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The iPhone SE includes the new feature of a 12 megapixel iSight camera which holds “live memories.” Along with other more recent apple iPhones, live photos allow users to have a memory of what happened before and after the picture. (Photo courtesy of Apple Inc.)

Tiny Turns Mighty: iPhone SE

April 7, 2016

By: Madison Held Maybe bigger isn’t always better. Apple has yet again raised the bar a little higher by announcing the new iPhone SE. This time a phone with high quality and power within just...

Polysomnographic specialist Kyndra Vanderheyden, left, connects sensors to Cara Horton, 16, as Horton prepares to spend the night at the Sleep Disorders Center at St. Lukes Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. Horton is among a growing number of teens suffering from insomnia or other sleep disorders. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Growing Sleep Deprivation Concerning for HHS Students, Staff

March 22, 2016

By Molly Glus, Journalism 1 / Lynn Dang, Section Editor With hazy, tired eyes, students shuffle through the crowded halls all wanting one thing: sleep. That hazy, tired look means students are sleep...

View from Hut Point, right outside of the station. A great place to see seals, penguins, and whales as the ice begins to break up mid-Antarctic summer.  (Joel Witwer)

HHS Alum Works in Antarctica

March 17, 2016

By: Robert Sterner, Photos by Joel Witwer Joel Witwer, 2007 HHS graduate, spent six months working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.  He recently returned to the USA and shared these pictures with...

Amazons Echo, a digital assistant that can be set up in a home or office to listen for various requests, such as for a song, a sports score, the weather, or even a book to be read aloud, is shown, Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in New York. The $180 cylindrical device is the latest advance in voice-recognition technology thats enabling machines to record snippets of conversation that are analyzed and stored by companies promising to make their customers lives better. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Amazon Echo: Smart Living Powered By Your Voice

March 15, 2016

By: Madison Held, Robert Sterner With a word, it awakes ready to serve. With the Echo, Amazon has stepped up their game.  The Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker that is controlled by the user's voice....

During La Niña, winds from the east push warm surface waters to the western Pacific. However during El Niño, winds weaken and warm surface water flows back to the eastern Pacific. Source: Tampa Bay Times

El Niño Weakens Through Spring

March 14, 2016

By: Maddie O’Shea El Niño has already created a major blizzard in Pennsylvania, but forecasters don’t believe the storm is over quite yet. Recently, NASA released photos of a Jason-2 image...

Junior Alan Hwang explains his project, entitled “iOS App: Enable an Aruduino-Controlled 3D Printed Hand,” to onlookers. Hwang was awarded Grand Champion of the Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair for his work. (Broadcaster/Emily Briselli)

Hershey High School Wins Big at Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair

March 7, 2016

By: Emily Briselli HERSHEY- On February 26, 2016 Hershey High School junior Alan Hwang was awarded the Grand Champion title at the 59th Annual Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair. This award...

The $150 Charge 3 will be available in multiple colors David Carnoy/CNET

Four Cool New Technologies at the Consumer Electronic Show

March 1, 2016

By: Brenna Holycross This is a charging bag by Samsung. It is called the Sol Bag because it is solar powered. The bag has solar panels on the side that allows the charging of a Galaxy smartphone in...

When bacteria encounter an invading source of DNA, CRISPR-Cas9 can copy and incorporate segments of the foreign DNA into their genome as “spacers” between the short DNA repeats in CRISPR. Source: Video from McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

UK Grants Permission To Modify Embryos

February 23, 2016

By: Maddie O’Shea What if humans had the power to change the human genome? For the United Kingdom, the answer is lying in their grasp. After years of debate and controversy, the UK has reached...


The imagined view from Planet Nine back toward the sun. Astronomers think the huge, distant planet is likely gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Astronomers Announce Discovery of 9th Planet

February 19, 2016

By: Brenna Holycross One new planet was found, and it proves you don’t have to see to believe. On January 20th, 2016, astronomer Mike Brown announced that there appears to be a ninth planet in...

The Nima can test food for gluten in under 2 minutes.

New Technologies Revealed At CES

February 8, 2016

By: Anthony Barrett Over 3,800 exhibitors revealed new cutting edge technologies in Las Vegas last week. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is an annual electronics show that takes place at the...

School Should Start Later

January 24, 2016

By Omer Qureshi Teen anxiety, drowsiness, and laziness has been befuddling parents for years, but it has a very basic root. Sleep. Studies show that teens naturally go to bed very late yet our school...

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