Sophia Patton, Staff Writer January 22, 2025

Anyone can look around and see how technology has changed human society. But has it changed human brains?Anyone can look around and see how technology has changed human society. But has it changed human...

Climate conscious eating is harder than it seems

Climate conscious eating is harder than it seems

Hurston Anderson December 16, 2024

Introduction  If you don’t already know, all food needs to be grown, processed, transported, distributed, and prepared before we consume it. Then often leftovers have to be disposed of. What often...

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The role of sharks in maintaining our oceans

Kai Grenham December 16, 2024

We are all familiar with films like Jaws and 47 Meters Down, but are sharks truly the man-eating predators that Hollywood portrays? Not so much. According to Melissa Hobson, a freelance writer for National...

How music affects people and changes their perspective

How music affects people and changes their perspective

Sophia Patton, Staff Writer April 11, 2024

Music is present in every part of our lives and affects people in all different ways, both negatively and positively. For example, the type of music people listen to influences  behaviors and feelings,...

One drop of blood test: billions of lies behind a billionaire

One drop of blood test: billions of lies behind a billionaire

Yili Bai, Staff Writer January 11, 2022
“One tiny drop changes everything,” the slogan of Theranos claimed. Along with the rise of Theranos, its founder Elizabeth Holmes acquired incredible wealth and fame. However, Holmes’s glory did not last long...

A timeline of the 2021 bird crisis

Gillian Stingley, Staff Writer December 15, 2021
What really happened during this period, and why was taking down feeders a necessity at all?
Music and Mental Illness; How Mental Illness has shaped the music industry

Music and Mental Illness; How Mental Illness has shaped the music industry

Maya Gincherman, Co-Editor-In- Chief April 26, 2021
“Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.”-American Physician and Philosopher, Debasish Mridha
COVID-19 Vaccines: Explanation and Statistics

COVID-19 Vaccines: Explanation and Statistics

Yili Bai, Staff Writer April 24, 2021

The COVID-19 virus was first identified as a new virus in December 2020. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a single-stranded RNA coronavirus with spikes on the surface. As a highly infectious...

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Perfectionism: Why Being Perfect Isn’t All It’s Chalked Up To Be

Alessandra Gardner, Staff Writer April 22, 2021
Here is where an important question comes in: If students are getting good grades as a result from their perfectionistic tendencies, how are they supposed to know if there is a problem?
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Possible Sign of Life on Venus

Yili Bai, Staff Writer December 17, 2020
Aliens are common and popular characters that we can see in fictional productions. Does the detection of phosphine on Venus mean that it is possible to have life there?
The Dangerous Effects of the Fast Fashion Industry During the Time of COVID-19

The Dangerous Effects of the Fast Fashion Industry During the Time of COVID-19

Lilli Serota, Staff Writer December 14, 2020
"at the current rate that humans buy fast fashion items, we will “surpass the world’s supply” of water “by 40 percent in 2030.'"
Have We Seen a Pandemic Like COVID-19 Before?

Have We Seen a Pandemic Like COVID-19 Before?

Sophia Strocko, Staff Writer May 7, 2020
Recently, it seems as though the only thing that has been on anyone’s mind is the COVID-19 virus and its rapid spread throughout the world. Yet, have we been here before?
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