Extreme budgeting
If you’re young, working, and studying using student loans then you’re likely financially strained and in need of a budget. There is not much you can compromise on.
Tag: FEATURETTE
The People vs. ‘Dr. Death’
For the most part, this is a universally accepted norm in our modern society that we must do absolutely everything in our power to save the lives of those in need.
Let’s Talk Science: Mutation breeding, petroleum plants, and STDs
Living in a world constantly being stripped of its resources, the human race needs to find alternatives.
Summer 2015: What does your neighbourhood have to offer?
Summer is here! It is too rainy and gloomy these days, but officially we are in spring and the summer season is knocking at our doors with its bag full of wonderful and fun opportunities.
Futurology 101
Technology as we know it today, considered a luxury by most in the 1990s, is an integral part of most people’s lives in the developed world. Smartphones, GPS, and the like have become deeply rooted in our daily lives. This, in particular, goes for the latest generation to reach adulthood—a demographic commonly referred to as the millennials.
Curbing student suicide in South Korea
Recent approval of a mobile application in South Korea meant to be used as a student suicide-prevention tool has sparked some concerns in a country known as much for its Internet connectivity as for its high rates of suicide.
So you want to be an extra?
Almost every movie, TV show, or music video has at least a couple (and often, several hundred) people in the background of the scene. While the actors are speaking at a party, there have to be other party guests present in the background, or it wouldn’t make any sense. The people who portray these non-speaking roles are known as “background performers,” or more commonly, “extras.”
Let’s Talk Science: Grafting, milk, and hair loss
Grafting is method of asexual reproduction for plants induced by human-interference. Farmers and gardeners cut a part at an angle—usually diagonally—of a plant or tree that they want to cultivate or grow.
Let’s Talk Science: Antioxidants, stem cells, anaerobic exercise, and sneezing
Sneezing is a natural phenomenon which is a response to any unwanted particle in our respiratory system that enters it and causes irritation. It is a reflex action and therefore is controlled by the brain directly. The sensors present on the internal lining of the respiratory system detect any foreign particle and send a signal to brain for the sneeze reflex to thrust it out.
This is your brain on social media
For better or worse, the Internet—and, consequently, social media—has spent the past 15 or so years establishing itself no longer as a luxury, but a utility. A complete and utter necessity for governments and citizens of the first world.