Let’s all be honest. The start to the new “20s” has been…suboptimal. With everything that is going on right now, the 1980s seems like the golden age—and not without reason. Modern media influence plays a big role in this, but there were many factors in the 80s itself that make us all wish we could…
1 Brenda Atkinson Milner is a neuropsychologist who dedicated her studies to neuropsychology, a combination of neurology and psychology. If you were ever enrolled in a Biology 30 class, you would have learned about the medial temporal lobe, which Dr. Milner had discovered. She discovered that the medial temporal lobe plays an essential role in…
Paper cranes are probably the first things that come to mind when you think “origami.” However, the mathematics behind this simple art of folding have actually inspired complex engineering inventions. I personally find it so cool that you can take 2D materials and create intricate 3-D designs without cutting or gluing. For example, the origami…
Presentations are hard without physical contact. But no one has any choice in the matter when we’re all shut at home, hiding from a global pandemic and trying to avoid physical contact as much as possible. I struggled tirelessly with this painful process for the past year: from Model UN conferences to novel studies to…
Bored at home on a Saturday night with nowhere to go? No problem! While some of these movies are not new, here are the top five movies to watch with your family, virtually with your friends, or just by yourself for self-care! Happy watching! 1. Soul: Ever wonder what the afterlife looks like? What about…
You may have undoubtedly heard of the Gender Gap in STEM before, but even though we’ve made considerable progress in bridging the gender gap in STEM in recent decades, there is still continues to be a vast gap in STEM that needs to be bridged. Women hold less than 25% of the total jobs in…
If you know me personally, you know that I am into coding, by no means does that mean that I am good at it; but instead it means that I truly try my best to learn it and improve my skills gradually. Although, this summer, I am inspired to learn more coding because it is…
Happy Pride month from your local YAA blogger buddies, Estelle Kim and Iliana Cutten! School is finally over and we are ready to take on summer. This month’s blog will include new topics such as location of the month and project of the month. Hope you enjoy! LOCATION OF THE MONTH Estelle – Saskatoon Farm Saskatoon Farm…
Welcome to your local YAA bloggers, Estelle Kim and Iliana Cutten’s Blog of the Month! As a dynamic duo since junior high, we have opened up our new YAA blog content, K&C Corner, to share our recommendations and offbeat thoughts. Each month we will share with you our monthly obsessions in a variety of alternating…
Bored during quarantine and in desperate need of adventure without having to leave your house? Read all about Calgary’s Gideon Keys from the comfort of your couch! This is your chance to get swept into another world — one that you’re familiar with, so you might even feel like you’re in your own little movie.…
Nothing to do at home? No problem. Alberta has just announced that mass gatherings will not be allowed this summer. Yes, this means no Stampede. Even though this measure is very needed, it throws a wrench in the works for students. Many Calgary students rely on these events to participate in the community, and…
The world is in quite the situation right now. While all of us want to mess around on the internet (as I have been doing for the past two months), the looming unease of the COVID-19 pandemic continually presses to our minds. The world seems so disorganized, nothing seems certain, and no one has any…
It’s time to build Shruggie! In the current quarantined state of the world, everyone probably has an insane amount of time to kill. Today’s featured website, buildshruggie.com, provides an excellent way to kill this time. This site is the world’s most random, useless puzzle; its pieces are various keyboard symbols you can put together to make…
At this special point in time, all of a sudden, what was unimaginable has become mundane, and what was ordinary is now extraordinary. We are stumbling through this unusual time. People from all over the world remain just as different a month ago as they are today, but somehow, we now share one more universal…
The internet is filled with so much! There are endless videos and posts to entertain and inspire. I scroll and scroll for inspiration, and what I find is pretty cool! But for every post that I find very cool and inspiring, I had to scroll through twenty boring ones. Of course, there are so so many…