Tag: Second

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 ...

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...

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! ...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...