Introduction Members of the Plants kingdom play a crucial role of life on Earth. Life without plants would be impossible because they produce special substances in their vegetative and reproductive parts — roots, leaves, flowers, or seeds — which help them and members of the Animalia kingdom to survive. Since earliest times, our ancestors have gathered these substances to create herbal medicines and treat certain […]

“Most people are much stronger than they think, they just sometimes forget to believe in it” This concept is the subject of research of psychologists, sociologists and scientists. However, there is still no particular definition of motivation. There are many hypotheses that based on scientific research, so turning to various sources, we learn that motivation is a system of internal and external motives, forcing a […]

In his article, “Let There Be Dark”, Paul Bogard argues that natural darkness should be preserved. Bogard’s argument is built on his appeal to a diverse scale of benefits natural darkness has to offer; he strengthens his plea by employing facts, a personal anecdote, and a persuasive tone. Bogard brings his article to an end on a positive note, with a tone of hope that […]

Most medical books offer a new perspective into the complex realm of medicine that only a few choose to delve into due to the long, grueling hours of constantly serving your community and disregarding your own needs. Due to medicine being flawed, mistakes happen but only few people are brave enough to discuss the issues that arise within practicing medicine, and the mistakes that are […]

The impermanence of everyday life is complex. It is stated over and over in this linear movement of life with a variety of constants and variables. What is the ‘everyday’? Why is it important to understand it? The term may be attached to other terms such as ‘routine’ or ‘home’. A space that provides grounding of some sort and is a system of its own. […]

Ethics is the formal study of morality. Morality is a behaviour by which a person ought to act. The code of ethics of an engineer as outlines the moral guidelines by which an engineer ought to act. The IEE lists 10 code of ethics which can be summarised as; Prioritising the safety, health and welfare of the public Avoid real or perceived conflict of interests […]

The definition of a hero is someone who is recognized for their endless acts of bravery, selflessness, courage and strength in character. Ask a young child who they recognize as heroes in their life and common responses are usually moms, cops, firefighters, etc. Throughout this essay the reader will see a compare and contrast between Beowulf and Lyndon B. Johnson. One hero did it because […]

Women’s roles in literature have continuously evolved throughout age, with female characters becoming more and more present as time goes by. Women in literature nowadays are now becoming the main characters in novels such as The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Fault in Our Stars where in the novels are held in the female protagonists’ point of views, but there are still stereotypes associated with […]

Humans live in society, we are always exposed to social relationships, we have a family, we have friends, we interact with each other, but why Humans are Social beings? In the book neuroscience of human relationships Louis Cozolino states that “Using evolution as an organizing principle, we begin with the assumption that our social brains have emerged during natural selection because being social enhances survival. […]

Virus, malware, ransomware, phishing… What is all this? Where did it come from? Why do we even have this? In 1989, the birth of one of the deadliest and unwanted disease for a computer, the first worm was created by Robert Morris (Julian, Ted, and CMO). Robert Morris was on a mission to determine the magnitude of the internet. In order to find out what […]