In classical mechanics, Newton’s Laws of Motion are the three laws that governs the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces that are acting on it. In this article, we are going to apply these laws to a non-physics context — productivity. …
Vaccines have been modern society’s most potent weapon against viral diseases. From the worldwide eradication of smallpox back in the 1970s to modern time curbing of the COVID-19 virus, vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives. [Related article: How Vaccines Work and How You …
The days are long, but the years are short. One moment your child is refusing to let you go on his or her first day of kindergarten, the next moment they are becoming teenagers heading to secondary school in a couple of months. The leap …
Studying is boring. Rows upon rows of academic information crammed within pages after pages of text. Armed with a single-coloured highlighter, you slowly crawl your way through the book in hopes of retaining all of them in your cranium, as a singular word echoes in …
What distinguishes between a good teacher versus a mediocre one? Why is it that some teachers come across as relatable and easily understandable, while others appear distant and unfathomable? Today, we explore an element of teaching that is not as well known – neuro-linguistic programming, …
Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, to present-day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist Roger Penrose, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties. … Biologists, artists, …
The skeletal system is to your body what bricks are to a house. By providing a strong foundation, bones allow your body to carry out different tasks! The skeletal system can support you for a lifetime of movement. We all know that taking proper care …
Mutation often brings to mind the ability to have superpowers such as the ability to fly or read minds. To have abilities like the X-Men is what most of us dream of, but in reality, mutations often lead to debilitating disorders. In biology, mutations are …
Before we can understand how vaccines work, it will help to know a little bit more about our body’s immune system and how we fight illnesses. When pathogens (bacteria, viruses) [Related article: What’s the difference between viruses and bacteria?] enter the body, they infect body …
During one of our Upper Secondary Biology classes where we were going through sexually transmitted infections under Reproduction in Humans, one of my students asked, “cher, what’s the difference between viruses and bacteria?” Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms. Many don’t cause disease and are even …
