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Beyond Gravity
Aviation has changed the way we travel and connect with the world forever. From commercial airliners to private jets and fighter jets, the ability to touch the skies has become a routine part of modern life. Yet, the science behind the mechanics of flight remains a mystery to many. How can a heavy metal machine,…
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Cancel Culture: A Necessary Tool for Accountability or a Threat to open Discourse?
The term “Cancel Culture” has been around for several years but became particularly popular in the United States in 2019 and 2020. The phrase was used to describe a growing trend of individuals and groups calling for boycotts or other forms of punishment against public figures who have said or done something controversial or offensive.…
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The power of touch
Babies who get physical affection seem to have better chances of being happy adults.This is a response to the oxytocin they’ve released when feeling love and connection. Did you know hugging your baby can make them succeed?The brain starts developing already in the womb, but the skills to use it comes after birth. During the…
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The rise of binge-watching: a cultural revolution or a fading trend?
After a big day at work, we come back at 6 pm, we slip into our pajamas, we put on Netflix, we play our series and we watch it under our favorite plaid. Enjoying this moment, we’re starting an episode, and a second, and a third, and we can’t stop anymore, we look at the…
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The legacy of Toše Proeski
If there is one singer in Macedonia that everyone knows, it’s Toše Proeski. Whether it is grandmother or under twenty-years-old, it seems like they all have something to say. Toše Proeski was usually represented with glowing adjectives and it can be said that he was the pride of this country. Toše Proeski, born in 1981…
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Music to your Ears
Have you ever been to a party and your ears are blasting minutes after you have left the venue? Or have even experienced hearing significantly less hours or days after? I hate to break the obvious to you. It probably comes from the way too loud music, that caused you temporary noise related hearing loss.…
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Uncovering the Giza’s pyramids’ secret with… Cosmic particles!
“Just because a mystery is 4500 years old doesn’t mean it can’t be solved…” is the motivation for the Scan Pyramids project. Created, designed, and coordinated by the Faculty of Engineering of Cairo and the French HIP Institute (Heritage, Innovation, and Preservation), this project uses the most innovative non-destructive technologies. It will be used by…
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FabLabs – a small step for a man, a giant leap toward accessibility of innovation
A place where there are technological machines like 3D printing or cutting laser, opening for everybody and for free; it sounds like a utopia, isn’t it? Guess what? It exists! We called these places FabLabs: Fabrication laboratory. Developed firstly in the USA, these spaces are more and more developing in Europe and should further increase…
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Earthquakes don’t kill, buildings do!
Earthquakes are a natural phenomenon that takes place in the lithosphere layer of the earth. Ones have occurred in many parts of the planet so far, and thousands of people have lost their lives due to negligence. One of the major earthquakes that happened closest to today is the Kahramanmaras earthquakes, with 7.9 and 7.8…
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Slow down: Fast food
The fact is, that following a healthy diet doesn’t go in line with eating regularly in fast food restaurants. Fast food is typically loaded with calories, sodium, and unhealthy fat. This is very harmful to human health. It also tends to be low in nutrients and almost totally lacking in fruit, vegetables, and fiber. That…
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Forgive like Rwandan
“In all my travels, I’ve never seen a country’s population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.” – Rick Warren At Johannesburg airport, the airline staff lady asked me to repeat my final destination twice as if there was something wrong with travelling to Rwanda. Kigali, I replicated with confidence.…
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