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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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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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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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Stress Management 101: How to deal with stress?
Stress can be defined as a state of worry, mental tension caused by a problematic situation, or a feeling of physical anxiety. Scientifically, it can be defined as an alarm system in our brains. When the brain sees a threat, it signals to our body to release stress hormones, and the heart rate&blood pressure increase.…
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Use of art to defend women’s right to choose
The question of abortion is still a topic at the heart of debates in society. In 2023, there are 21 countries in the world where abortion is strictly not allowed. In 14 other countries like Bangladesh, Iraq, or Paraguay, abortion is allowed just in case of risk to the health of the mother. And finally,…
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Less work, same salary – realistic or utopian?
How many minutes do you spend in your work time just for nothing? If you count every coffee break, chattings with co-workers’ trips to meetings, and everything else, you quickly notice that a surprisingly large part of the day is spent on everything except work. And that’s more than understandable because people usually have time…
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How did we get there?
One of the goals of social media is to identify human psychology’s weaknesses and take as much advantage of it as possible, and they are willing to pay the price for it. The economic model of a social media company consists of one thing: our attention. We aren’t spending any money to use social media,…
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Listen to your inner Voice
You’re on a date. He asks you if you want to come home with him – pause, there’s a knot in your stomach, not good. He paid for your drinks and dinner, has been so polite the whole afternoon, and made sure that you had a good time. You have seen his mum; you have…
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Tinder, good opportunity or risk for our future society ?
In the run-up of Valentine’s day, have you found your soulmate ? If not yet, it’s still time to cast an eye over dating applications. Today, it’s one of the main ways for a lot of people to search for love. According to Statista’s Digital Market Outlook, online dating services had around 413 million active…
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Beyond the Board – Benefits of playing Chess
Chess has been around for centuries being known for its strategic and intellectual challenges, but in recent times it has seen an incredible surge in popularity. The Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit”, which was based on a novel by Walter Travis, has played a major role in this resurgence. The series tells the story of…
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