Chinese Spy Ballon: The Incident and its Fallout
(Featured Photo provided by Javier Zarracina/USA Today) Just last week, a massive white balloon presumed to be a Chinese spy balloon was spotted off the Californian coast. It had been floating around North America for a few days at that point, having arrived at the Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska before going into Canadian airspace and then back into the United States in Northern Idaho. … Continue reading Chinese Spy Ballon: The Incident and its Fallout
NASA’s All Electric Aircraft
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has landed rovers on Mars and put people on the moon in the past. Along with the numerous other projects they’re working on, NASA has been testing out an all-electric aircraft. The all-electric plane is the X-57 Maxwell, and is one of the first parts of NASA’s work toward sustainable aviation solutions. The X-57 Maxwell is an all-electric … Continue reading NASA’s All Electric Aircraft
Tamarin Monkey’s
Dallas Zoo’s emperor tamarin monkeys vanished from their cage and are now missing, according to authorities. This is the latest strange occurrence involving an animal or a habitat at the zoo. After facility employees discovered that their habitat had been “deliberately violated,” the Dallas Police Department was notified about the missing animals early on Monday morning by zoo officials. The zoo stated that the animals … Continue reading Tamarin Monkey’s
Military plans to put more housing for troops at TWF due to Migrant Crisis
Recently, inside sources with the Key West city council have reported that the United States military has begun planning to place temporary barracks at the Truman Waterfront Park (TWF) for a 3-month period. This is due to the current state of emergency for Monroe county, which was placed in effect by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, due to a burgeoning migrant crisis that has strained the … Continue reading Military plans to put more housing for troops at TWF due to Migrant Crisis
Imagined Communities
For seventeen years, I had absolutely no interest in football. My average Sunday was always dull and uneventful. Since 2019, I have been keeping track of the score of the Philadelphia Eagles games to gauge whether or not my boyfriend would be in a good or bad mood the rest of the day. Most of the time, he was not in a good mood. However, … Continue reading Imagined Communities
From small town to Brown!
From sailing smoothly across the seas to waves crashing against a ship and lightning cracking in the sky is terrifying and difficult. The drastic change from childhood to adulthood, from high school to college, can be just as difficult. Siddharth Singh, the salutatorian of Key West High School’s (KWHS) graduating class of 2022, moved on from his childhood home and on to bigger and better … Continue reading From small town to Brown!
New Books
Mr. Erhard’s classroom deserves to win a new class set of books because he (as an educator) would utilize not only the books but the material within, which can be a fun and all-around enjoyable experience. The power of books is to convey a strong message which teaches and informs the reader. If Mr. Erhard were to win the class set of books, each and … Continue reading New Books
KWHS 2023 Senior Events
As the year is coming to an end, the Key West High School (KWHS) class of 2023 seniors are getting ready for their senior activities. KWHS makes sure that they send the seniors off with a special goodbye, and with Stacy Saunders and Ayesha Osborne in charge of the “operation graduation,” they will make sure that it will happen no matter what. The first event … Continue reading KWHS 2023 Senior Events
NASA’s Designs for Deep Space Exploration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has explored the moon and is now working to go beyond the moon into deep space. It will accomplish this by using new technology and equipment, a new outpost, Gateway, as well as a rotating detonation rocket engine developed by a team of engineers at NASA. On January 25, 2023, NASA announced a new rotating detonation rocket that … Continue reading NASA’s Designs for Deep Space Exploration
Fusion Ignition Achieved by DOE
Last month, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), in cooperation with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), recently announced a breakthrough in fusion energy. They have achieved a reaction called “fusion ignition,” which can make fusion energy realistically possible to use in the future. Fusion ignition, as defined by LLNL, is “also known as scientific energy … Continue reading Fusion Ignition Achieved by DOE
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