So far, 2019 has been a great year for comebacks. First, the Jonas Brothers are making a comeback and now the measles virus is back. Measles, a virus that was actually eradicated in the U.S. in 2000 has resurfaced. This year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has documented six outbreaks of the virus […]

Ever since the summer of 2015, I have been obsessed with Mariah Carey. She has a massive discography, so I can listen to her daily. I fell in love with her five-octave voice and her beautiful songwriting. Since the beginning of my idolization of Mariah Carey, I have always heard people hating on her. If […]

Whether we realize it or not, people project emotions and human-like traits on machines. This leads to us forming attachments with them. Whether those machines are more commonplace like a Roomba or as far away as a rover on another planet, people love the idea of a machine feeling emotions. “My battery is low and […]

We have all heard, or used at some point, the old saying that “my dog ate my homework.” But what about an updated version of this saying? A leopard seal ate my homework. Recently researchers in New Zealand were observing the feces of leopard seals to study the species diet and they found an interesting […]

NSU students are opinionated about all kinds of things, from universal social issues to NSU-specific concerns. Sometimes, however, we Sharks just need to rant about the smaller things in life to let off some steam.  In this column, The Current asks: water your thoughts? Billy Joel and I have a bone to pick: in his […]

2019 is, already, off to a weird start. On Jan. 4, a new Instagram account named @world_record_egg set out on a mission. The account posted a stock photo of an egg with the goal of becoming the most-liked picture on the platform. Surprisingly, it did. A picture of an egg became the most-liked image on […]

If I spend the first two weeks of the semester trying to find the required textbooks for free online or at the cheapest possible price, it would be reasonable to assume that I don’t want to spend any more money than I have to for that class. Why should we pay the extra $70 or […]

As you may know, OrgSync has gotten a new name: SharkHub. The new name started to bug me when I began thinking about how many things NSU has added the word “shark” to. The list is quite long, as I have found over 40 names with the word. Some of the shark names are associated […]

Every morning to start my day I unlock my phone and read my horoscope for the day so I know what I should expect to happen.   Being a Pisces, I already know what good and bad qualities I possess. Some positive qualities include imaginative, intuitive and sensitive. Some negative traits include weak-willed, over-sensitive, idealistic […]