Issue 2: Intelligence

Can the Sun Set Twice? Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust Technology

Can the Sun Set Twice? Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust Technology

If you had to choose between believing the sun sets twice or trusting the weather app, the choice is obvious. But what happens when the fallacy isn’t so clear-cut, and automation bias quietly takes the wheel?

Children from the Stars — Photo by Helena Lopes / Unsplash

Children from the Stars

When thinking about superheroes, people usually think about Spiderman or Captain America. However, his was a golden retriever named Oreo, and it was the first of many things a quiet boy taught me without saying a word.

Zelene Zhang • Personal Essays

You’re A Big Girl Now

You’re A Big Girl Now

Big girls don’t get upset, even if their little brothers do.

Ava Zielinski • Personal Essays

@Boys: Go To Therapy — The Other Clinic waiting room

@Boys: Go To Therapy

Every single person needs therapy. Yet week after week, my clinic's waiting room is exclusively filled with women. Logically, you would assume women are the main demographic in need, but what if I told you the group that would benefit most is missing from the room?

Norah Baisley Beingessner • Cultural Criticism

Math Vision: Is It Really the Problem Teachers Make It Out to Be?

Math Vision: Is It Really the Problem Teachers Make It Out to Be?

Let’s address the elephant in the room: Math Vision. Loved by students and hated by teachers, it is a prominent tutoring service for international students in Singapore. Despite its controversy, Math Vision helps a student’s learning process, but issues arise when they depend on it to succeed.

Flyvis Scott is Headlining: What We Taught the First Mapped Brain About Ourselves — Image: Fonzi AI, The Fly Brain Doom Demo Wasn't the Story (2026).

Flyvis Scott is Headlining: What We Taught the First Mapped Brain About Ourselves

Google Research and HHMI Janelia spent years mapping every neuron in a fruit fly’s brain. Within days, the internet had it doing squats, playing Doom, and doomscrolling on a digital iPhone. What does this say about us?

Aaden Wong • Cultural Criticism