Natalie Kulak

Methane gas found on Mars, hopes for new discoveries in 2020

Methane gas found on Mars, hopes for new discoveries in 2020

BY FIONA HINDS ’21

In the summer of 2013, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter detected methane emissions in the Gale crater, a large depression near the Martian equator, according to the New York Times. Their findings were later replicated by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which measured levels of methane in the air that lasted for about two months. Methane on Earth is usually produced by living things, so this finding is both exciting and bewildering for scientists, who believe it could potentially indicate alien life.

Social media usage can be harmful to a student’s self-esteem

Social media usage can be harmful to a student’s self-esteem

BY TESS REMICK ’21

Students from colleges and universities all over the world turn to social media as a place to connect with each other at the start of each new school year. Being away from home for the first time while having the chance to reinvent themselves results in students attempting to make new friends through social media apps. As a relatively small liberal arts college, students at Mount Holyoke have the opportunity to follow their peers’ lives through the lens of social media on a more intimate level than many.

One-third of the Great Barrier Reef has died due to coral bleaching

One-third of the Great Barrier Reef has died due to coral bleaching

BY CHEYENNE ELLIS ’21

A new study discovered that an underwater heat wave two years ago resulted in the death of one-third of the Great Barrier Reef, according to The New York Times. Though the Reef is a physical and sedentary piece of the Australian underwater landscape, it is a living and vibrant collection of coral and other organisms. 

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