Black hole accretion disks
How matter spirals into a black hole, why the disk glows in X-rays, and what current models still can't explain.
Fremont High SchoolWe're the students
We're the students
who read the papers.
Radical Researchers Society is the student-run research club at Fremont High School. Every Tuesday at lunch in Room 136 we sit down with a real scientific paper (physics, biology, computer science, math) and take it apart together until it makes sense. No jargon gatekeeping, no prerequisites: just students figuring out real science line by line.
We were founded by students who wanted a place where curiosity counted more than credentials. Since then the club has grown into a small research community that reads papers, records breakdowns for our YouTube channel, and helps members write and present work of their own.
Tuesdays at lunch
Room 136, Fremont High
Zero dues, open to everyone
Radical Researchers Society
Founded chapter, Sunnyvale, California
$0 Membership Dues
Tuesdays at Lunch, Room 136
No Experience Required
100% Student-Led
Our mission
A new club raising awareness about research
Bringing the research community together at Fremont High.
The Radical Researchers Society is a new club geared towards raising awareness about research, and to bring this community together. Our club's mission is to create a community supporting people to write, explore, and learn about cutting edge research.
Our members and speakers include Harvard and Caltech admits. The research topics discussed have ranged from black hole accretion disks, to novel solutions for unsolved logic math puzzles, to the implications of AI deception.
Harvard and Caltech admits among our members and speakers
Topics from black hole accretion disks to AI deception
A community that writes, explores, and learns together
What we've covered
Real topics from real meetings
A sample of the papers and workshops our members have led in Room 136.
Unsolved logic puzzles
Members walked through novel approaches to logic problems that don't have a clean published answer yet.
The implications of AI deception
What it means when a language model learns to mislead, and how researchers test for it in the lab.
Attention Is All You Need
The paper behind modern AI, unpacked from the ground up: tokens, attention heads, and why it replaced RNNs.
Reading a methods section
Using real bio papers to learn how experiments are designed, controlled, and reported honestly.
Slide decks that land
A workshop on turning ten pages of dense text into a five-slide story an audience actually follows.
What we're about
Four things that define how we work
A snapshot of what happens in Room 136 every week.
Master Scientific Analysis
Break down complex research papers step by step with weekly guided reading sessions across CS, biology, physics, and chemistry.
Public Speaking and Presentations
Present research findings with polished slide decks and receive real, friendly feedback from peers and officers.
Real College Prep and Mentorship
Build the academic skills that matter for college applications, science fairs, and independent research projects.
Student-Led and Open
The club is run entirely by students, with no dues and no auditions, every meeting is planned and led by our own members.
What we work on
The craft of reading and sharing research
RRS is not a lecture series. These are the six things our members actually practice together, week after week.
Find good papers
Use Google Scholar, PubMed, and arXiv to find credible, readable sources in any field.
Read efficiently
Skim abstracts, map figures, and extract the main claim without getting lost in equations.
Critique methods
Ask what the authors actually did, what they measured, and what could be stronger.
Write summaries
Turn a dense paper into a clear one-page summary your peers can actually understand.
Build slides
Design visual decks that keep an audience focused on the story, not the wall of text.
Speak publicly
Practice pacing, eye contact, and handling Q&A in a low-pressure, supportive room.
How the club grows
From listening in to leading the room
Nobody is thrown into the deep end. This is the arc we've watched our members follow across a semester.
Week 1-2
Observe and learn
Show up, listen in, follow along with paper breakdowns. No pressure to speak, present, or bring anything.
Week 3-6
Contribute and analyze
Ask questions, help discuss papers, and try our cheat sheets on your own reading. Optional: co-lead a short segment.
Week 7+
Present and lead
Give your own paper breakdown or original-research talk. Officers help you scope, review slides, and rehearse.