I am an older sister to two younger siblings, ages 9 and 7. One thing I have noticed with the younger generation is their attachment to the internet, and the community which has formed around it even at schools. At the young age of 8 my little sister was forced by her school to bring …
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Science and mental health
Both science and mental heath are two things which throughout history have been very closely intertwined. Supposedly, the physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, who did a lot of major work in thermodynamics had an anxiety disorder; Nicola Tesla, who needs no introduction, had OCD; Isaac Newton had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. And those are just three. There …
Black hole in our solar system
If you follow astronomy news, you may have heard about Planet 9, the theoretical planet in the outer edge of our solar system. It is predicted to be between 5 and 20 earth masses, and was discovered due to its gravitational effect on the trans-Neptunian objects. These objects behave very strangely, clustering together in odd …
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