Our capability to communicate is global and instantaneous. It’s therefore unsurprising that we seem to be hearing about conspiracy theories all the time. With access to the internet, you can spend days and nights – trust me – down the rabbit hole on Reddit, 4chan, and YouTube, indulging in the wild inventions of the bored […]Read More
Vietnam is a country known for many things: Mad motorbike traffic, a single-party communist government, a violent war, beautiful scenery, delicious food, and friendly people. Now, successfully dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that brought even the wealthiest countries in the world to their knees can be added to that list. As of July 21st, Vietnam’s […]Read More
You would’ve thought in the 21st century there would be less reports of racially charged attacks, prejudice and discrimination, but it’s nothing like a global health crisis to expose the grave criminal injustices that those of ethnic minorities face all too often.Read More
In the war between information and misinformation, by far the greatest weapon of all is mass media. A media that, unfortunately, more and more frequently is being utilised for the spread of misinformation of not only political matters but also scientific ones. Recently, there seems to have been a huge spike in the spread of […]Read More
There is no question that Elon Musk currently ranks among the most influential billionaires of the 21st century. Among the likes of Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Musk has managed to carve himself out as perhaps one of the most relatable and down-to-earth of the western elite, starting with his early creation of […]Read More
The fields of art history and physics don’t often brush shoulders. Students of these subjects at uni only ever see each other at graduation; there is very little similarity between manipulating mathematical equations and studying the composition of a Monet landscape. Calculus was never explored by Cezanne.Read More
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