Duolingo was the brainchild of Luis von Ahn, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and his post-graduate student, Severin Hacker. The two formulated the idea […]
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What is an Economic Corridor: Advantages and Disadvantages
The Asian Development Bank coined the term “economic corridor” in 1998 to describe critical networks or connections between economic agents placed along a defined geographic […]
Human-Like Arcuate Fasciculus Connections in Chimpanzees
The arcuate fasciculus is a bundle of nerve fibers and a main white matter pathway in the brain that connects the frontal, temporal, and parietal […]
Explained: Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage
Several countries have already acknowledged the rights of same-sex couples to marry. However, despite this paradigm shift and the considerable degree of achievements of the […]
The Problem With the Work-Biased American Welfare System
Developed countries like Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have welfare systems focusing on providing generous, accessible, and often unconditional support to people without work. These […]
The Trump-Musk Relationship Fall Out
Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk seemed inseparable during the 2024 presidential campaign and the first five months of the second Trump administration. Musk served […]
The Strategic Importance of Crimea
Considering its annexation by Russia in 2014, among other geopolitical and international relation issues it has been involved in, it is impossible to disregard the […]
Engineering Fat Cells Against Cancer Cells
Tumors are nutrient hogs. The faster proliferation of cancer cells versus normal cells comes from their more aggressive consumption of nutrients like glucose and fatty […]
Keto 101: The Science Behind Ketogenic Diet
Ketogenic diet or keto diet is a nutrition management system characterized by a high-fat, adequate-protein, and low-carbohydrate diet. The primary goal of this diet is […]
The Black Wall Street Massacre
The Black Wall Street Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, is one of the worst acts of racial violence in United […]