Tag: Second

This second week in Lisbon I am getting into more of a routine. I am spending more time working and less trying to find necessities of daily life. The pull to explore my new city is still strong, so I head out everyday for long walks. I take my laptop and find new cafes to work in as I pop from neig...

There is something remarkable about turning 65. Sometimes it appears before me like a threshold to a new era. Other times it looks more like a portal to a new dimension. Still other times it resembles a black hole leading to who-knows-where. In a few short weeks, I will be crossing that threshold...

I truly think settling down can kill you. Not settling down with a partner. That might help keep you alive. I mean settling down — as in, slowing down — in life. Maybe the way we organize life is all wrong. You work hard all your life so you can kick back and relax whe...

In the blink of an eye, the holiday for elections was over and we were back to school in no time to fasten our seat belt and get back to worK. Typical Lagos Campus, we were welcomed to school with more work, however due to the fact that externship was coming up soon, we were going to use a month in ...

“Pro-Life” Judge Amy Coney Barrett seems to have no problem putting guns in the hands of individual Americans who want to buy them — every Tom, Dick, and Kyle. She reportedly takes “an expansive view” of the Second Amendment, writing in her only ruling on gun regulation...

The difference between the two is that, at the time, the chief concern was the lack of an organized armed force — for the brand-new United States. Congress had done what it’s still doing: Ignored or put off what it was supposed to be doing. Congress also required some source of funding f...

Introduction: In a recent tragic incident that shook the community, two 16-year-old boys, Chardid Hachi Farah and Diriye Abdi Muhumed, were shot on Halloween in Brooklyn Park. The devastating news has left families and friends in mourning and the entire community grappling with the harsh reali...

I inhabit a region that meets the same Atlantic Ocean that cradles the island of Barbados on its eastern shores. The 2,000-mile distance and change in geography turns the clear beaches and sunny skies to gritty waters and nor’easters. I’m on an eastern coast with land that goes on foreve...

Prathima Muniyappa is a Designer, Conservator, and a research assistant for the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab. She is interested in addressing issues of social and climate justice and works in close collaboration with Indigenous communities across the world to support them in the...

Let’s take the yellow circle in the above graph as the sun with the green circles representing a planet at different points in time. As you’ll notice most obviously, sector A is much shorter and wider than sector B. Despite this, when calculated you will find that these sectors are of th...

Believe it or not! Just like how cows have four stomachs (ruminants), octopuses have 3 hearts; humans have two brains. The brain is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body. When refe...

As part of my neuropsychology studies, I reviewed the case of Clive Wearing. I found his story so interesting that I would like to share it with you. His experience made me realize that in terms of memory, there is no doubt that sometimes we do not value what we have... or what we remember. ...

While working on the first interstellar meteor IM1 detected by US Government satellites, I received generous support from the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House which reached out to the US Space Command, leading to an official confirmation letter on the interstellar...

It was the article that garnered the most attention. Well, the most attention for my small platform, which I use to focus on injustices that have happened in this world. Not all of that attention was positive. The day after my birthday, I received a comment breathtaking in its lack of compassion, fr...

My efforts in March have been weak by my standards. The month started with our amazing spring break vacation to Florida. Once we returned, it was side hustle “catch-up” time and playoff time for both of my kid’s hockey teams. I coach both of them, so it’s been busy! ...

Our challenge was to design a website for a local business, focusing on delivering a great shopping experience for the end users. Our group picked a thrift shop called Episode that sells second-hand clothes, shoes and accessories. Like many brick-and-mortar thrift shops, Episo...

It was nerve-wracking — but I learned a lot about myself and other cultures in the process. Photo by Filip Gielda on Unsplash Not a paying Medium member? Read for free by clicking here! Little known fact that’s pertinent to the story — my companion ...