International Awareness Days and Weeks in November 2021
With so many things going on around the world, we must raise awareness of these issues concerning us and the people on this planet. One such way of doing…
An Overview of Forced Sterilization in the World
Sterilization is a permanent birth control method or fertility controlling method adopted by people across the globe to eliminate the chances of getting pregnant. It removes a person’s ability…
The Working-Class Musician
Many of you reading this might have come through from my social media. Many of you don’t know me at all. So to add any context to this article…
French Clergy Sexually Abused Over 200,000 Kids Since 1950
A major investigation published on 5th October, Tuesday, found that over 200,000 children were sexually abused by Clergy members in the Roman Catholic Church in France over the past…
Female Genital Mutilation: Ongoing Violence Against Women
According to UNICEF, every year four million girls worldwide are at the risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). Most of the girls that undergo some form of FGM…
New Zealand’s Vaccine Policy For Attending Events
It was March 2020 when New Zealand announced their first lockdown to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus which had begun its rampage in the Northern Hemisphere. After…
Thailand: A Series of Year-Long Pro-Democracy Protests
Since last year, an unprecedented wave of protests has swept across Thailand. Thousands of people have been calling for reform of the country’s constitution, the resignation of the prime minister, and…
Scientists Transform Plastic Waste Into Vanilla Flavoring
To tackle the global plastic population, scientists have found a way to convert plastic bottles into vanilla flavoring using genetically engineered bacteria that brew a valuable chemical from waste…
China Bans Written Exams for Young Students
In an effort to try and ease the burden on parents as well as students in a highly competitive education system, the Chinese government is ordering schools to drastically…
Inventions Made Popular by Space Exploration
Space, the final frontier! Science helps us explore our natural world, deduce and understand what makes everything work the way it does. Creation and innovation using science was a…
What Is Pegasus? How Does the Spyware Infect Phones?
In the past couple of months, a large number of news stories have emerged about an Israeli technology firm called NSO Group and their flagship product – Pegasus. Some…
IPCC Report Warns of Water Crisis as Climate Warms
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a new International Climate Assessment on 9th August 2021. It warned that the water cycle has been intensifying and will continue…