Racism isn’t dead. Climate change is real. The fact that the significance of both of these issues is still a matter of debate is horrifying. Could it be that they have more in common than we think? In 2020, there were two events that each demonstrated what happens when you…

I know you’ve seen them. Black and white images of men in business suits with a generic statement about success written in bolded letters. Or maybe it’s a YouTube video that pops up on your recommended. A voiceover telling you all about how you have “get up, get moving” as…

Whether it’s through finding Nemo or a colouring book, most of us have been seeing coral reefs since we were kids. They’re bright, beautiful, and full of life — literally. But these underwater rainforests are in big trouble. Anthropogenic climate change is quite literally sucking the life out of them…

“Once development was ended, the fonts of growth and regeneration of axons and dendrites dried up irrevocably. In the adult centers, the neural paths are something fixed and immutable: everything may die, nothing may be regenerated” This is one of the most famous quotes of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a…

Everyone has a different definition of what it means to truly ‘live life’. Some people would argue that it’s your relationship with others that matters while others say how much you have travelled is the best indicator. However, we can all agree that having the freedom to make your own…

The average human brain contains about 120 billion neurons. And the best way we have to measure everything these neurons are doing, after all these centuries, looks something like this… In an age of up and coming technology, we seem to be settling for what was invented decades ago when…

We’ve all had that moment. After stuffing yourself full of chips, you collapse on the couch. Wearily, you look at the remote control, barely 2 feet away from you. You thrust your hand in the direction of the remote, willing it to come towards you. …