Leap years occur every four years, adding one extra day and making that year 366 days by adding in February 29. Leap years happen because the planet orbits around the sun, and rotation on its axis is not a perfect line. An article called Time and Date stated, "It takes Earth approximately 365.242189...

On December 28, 2019, at 6:16 p.m., 41-year-old Christina Koch broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman by surpassing 289 days in space.  Koch would remain in space until February 6, 2020, which set a new record of 328 days. The astronaut landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at...

The International Olympic Committee and the IOC have officially announced the arrival of six new sports to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. The sports that have been added include baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. The official Olympic website called it "the most...

While it has long been typical to see adults with a coffee in hand, especially in the mornings, it has been a growing trend to see teens sporting Starbucks or Dunkin as well.  Let's take a look at both Starbucks and Dunkin--the two most popular to-go options for coffee across America and in Northeast...

For the past couple of years, Mayfield City School District has taken an innovative approach to space and education. Both Mayfield’s Middle and High schools have undergone many changes in hopes of impacting learning for students. Among these are the recent renovations to the middle school's courtyard. About...

On January 26, 2020, at around 2:00, basketball star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. According to CBS Sports, they were heading to his daughter’s youth basketball game in Thousand Oaks, California. The helicopter...

If you would like to see a video montage of staff and students trying to guess the four Pringles flavors click here. The History In 1919, a man named Alexander Liepa was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He would go on to make one of the most well-known chip brands in the world: Pringles. The first name...

2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment, which officially allowed black men to vote after the Civil War. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which allowed all women to vote. This year for Black History Month at MMS, we will be focusing on the struggles for...