According to the Mayo Clinic, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is a form of depression that directly corresponds to the change in weather. Most cases of SAD occur in early late fall and early winter,...
What is it? For the first time ever, researchers have found microplastics in human bloodstreams. Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic in the environment that are a result of the breakdown of...
Say goodbye to your winter coats and say hello to sunscreen, your new best friend for the next four months. Usually the number one thing on everyone’s summer todo list is to get tan. Even though a nice...
As part of the global immersion program 14 students, from grades nine through eleven, traveled to Williamson, West Virginia chaperoned by Scott Hollander and Dion Crushshon ‘88.
As stated by Hollander,...
There are plenty of apps out there all with intentions to help better the users life. There's meditation apps like Headspace, advice apps like Co-Star, but one app that stands out is Finch. Finch is a...
The general idea of daylight savings time is originally credited to Benjamin Franklin, in 1784, and was introduced primarily in the midst of world war 1 to conserve electricity, much to the protests of...
The mindless scroll on TikTok, Instagram, or ESPN… moments merge into sleep-deprived minutes which ultimately result in tiresome mornings. There is, however, a solution to the seemingly insurmountable...
The James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully launched into orbit and has just captured its first photos. The 10 billion dollar telescope has 18 golden mirrors that help it achieve incredible view...
The astrology app Co-Star has a cult-like following with 5.3 million users as of 2019. The app provides users with ultra-personal horoscopes based off of an algorithm that combines exact birth dates and...
In a JAMA Internal Medical study Dr. I-Min-Lee a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School looked at the effects of taking 10,000 steps a day, a number that originally originated in 1965 as part...
Computer and phone games have been many students' pastime for many years, but in recent times it seems like certain games such as Wordle and Geoguessr have spread among the school community in an unprecedented...
Amelia Bush, Arts & Culture Editor
• February 3, 2022
Journaling can have many positive effects on mental health, like calming nerves, dealing with stress and anxiety, creating plans for homework, identifying problems, and combating negative thoughts. Personally,...
![One student responded that the change of seasons bring[s] back motivation to complete my school work and self care regiments! I also notice my room is a lot cleaner and there are less empty water glasses.](https://www.blakespectrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SAD-survey-pie-chart-CMYK.tif)
