By Yujin Oh '31 What if one of your clearest memories is not an exact record of what happened? People tend to trust their memories because they assume that what they remember accurately reflects what they experienced. However, the concept of reconstructive memory challenges this assumption. Rather than functioning like a video recording, human memory is a process through which the brain reconstructs past experiences using stored information, prior knowledge, and details encou

By Emily Cho ‘27 The gold-medal performance of athlete Choi Ga-on at the 2026 Milan–Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics women’s snowboard halfpipe marked the first-ever gold medal for South Korea in snow sports and set the record for youngest gold medalist. The performance represents not only athletic exceptionality but also functions as a remarkable model in the application of psychics principles: after suffering from falls in her two initial runs, Choi executed a final perfor

By Jiho Lee ‘27 A stream of cinematic spectacles is expected to sweep past us this year, with Project Hail Mary leading the charge. Released on March 18, the film follows middle-school teacher Ryland Grace as he wakes up on a spaceship 12 light-years from home, absolutely unaware of how he got there. But upon discovering that energy-consuming microbes called "Astrophage" are dimming the sun, he soon understands his mission: to save Earth from the impending doom of a new ice a

By Emily Cho ‘27 While human appetite is often perceived as a mere biological signal, we eat when we are hungry and cease to eat when we are full, everyday experiences suggest more complexity. After finishing large portions of a meal, many claim they are “too full” to eat another bite—until the sweet delicacy restores their appetite. This phenomenon can be explicated by a psychological process known as sensory-specific satiety. Sensory-specific satiety (SSS) refers to the dec

Emily Cho '27 Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 biographical crime film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr. and Tom Hanks as FBI agent Carl Hanratty. The film is based on the real-life exploits of Abagnale, a teenage fraudster who impersonates a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer while forging millions of dollars in checks - all prior to his twenty-first birthday. As the FBI relentlessly pursues him throughout the entire narrative, it

By Emily Cho ‘27 The 2024 UK general election will shape the trajectory of British politics throughout the next decade in terms of addressing and providing solutions for economic stagnations and improving public healthcare. This election, marked by the victory of the ¹Labour Party under the leadership of ²Keir Starmer, not only signifies a shift away from the Conservative dominance that has been present for the past fourteen years, but also reflects the voters’ frustration wi