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Our “Lifestyle” & “Everything Is Art” sections we report on the latest trends in fashion, personal technology, food and recipe ideas and reviews, relationship advice, travel. And we discuss habits, attitudes, tastes and moral standards—anything pertaining to the manner in which we live.

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Cicada Ice Cream

By: Madeline Seminaro, Journalist
You know when bugs get in your drink or food? Imagine bugs being put in your food and then you purposefully eat it? Apparently, that's what people do when they eat cicada ice cream.
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2019.08.18 Impossible Burger, Washington, DC USA 230 10018 by tedeytan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Beef Burger vs. Meatless Burger – Which One Is Better?

By: Valerie Lai, Journalist
Are plant-based burgers healthier than beef burgers?
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Syringe and Vaccine by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0

FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine for 12-15 Year-Olds

By: Valerie Lai, Journalist
The FDA has just authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in 12-15 year-olds.
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Six Recently Extinct Animals

Six Recently Extinct Animals

By: Arya Gupta, Journalist
An extinct animal is a species where there are no animals of its kind alive around the globe. Here are six animals that are gone now, that future generations will likely never hear of or see.
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Syringe and Vaccine by NIAID is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

Could Children Ages 12-15 Get the Vaccine?

By: Aurora Ayala, Journalist
On April 9th, Pfizer requested the FDA to modify their EUA (emergency use authorization) so that teens ages 12-15 could get the vaccine as well. 
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Northrop Grumman Provides Diversity in STEM Panel for Middle School Students

Northrop Grumman Provides Diversity in STEM Panel for Middle School Students

By: Gabrielle Carpenter, Editor
Northrop Grumman Corporation provided serious and helpful lessons to a group of 60 middle schoolers in the Washington, D.C. area at Luther Jackson Middle School.  In a panel discussion, moderated by students, engineers from Northrop weighed in on the issues of the day, including getting ahead in the tech workplace as a person of color.
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Why Do We Feel Tired?

By: Nathan Britton, Journalist
During the night, your brain's Circadian Rhythm tells your pineal gland to produce melatonin. Circadian Rhythms are basically, when you see light, your brain thinks you should be awake, but when you see darkness it thinks you should be asleep.
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The Fermi Paradox, And The Great Filter

By: Robert Martirosyan, Journalist
If aliens exist, then where are they? This theory attempts to piece together why we can't find these extraterrestrials.
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Coronavirus Surgical Masks by danielfoster437 is licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Misinformation About Covid-19 May Keep the Virus Around For Longer Than Wanted

By: Devum Agarwal, Reporter
Unfortunately, many people have been using big social media platforms to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 virus.
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Procrastination - A1 by LadyDayDream is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Why you waste all your time?

By: Abhi Palikala, Journalist
Several people procrastinate. Why does this happen? It is a century old adaptation.
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Stockholm Syndrome

By: Allen Chhu, Journalist

What Is Stockholm Syndrome? Stockholm syndrome is when a hostage feels affection to their captors. It is a phycological response to being threatened and makes the hostage empathize for their captors but...

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Syringe and Vaccine by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0

How Does The CoViD-19 Vaccine Work?

By: Valerie Lai, Reporter
The CoViD-19 vaccine has been in the headlines a lot lately. But before you get it, you might want to know - how does it work?
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