By: Vidhisha Wagle These predicted five breakthroughs will change the course of science forever, breaking more boundaries than ever. 1. A Look at Black Holes While many of us have heard about black holes and their energy, numerous times scientists have been able to confirm it’s existence. However by measuring the motions of these stars…
In 1980’s Harlem, the entirety of the queer community was hidden. In New York, the queer community survived in artful safe spaces of dance, creation, and expression. The drag ball scene is illuminated issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation faced by the marginalized communities of New York, and by extension, society as a whole.…
Glaucous A splendid shade of blue. 2. Malachite An emerald green and tourquiose mixture. 3. Eburnean Similar to the colour ivory but with more yellow tint. 4. Fulvous Reminds me of orange sunsets. 5. Razzmatazz A hot pink colour with a razzling dazzling name. 6. Mikado Almost the same colour of the magic school bus…
Comics are a great way to reflect on life, laugh, and waste some time. XKCD is “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” The creator is Randall Munroe, and he posts life situations, diagrams, and the occasional absurd product advertisement. There are currently over 2100 comics on the website. Here are some of them.…
I like to think that I am well versed in meme culture. Especially considering that I live my life online, I sure hope that I have learned *something*. Below are some of the my favourite meme formats that I’ve seen this month. Enjoy. Well yes, but actually no Elon Musk Surreal Mars Rover “The Expert”…
The end of exam week, middle of winter–it’s not the brightest time of the year. It’s totally understandable if you’re a little down. If life’s been feeling a bit grey lately, try to remember these things and hopefully see a silver lining during this happiness drought. The Colour YELLOW! Everything about yellow screams good…
No matter what, I always pull it together by the end of the year to write this big, long, extremely important post. (I’m not kidding. Here, read my post from 2017: The Best Memes of 2017) I mean, where would we be without memes? I know I for one would be completely and utterly lost without their presence…
Note: An ‘anecdote’ is a short, real and amusing story about an incident or person. Anecdote #1: I was six, and it was Thanksgiving and I was so excited! My mom invited her friends over and said that I can as well. I invited two of my closest friends, I was so excited that I…
When we think of superheroes, we usually conjure up images to the likes of Spiderman and Captain America, and a lot of the reason as to why can be attributed to the works of Stan Lee. Stan Lee’s death has affected hundreds of millions of people worldwide, just as his tales of superhuman good-guys had…
Math! Probably the most popular least favourite subject of all time because: They just don’t like math. They don’t like their teacher. Whatever your reason is. Why the love/hate relationship? We all know that one person who would date Math if it were a person. Anyway, I know that there are some concepts in…
If you believe humans are the longest living life forms, think again. Here is a list of some of the longest living life forms. 10: Galapagos Giant Tortoise One of the oldest on record, Jonathan is still strong and healthy at 184 years old. 9: Bowhead Whale The bowhead whale, also known as the Arctic…
Many people get bored at some point in their lives. Instead of sitting around and feeling the time slip away from you, here’s a short list of things you can do or choose to ignore. Remember your public library that you haven’t visited since your bookworm phase in elementary school? Go see what’s there. Have…
Yanny or Laurel? A very popular debate among many. This trend/popular phenomenon all started when a 15-year-old girl named Cloe Feldman shared a video clip of an automated female voice pronuncing the word ‘Laurel’ on Twitter. Then that’s when this whole thing went viral. Cloe claims that she has been emailed by the Washington Post,…
Preface: This is a funny, fictional script for a radio advertisement. Try reading it aloud in a funny voice, and have fun with my satirical “advertisement”! ** Note: The product “RDTBBPBACI” does not exist in real life. “…Have you ever had bad breath? If not, you’re not human, go fly back to Mars. If…
A Tardigrade: The Most Durable Animal on the Planet A tardigrade, also sometimes known as the water bear, is one the most durable creatures ever discovered, although they look like a chubby, 8-legged gummy bear. Their legs each have 4-8 claws that resemble the claws of a bear. This is why they have earned the…