Over the last few years with the rise of Tik Tok and short-form video content on the internet, a certain man has since risen to an absurd level of fame despite his outdated and controversial views. Andrew Tate, professional MMA fighter and human trafficker began his rise to fame after being featured in a select…
It is inevitable that we would be faced with new advancements to our technological resources and prosperous from uprising STEM opportunities in the near future. But with these advancements, new jobs will also be introduced. If you are intrigued to go into the depths of coding, technology, robotics and more, then there are many positions…
The Human Genome Project (HGP) transformed biology and was one of the great feats of exploration in history. Rather than an outward exploration of the cosmos around us, the Human Genome Project was an international collaboration that turned inwards to successfully sequence and map all of the genes — together known as the genome —…
Predicting the future is messy business. “Futurology” is the art of speculating about the future and, in practice, it’s an optimist’s game. Indeed, few want to think poorly of their own—or humanity’s—future. There will doubtless be innumerable innovations in the coming years. Today’s vision of the future incorporates the idea of a continued advance of…
Gene editing gives scientists the ability to change an organism’s DNA, allowing them to treat or prevent diseases. Technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in a gene, which is exciting news for researchers. The technology is faster, cheaper, effective, and more accurate than other methods presented…
NASA’s Success Opportunity, a rover that has been exploring Mars from January 2004 until June 2018, approximately a total of 14 years. The golf cart sized rover had made some of the biggest discoveries in science as well as influential information to our world. She lived up to the title of being the longest running…
What is humanity’s biggest concern currently? This question sparks a great deal of controversy. Some believe it is the COVID-19 pandemic or political tension, but I can argue otherwise. Climate change is a rising issue that requires immediate action to resolve. It was first discovered over a century ago and was only formally addressed in…
I am by no means a tech guru. But I, like practically everyone else, have noticed the increase of technology replacing everyday necessities, and even luxuries. When I ask my parents about life without the internet and smartphones as a commonality, I’m shocked that they functioned like normal kids, especially in their teenage years. It…
We live in a world defined by an abundance of information. Our phones and computers continually collect data about us. Similarly, posts and photos and videos—all of which have to “exist” somewhere in the real world—flood the internet. We call it the cloud, but the actual information up in the cloud ultimately still has to…
Just this month, Bitcoin and Ethereum—two of the most valuable cryptocurrencies—reached all-time highs in prices. The upsurge of cryptocurrencies in recent years has spurred on a new financial ecosystem—one built around blockchain, the same technology used by cryptocurrencies. Its users call it decentralized finance—DeFi for short—and it promises a financial system without traditional financial institutions,…
Whether you’re rushing to finish an English essay or simply emailing a friend, typing is a vital skill for us all. Nowadays, we live in a world with computers, phones and a multitude of other technology. Therefore, the ability to type with both speed and accuracy is becoming more important in today’s digital world. What…
Over the past century, the average human diet has shifted drastically. And no more so than in the industrialized world. The foods more and more of us eat have become products of a globalized, industrial machine—a machine that gives us an abundance of calories at astonishingly low prices, all at the cost to the environment,…
It’s uncommon we get the opportunity to sit down and have a calm conversation with a rubber duck. However, in software engineering, rubber ducking is a simple, quick fix to this conundrum! Commonly used to debug code, this practice is an effective method to identify mistakes in a methodological manner. However, rubber ducking is useful…
Privacy online is becoming a lost ideal. And pretty much everyone who uses the internet is under a gloom of surveillance—one that constantly records and monetizes their data. It’s no secret that privacy loss occurs all the time on the internet. And in many cases, it goes unnoticed. Users have come to acquiesce to the…
The prospect of robots taking over the world has been floating around in science fiction and popular culture for decades. Many of us might imagine some sort of machine uprising or super-intelligent revolutionaries gone out of control. But at least for now, these fears have yet to become reality. But we shouldn’t write them off…