The Los Angeles Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration Mini-Conference 2024, organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Los Angeles Section, was held on June 29, 2024. This hybrid event, hosted at the Lawndale Library in Lawndale, CA, gathered nearly 60 participants, both online and in-person. The conference was scheduled on the eve...

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Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student, Toronto Speaking at the Save Ontario Science Centre Rally Childhood comes only once, and some of the most memorable joys are visits to places where children are welcomed, entertained, and inspired. The Ontario Science Centre has been such a place, igniting curiosity and wonder in young minds for generations. it...

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Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student Most school students may be too young to vote. But we have a voice and we use it to protect our interests. The decision of Ontario Government to destroy the existing Ontario Science Centre at the Don Mills road and replace it with a 50% smaller Centre atop a parking...

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Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student, Toronto The 34th edition of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 12 to 17 September 2023. EUCYS is the most important annual student science fair in the EU, showcasing the best student scientific achievement in the EU and beyond. EUCYS 2023 brought...

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Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student. Toronto. At the Tundra Launchpad Mentorship Event I had a fantastic opportunity to attend an annual Launchpad Mentorship Event at the University of Toronto’s Hart House on 9 November 2023. Tundra Technical Solutions, a global staffing firm, organized the events. It was aimed at encouraging young women to pursue STEM-oriented careers....

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Arushi Nath. Grade 9 Student. Toronto On 1 November 2023, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) awarded this year’s top NSERC Awards at a ceremony held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. As a back-to-back winner of the top awards of the 2023 and 2022 Canada-Wide Science Fair, I...

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Artash Nath, Grade 12 Student. Toronto. A two-day residential Underwater Acoustics Data Challenge Workshop 2023 was organized by the “Special Interest Group for Underwater Acoustics (SIGUA)” of the UK Acoustics Network on 11-12 September 2023 at Guyers House, near Bath, UK. The workshop objectives were to explore solutions to research challenges set by industry. 30...

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Arushi Nath. Grade 9. Toronto Predictable, stable, and adequate funding is essential for city governments to produce public goods and services we enjoy daily, from picking up garbage to public parks, shelters, welfare and recreational programmes, and public transit. The funding should be determined by our vision and the standards of services that cities should...

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Arushi Nath, 14 years. Toronto, Met My Telesope at the Riverplace Campground The 2023 Starfest happened in the River Place Campground in Ayton, Ontario, from 17 to 20 August. Starfest is Canada’s largest annual amateur astronomy conference and star party organized by North York Astronomical Association (NYAA). Each year, it attracts hundreds of astronomy enthusiasts,...

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Arushi Nath. 13 years. Grade 8. Toronto. Starting my bike ride with Olivia Chow all the way to the City Hall for her swear-in as the Mayor of Toronto. (Picture Credit: @BikeLaneDiary) Olivia Chow was sworn in as Toronto’s 66th mayor today (12 July 2023). She is the first racialized and only the third women...

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