Articles by Sarah Cowgill

When you make millions of dollars playing a game you love, and have legions of adoring fans, what could possibly make anyone any happier? For National Basketball Association (NBA) star Enes Kanter, it is becoming an American citizen. Kanter came… Read More

The Jewish festival of Hanukkah happens annually around the beginning of December, though the dates change each year. Just in time for the holiday, archaeologists in Israel say they may have found evidence supporting the ancient story of Hanukkah. Last… Read More

Does playing your favorite music affect your mood? The benefits of music on the mind have been researched for a long time, and one teen scientist has won an award for an invention that combines music and mental health. Sarah… Read More

A pipeline off the coast of California leaked over 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. The accident is affecting fishing, marine life, and beach and sporting activities. The leak is still being investigated due… Read More

Scientists, researchers, and many more have wondered who were the first people to arrive in America? It appears a 2009 discovery in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, is suggesting a timeline of around 23,000 years ago, during the time… Read More

Homecoming is a time for current students, staff, and former students to show appreciation for the school. Kids and advisors spend hours creating floats for the traditional parade. Each day leading up to the football game is meant to bring… Read More

The United States (U.S.), the United Kingdom (U.K.), and Australia (A) recently announced the intent to share nuclear submarine technology. In the security agreement, called AUKUS (for Australia, U.K., and the U.S.), the three countries promise to work united in… Read More

The Founding Fathers and their heroic actions helped form the United States, where freedoms are first and foremost protected. But the men did not establish this nation without the help of women. Women were warriors, nurses, couriers, and seamstresses. Many… Read More

Dogs have always been a human’s best friend: they are loyal, playful, can whiff out explosives, and help find missing people. But researchers now say these loyal canines can tell whether humans have the same good intentions for them. In… Read More

Since the Taliban has regained power, the future for girls and women is more uncertain than ever in Afghanistan. For 20 years, Afghan females have grown up with limited freedom to do what other girls and women can do by… Read More

Just like humans, apes use manners in social situations and signal to one another niceties like “hello” and “goodbye.” Ape social manners had not been seriously studied and recorded until now. A new scientific study has found that, like humans,… Read More

Martha Washington was an educated woman, skilled business manager, a clever hostess, and the only woman to appear on U.S. paper money. Before she even married George Washington, she was the wealthiest woman in Virginia. Martha Dandridge was born June… Read More