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Hikikomori Hermitism and the Recluse

Since the Coronavirus reached pandemic proportions back in March, the lives of many people have been changed beyond recognition. Even people who are not among the old and the sickly have had to undergo the stressors of lockdown. Quarantine, currently the only weapon we have against the virus, is not without its own drawbacks. Fear…

BySaad RashidOctober 31, 20200Comments

The Candy Coup, Why Fat isn’t Evil.

Fat. That one word is the boon of millions of people throughout the world. To make things more precise, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, two billion people on this planet are either overweight or obese. Around one in every ten people are medically obese. Of course, the issue of fat-shaming is another…

BySaad RashidOctober 29, 20200Comments

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The Historic Journey of Plastic from the Earth’s Crust to the Mariana Trench

Plastic is one of the most widely produced materials at a global level for nearly all forms of consumption (industrial, domestic, etc.). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reported that over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every single year for a wide range of uses. Plastics were originally made out…

ByZainab HasanOctober 26, 20200Comments

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Genetic Ancestry Tests & All That They Entail

The human mind and soul are full of curiosity and the thirst to know more does not get quenched ever. The dip into finding out our ancestry via ancestry tests is just another expression of curiosity. People have always wanted to know where exactly they come from and genetic ancestry testing provides them with the…

BySeirut JavedOctober 22, 20200Comments

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Continuing the Cycle: How We Carry Intergenerational Trauma through Our Legacies

There is a novel idea that trauma is passed on from one generation to the next. Intergenerational trauma was recognized as a concept in 1966, when psychologists studied the descendants of people who had lived through the Holocaust. Another study was conducted twenty years later, which found that a considerable number of grandchildren of Holocaust…

ByKhudeeja AsifOctober 20, 20202Comments

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What is Deep Work? Tips to Boost Concentration

The term “Deep Work” has nothing to do with geographical depth or so-called intellectual/philosophical discourse. In fact, it is a much more simple concept. The phrase was coined by Cal Newport- a professor of Computer Sciences at Georgetown University, in his book titled “Deep Work”. Though the term is newly coined, it refers to a…

BySaad RashidOctober 16, 20200Comments

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China’s New Climate Change Policy: Explained

On 22 nd September, the President of China, Xi Jinping, made an announcement to the U.N. that took the world by surprise. He publicized the intention of China to tackle carbon emissions and called on all countries in the world to work towards achieving a green recovery for the world economy in the wake…

ByFarah JassawallaOctober 15, 20200Comments

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg – The Legacy Explained

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on 18th September 2020 broke countless hearts around the world. Ginsburg passed away at her house, surrounded by her family, due to complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. She was 87 years old. Chief Justice John Roberts effectively touched upon her legacy in a statement: "Our nation has…

ByFarah JassawallaOctober 12, 20200Comments

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Depressive Realism: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?

Many people are not aware of the term of depressive realism yet are mildly aware of the concept; depressive realism is when the depression of an individual makes them more realistic in comparison to their non-depressed comrades. According to findings, people with depression are more accurate and objective about their abilities, judgments, the…

BySeirut JavedOctober 10, 20200Comments

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Meteors and Megaliths: Are we wrong about our history?

Most of our school history books present a very simple picture of how we got here today. What our school books tell us The currently accepted model of human development over time is presented to us as linear. It was presented that around two million years ago, our ancestors got off their front feet and…

BySaad RashidOctober 8, 20200Comments

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