Kanchanok Zhang (kanchanok-zhang)

Kanchanok Zhang (Ting Ting) ('26) is a Science writer and a member of the Stuyvesant Art Department. She loves reading Latin literature, watching competitive Scrabble competitions, and eating chocolate ice cream. In her free time, she enjoys geeking out about penguins and running half marathons to Kendrick Lamar albums.

Science

There’s No Eggs!

Kanchanok Zhang

The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu across America has decimated poultry populations and caused issues with other animals such as dairy cows and wildlife, leading to egg shortages and concerns of a pathogenic strain that could affect humans.

Issue 10, Volume 115

Science

Quantum Sensors: Atomic Details, Monumental Impact

Amy Zhou, Kanchanok Zhang

Quantum sensors detect subatomic and atomic shifts, being innovated on to image and detect certain intracellular qualities and processes that provides a promising future in the medical field.

Issue 3, Volume 115

Science

The Roll of the Wheel in Nature

Kanchanok Zhang

Wheels enable us to commute and reach vast distances, but they are manufactured by humans. However, despite their success, wheels wouldn’t be able to evolve naturally in organisms due to the way bones grow and the rules that allow wheels to function normally.

Issue 2, Volume 115

Science

The Role of Direction, Is Right Right?

Kanchanok Zhang

Directions have been a main part of human life because evolution has prompted for the development of locomotion, sharper senses, and eventually intelligence. This intelligence would later on foster the beginnings of communication, which took inspiration from certain adaptations for movement to become linguistic patterns.

Issue 1, Volume 115

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