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Clean(sing) Skopje
Why would you roll a huge ball of trash through Skopje? Well, there can be multiple reasons, and one of them is to raise awareness of recycling and waste in a form of art performance. Art can be a powerful tool to raise awareness about waste and environmental problems. Cecilia (Cee) Martens and Holger Maik…
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Gap year: the secret of good mental health for students
At the end of high school, most of the young people are kind of lost and don’t know what to do after. It’s a very stressful period and choosing a specific field of study in university is usually hard. For a few years, a phenomenon appeared, particularly in Europe: the gap year! Let’s discover the…
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Cat or dog café for animal lovers
Have you ever wanted to have a cat or a dog but you can’t because you don’t have the necessary conditions at your home? Cat or dog café is a solution for you! The concept of cat café originated in Taiwan in the 1990s and has since gained popularity in various countries around the world.…
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Sun – best friend or enemy?
It’s a hot and beautiful summer day, you are spending time with your friends in the park. Soon you notice your inflamed, painful and red skin. Sunburns are a pretty common thing, for someone they are even more ordinary than to others. Sun, our light and hot star in the sky, usually makes us happier…
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FWG: Sea Water Into Fresh Water
Maritime transport plays a critical role in the global economy. Over 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea. We have better understood how important this trade is, and the key role of seafarers, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine we have been experiencing in recent…
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Pitch Perception & Mother Tongue
How our native language influences our musical abilities Language and music are two fundamental forms of human expression and are intricately intertwined in our daily lives. Recent research has shed more light on the fascinating relationship between our native language and our musical abilities. According to recent research conducted by the University of Auckland and…
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Macedonian football players in Poland
Hello everyone! I’m Marcel and I come from Poland. Honestly, I have loved football since the first years of my life. Knowing about my long-awaited trip to Macedonia as a volunteer, I wanted to write about Macedonian football players who played or still play for Polish clubs during their careers. In Poland’s top football division,…
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Penguins – not just cute but also clever!
“Antarctica, an inhospitable wasteland, but even here, on the Earth’s frozen bottom, we find life. And not just any life: penguins. Joyous, frolicking, waddling, cute and cuddly life. Look at them, tumbling onto their chubby bum bums”, describes the narrator in the famous DreamWorks Animation movie “Penguins of Madagascar”. With their distinctive coloration and their…
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Discovering Your True Self: The Power of Leaving Your Comfort Zone
The comfort zone: what is it? Where can I find it? How big is it? Can I step out of it? I have all the answers to your questions. This zone is a psychological state in your mind where you feel comfortable, confident, and knowledgeable about your surroundings. It’s devoid of risks and can become…
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Meow: Feed Me Right Hooman!
What is the first food that comes to your mind when you see a kitten? If it is some milk, I need to stop you there. Although most of us have linked the cat word with milk in our mind, because it is how we are used to that even from the cartoons, studies have…
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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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