The Y2K Resurgence
At the dawn of the millennium, the future was shiny and digital. Two and a half decades later, everyone’s living the dream all over again. From animal print to ballet flats, frosted lip gloss to digital...
Spotlighting Student Journalism Globally
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Deepfake Technology’s Growing Repercussions
Deepfakes are the use of Artificial Intelligence to manipulate the audio or imagery of a person so that they appear to be doing something else. This type of technology can be harmful because altering videos and...
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Trade War Begins: Trump’s Tariffs Shake Global Markets
On February 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump declared a new series of tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, America’s top three closest trading partners. Tariffs are taxes placed on goods imported from other countries and...
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Autonomous Weapons: The Ethical Crossroads of AI and Modern Warfare
Imagine a nuclear missile armed with an explosive yield equivalent to thousands of kilotons of TNT, capable of producing thermal damage and shock waves that extend miles out from the initial strike point. Next, imagine an...
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Watt’s Burning? The Truth About EV Fires
In the last decade and especially in the past few years, consumers worldwide have witnessed the meteoric rise of electric vehicles (EVs). Despite the many years that have passed since Tesla’s unveiling of the Roadster —...
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Comparing Western and Eastern Marine Servicemen Among Pending Conflicts
Marine infantrymen, also known as “Marines” throughout much of the Western world, are infantrymen — soldiers specialized in land warfare — who fulfill a role demanding additional versatility; these soldiers are able to complete reconnaissance missions...
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2024 in review: Investigating the deadliest plane crashes
2024 marked a sorrowful year in aviation history. On January 2, 2024, Japan Airlines flight 516 collided with a smaller Japan Coast Guard plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Flight 516 quickly burst into flames. Despite...
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Op-Ed: The Intrusion Of An ‘Attention Economy’ Is Creating An Educational Crisis
Every child has experienced it: the lifeless anticipation for a lesson to end or the frantic begs for an interactive class game to begin, hoping it would relieve our inattentiveness. However, stepping into lessons as a...
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Everything You Need To Know About the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyō, a Japanese organisation responsible for activism against nuclear weapons. Nihon Hidankyō is assisted by atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki known as the Hibakusha, a...
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Universal Basic Income: A Solution to Economic Inequality or an Unsustainable Policy?
The idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI)—providing all individuals with a consistent, unconditional cash payment—has stirred significant debate in recent years, though its origins trace back centuries. Long envisioned as a response to poverty and inequality,...
