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Through this video, I mainly learned about the neurological effects of excess sugar on the body, especially towards adolescents. The idea that excess sugar is bad for our bodies is well known, but its effects on our mental aspect is not as commonly acknowledged. It is also well known that there is a release of dopamine during the consumption of junk food, which is what causes the feeling of pleasure. As this behavior is repeated, the body develops “tolerance” - resulting in

The decrease in modern day populations is something that people are generally aware of, but don’t want to admit. This newspaper quote summarizes the most commonly seen phenomenon: “One video, some Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated slop italian brainrot meme, scroll. Next, some tarot reading for your future love life—where the creator claims they put no hashtags, therefore the universe says it was meant for you, scroll.” Dr. Gloria Mark (PhD) notes that our attention span

In today’s world, the name “Einstein” is automatically associated with intelligence as a homage to his major theories and contributions to science, such as special and general relativity, photoelectric effect, Brownian effect, contribution towards gravitational waves - which have all been very useful for the development of modern physics. In all these publications, it was initially assumed that Einstein had been the sole person responsible for these works due to the lack of a

The movie To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small 1930s Alabama town, in which a black servant named Tom Robinson has been wrongfully accused of rape by 19 year old Mayella Ewell. Although Ewell is extremely poor, her name carries a lot of prestige within the town. The narrator’s father, Mr. Atticus Finch, is appointed to be Robinson’s court mandated defending lawyer. Contrary to public expectations, Mr. Finch chooses to put forth effort into proving his innocence due to

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, addresses the consequences of allowing one narrative to take over a perspective. Having noticed numerous oversimplifications in the Western portrayal of Africa, Adichie’s purpose in her speech is to criticize the phenomenon of the “single story”, when a general and one-sided perspective is formed about a complex topic. She connects to her own past experiences, describes a common misperception of Africa, and clarifies the conflicting p

Imagine a power plant that billows seemingly clean steam rather than smoke, but harboring a silent danger that has the potential to outlive civilizations. Nuclear energy works by releasing heat and energy as a neutron collides into a uranium atom to split it apart into smaller particles. (“Nuclear Explained”) This energy is used to heat water into steam, which then runs a generator that will produce electricity (“Nuclear Explained”).However, nuclear energy creates waste, tak