Category: Science

  • The Events and Issues Involving Boeing’s Starliner Capsule

    The Events and Issues Involving Boeing’s Starliner Capsule

    On June 5, 2024, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT)—consisting of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams—launched and was on its path towards the Internation Space Station (ISS). However, when the spacecraft arrived back on Earth on September 7, both Wilmore and Williams were left to…

  • The Ethics of High School Dissections

    The Ethics of High School Dissections

    It’s that time of the year at Great Valley when the biology & anatomy classes whip out their scalpels and take a deep dive into the systems of animals. This year, Anatomy & Physiology dissected a cat, AP Biology dissected a fetal pig, and Honors & Standard biology dissected frogs. Every year, students question if…