The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

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The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
Kathryn Winters

Kathryn Winters, Staff Writer

Kathryn Winters (class of 2027) is a junior at Carlmont High School. She is both a Highlander Editor and a Staff Writer for Scot Scoop. When not chasing down leads for her news ledes, she’s deep in research for future stories. And when she’s not doing that, you’ll probably find her out on the golf course playing for Carlmont’s varsity team or training at the karate dojo, ideally ending the day binging Modern Family with her family. View her portfolio here!

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After his final treatment, doctors from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) prep baby KJ Muldoon for discharge. While the success of his treatment has been widely celebrated as a triumph in both science and medicine, it also raises concerns about children’s consent, access, and the need for global ethical guidelines. “New technology is hard for people to accept sometimes. I think that the more people learn about CRISPR and all the benefits it can bring, the more accepted it will become,” said Jaime Abdilla, co-director of the Biotechnology Institute (BTI) and a biotechnology instructor at Carlmont.

Editing humanity: A double-edged sword

Kathryn Winters, Staff Writer • November 18, 2025

Two-day-old baby KJ Muldoon only had a few months left to live. Diagnosed with a rare and fatal genetic disease, his life hung in the balance — the only known treatment offering little hope of...

A person with tritanopia, also known as blue-yellow color deficiency, sees the world in mostly red, pink, grey, and turquoise. However, not every person with this deficiency sees the same thing. “It's not that people with the same deficiency are all the same. Some of them are almost color blind, and some of them have such a small change in color sensitivity that you'd have to do deep diagnostic tests to find it. It's a whole spectrum,” said Michael Marmor, M.D., a professor of Ophthalmology and Human Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Seeing in shifted shades

Kathryn Winters, Staff Writer • April 29, 2025

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet: the rainbow. But what if that wasn’t it? Sophomore Ryan Evert experiences a different kind of rainbow. Where others see a sharp distinction between...

A girl articulates her emotions more effectively through the use of profanity. Studies have shown that, although often considered inappropriate in many contexts, the occasional use of strong language can actually benefit one’s well-being. “Swearing is used for expressions of pain, expressions of sympathy, and even expressions of joy, whereas it's possible to be very, very hurtful and even hateful, without using swearing at all,” researcher in computational neuroscience and science author Emma Byrne, Ph.D., said. “Unpicking the difference between using profane language, and acting in a way that is hurtful and obnoxious is very important.”

What the %@#!

Kathryn Winters, Staff Writer • January 15, 2025

Dang it. Shoot. Frick. And much worse. Swearing is a well-known taboo, even considered a sin in some religions and cultures. However, contrary to popular belief, it is not actually inherently bad or...

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