Science would be a lot easier with a time machine, wouldn’t it? Scientists are always asking questions about how things in the past led to the universe we know today. Take the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. We’ve got a pretty good idea of how it happened, but ...
<em>Mickaila Hinnen is a junior at Karl G Maeser Preparatory Academy.</em>Unbearable heat licks at my skin and even the loose green shorts and the thin blue tank top are too much in this heat. Seven days I have been at sea, and the red ocean of lava burns as bright ...
The latest shipment to the International Space Station blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida late last month. On it was the usual cargo: repair parts, basic supplies, and a bunch of cool new experiments. But it also included something a little bit out of the ordinary—a pair of legs.Don’t ...
<em>Ciarra-Lynne Parinas is a junior at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. Her personal essay was a winner in the BYU high school writing contest.</em>The pen is mightier than the sword. At one point in time, I wouldn’t have understood this. I would have looked at that pen ...
Over 15 years ago, I read a story in the "Ladies’ Home Journal" that changed my life — not in one grand sweeping moment, but by continual small steps taken over the next 15 years.Jaroldeen Edwards’ article, "The Secret Garden," tells of a bleak, rainy day when Edwards' daughter insisted ...
Sarah Iqbal's poem "Copper Pennies" won third place in the BYU high school writing contest. She is a junior at Townsend Harris High School in Bellerose Queens, N.Y., where she is a staff member of the literary magazine.<strong>Copper ...
<p class="p1">Early Saint Patrick’s Day morning, residents of Los Angeles woke up to a jolt. The ground was rumbling. Then, suddenly, it seemed as if the whole world was kicked out of place. It was an earthquake.<p class="p3">Within seconds, computers at the United ...
There have been many stories in the news recently about Crimea. You may have never heard of it. After all, Crimea is more than 5,000 miles from Washington, and it's not a place many Americans visit. We asked Tiffany Harness, an editor on The Washington Post foreign desk, to explain what's going ...
<em>Ashlyn Ellis's poem won second place in the UVU HS writing contest. She is a junior at Karl G Maeser Prep Academy.</em><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Grandma</strong><p style="text-align: ...
The Washington Nationals begin their 2014 baseball season in New York against the Mets on Monday. The big word for the Nats' season is "expectations." Washington players and fans expect the team to be very good. They think Washington should at least make it to the playoffs this season.Of ...
