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Academy Chronicle

The student news site of Bergen County Academies

Academy Chronicle

The student news site of Bergen County Academies

Academy Chronicle

Science & Technology

What’s Going on With TikTok?

Elena Jacoby November 25, 2020

Let’s talk about TikTok. The ByteDance owned application, which boasts hundreds of millions of downloads globally, has a tumultuous track record, both with its users and with various governments....

“The Social Dilemma” Reviewed: A Warning Call to Humanity

Ming-Jing Qin, Writer November 2, 2020
A look into the message behind Netflix’s 2020 documentary "The Social Dilemma" exposes the immense power social media platforms have over their users' lives.
Zippy, Meet BCA

Zippy, Meet BCA

Alex Weber, Managing Editor May 9, 2020

On March 2nd, a lucky group of students at Bergen County Academies were given the chance to hang out with Zippy. Zippy was invited to BCA in order to provide comfort, reduce stress levels, and decrease...

This may be the possible future of space travel if AI were effectively taught to be empathetic. Astronauts could receive mental health support on long missions if this were the case.

2020: Is this the Year of Empathetic Artificial Intelligence?

Michelle Kim, General Editor April 20, 2020

     At a conference at Dartmouth College in 1956, the word “artificial intelligence” was first uttered. Now, nearly seventy years later, artificial intelligence (AI) is at the cusp of becoming...

Pictured above are various actions you can take in preventing climate change on a small-scale level. Still, these individual choices will not be our planet's saving grace.

Personal Choices are not the Superman of Preventing Climate Change

Abby Saks March 23, 2020

According to recent studies, 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 1988 were produced by just 100 companies. Still, many people preach the idea that, if every person tries to reduce their own...

Empty Promises Cannot Extinguish Fires

Empty Promises Cannot Extinguish Fires

Alex Weber, Managing Editor March 9, 2020

Two years after a drought started to plague Australia, it was announced that the country was experiencing its driest spring ever in October 2019. Simultaneously, Australia’s annual bushfire season officially...

Jekyll and Hyde: The Genetically Modified Foods Controversy

Yilin Xie February 3, 2020

While some say that genetically modified foods (GM foods) hold the potential to solve many of the world’s crises, others consider GM foods unsafe and dangerous to not only people but the planet as well. In...

Intelli-Buoy

Intelli-Buoy

Angela Lee February 7, 2017

  They dreamed, they planned, they succeeded. It was their love for the environment that kept them going. Mr. Nodarse’s team of engineers, including Shannon Zhang and Laura Zhou, teamed up...

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