The Boeing Starliner, a once promising spacecraft, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) empty-handed, leaving behind its two astronauts, Sunita “Suni” Williams (58) and Barry “Butch” Wilmore (61), at the ISS
Classical antiquity has fascinated me since elementary school. Like many young readers, I was captivated by Rick Riordan’s Greek gods and goddesses in the “Percy Jackson” novels and soon continued on to
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As a fifth-generation New Yorker with close ties to a large, local extended family, I am keenly aware that a significant part of who I am—my understanding of the world and my
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I was exhausted when I woke up. It was 7:00 AM: way too early for the midst of summer break. Before that morning, disregarding a few small hiccups caused by various other
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Growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, my daily routine has always been regimented and predictable. I wake up early, eat the same breakfast and run down the block to
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Whenever someone describes Paris to me, their eyes light up. They describe the magic that winds through the streets, underneath every cobblestone, alive in every glowing streetlight. Imagine all that magic, and
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