CuriosiTEA Journal Club 

Student Summary by Elizabeth Li Original Source: Kenneth Chiou et al. Science Journal for Kids and Teens, October 2022 https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/geladas_article.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01703-4 Image created by Elizabeth Li Background: While animal species disperse throughout the world and adapt to their surroundings, many will find themselves in a habitat that could be undesirable or hostile to their ancestors. Th

Student Summary by Audrey Kim Original Source: Anna Gray, The University of Rhode Island — ScienceDaily, January 30, 2026 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260129080446.htm Image created by Audrey Kim Abstract Background: The Alaskan gray wolves, living on Prince of Wales Island, were showing unusual behaviours; they started hunting sea otters. Sea otters were not included in their usual meal. This unexp

Student Summary By Hayden Byun Original Source: Erin Garcia de Jesús, Science News, July 5, 2026 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bumblebees-problem-solving-spontaneous Image created by Hayden Byun Abstract Background: In the past, scientists had discovered that some animals such as parrots or chimpanzees are able to apply improvisational problem solving skills, or “spontaneous problem solving” when needed, and it had been established that only “large-brained vertebrates”

Student Summary by Olivia Liu Original Source: Rachel Fieldhouse & Nature magazine, Scientific American, June 22, 2026 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stem-cells-banish-severe-autoimmune-disease-for-15-years/ Image Created by Olivia Liu Abstract Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disease (i.e. a condition in which your immune system attacks your own body) in which immune systems create antibodies that strike the spi

Student summary by Elizabeth Li Original Source: Sharoni, T. et al., Nature Ecology and Evolution, June 26, 2026 https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/scientists-discover-a-hidden-antiviral-immune-system-in-sea-anemones-that-works-the-opposite-way-from-humans-yet-still-stops-deadly-viruses Image created by Elizabeth Li Abstract Background: Viruses have infected living organisms for hundreds of millions of years, driving the evolution of unique defense systems in different species.

Student Summary by Emma Seo Original Source: Kathryn Hulick, Science News, June 26, 2026 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cybersecurity-threat-new-ai-models Image created by Emma Seo Abstract Background: As AI is growing in advancement, it is becoming better at hacking. People can use AI to steal someone's identity, disrupt core operations of banking and health care systems, and much more. If cyber security defenders aren't prepared, problems might be caused by cyber attac

Student Summary By Jayden Ahn Original Source: No individual author listed, Science Daily, July 1, 2026 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260621031409.html Image created by Jayden Ahn Abstract Background: Millions of years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period, there was a group of bird-like dinosaurs called oviraptors. Of course they went extinct millions of years ago, but to this day there is a 70-million-year-old mystery about these dinos. Oviraptors incuba

Student Summary By Olivia Hwang Original Source: Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, New York Times, January 30, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/greenland-algae-melting-icesheet.html?searchResultPosition=1 Image Photographed By Olivia Hwang Abstract Background: Climate change continues to be an ever-growing concern, as increasing temperatures lead to the rapid melting of ice formations. Greenland's ice sheet has been losing hundreds of billions of tons of ice each year, wh