My endeavors in reading this book by the magnificent Susan Bauer never ceased to amaze me and enthrall me with it’s incredible history condensed into easy to read chapters. While it did take me 3-4 months of sporadic reading to finally finish this 700 page monster, from the very beginning I knew I was in […]
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Nothing more to do than grow.
I work in a retail industry that is surprisingly booming during this crisis, never a day goes by when I don’t feel like I haven’t learned something new in these tumultuous times I live in. My education in my scholarly endeavors have given me a broadened outlook on the natural world, mostly in the realm […]
A beautiful aurora beneath the stars seen from space. Credits- NASA johnson/ Riccardo Rossi
https://v.redd.it/4rzpepywnfu41 A seriously beautiful view of the Aurora borealis from space worth sharing.
TIL: Certain ant species commit suicide to protect their territory. As stinging wasn’t effective against some predators, they evolved the ability to self-sacrifice to kill one or more enemies. They wrap themselves around an opponent & explodes, releasing sticky corrosive material killing both.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autothysis Imagine for an second if we humans had the same defense mechanism.
The human language pathway in the brain has been identified by scientists as being at least 25 million years old — 20 million years older than previously thought. The study illuminates the remarkable transformation of the human language pathway
A light in the darkness
This semester for me started out incredibly strong with a strong emphasis on time management and stronger study techniques. This whole situation was turned upside down by this virus for my last month of the Spring Semester, with everything turning into remote classes and different formatted exams. I am more fond of face to face […]
The Horror Of A Thousand Suns
short horror story idea/manuscript
A piece of inspiration by Juan Cardoza
I read a book once that had a passage in it that encapsulates my thoughts on the stars above us. The paragraph was in a flashback chapter by the narrator and in it, she recanted what her mother used to say about the expansive nature of the universe. A glittering reef of stars, spread out […]
Finally, China’s methods are going mainstream.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01108-y Finally! Nature magazine has written about the authoritarian measures the Chinese government has taken to control information on Covid-19. I hope that political pressure will mount across all scientific journals to urge the Chinese government to reveal the true extent of this virus, and for some justice to come out of this search for […]
Surreal Times by Juan Cardoza
I’ve been chugging along like everybody else in these incredible times, not a day goes by where I don’t look up the tally for this scourge and be saddened by the gravity of the pandemic. I know that this is only the beginning of this year long journey and I am anxious like the rest […]
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