The tech industry relentlessly innovates through product development, but one key area remains stagnant: its culture. Although women represent almost half of the American workforce, they make up only 20% of U.S. computer science (CS) graduates in recent years. This disparity reveals a deeper, cultural issue extending beyond the industry itself. The entrenched gender imbalance […]
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Social media has seen a rise in popularity of pre-workout, a magical concoction that makes workouts feel effortless instead of exhausting. Pre-workout is a supplement that comes in the form of pill or powder, consumed roughly thirty minutes before a workout. Each pre-workout serving size is packed with vitamins, nutrients, and caffeine. Fitness content creators
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It was just another Sunday afternoon as she took a breath and began the gradual descent into the bottomless void, in preparation to dive a total of 300 feet and back — around the height of a 60-story building. Everything was going as planned until she failed to resurface. A search was carried out with
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First used as a diabetes intervention, GLP-1 agonist drugs for weight loss purposes are sparking a larger conversation about body image, health and social attitudes. Many of these GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic and Wegovy are becoming popular because they are now prescribed as a weight loss intervention due to their role in regulating blood
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In 2023, South Korea reported the lowest birth-rate in the world, a staggering rate of 0.78 babies per woman — meaning fewer than one child was born for every woman. This sharp decline highlights the demographic crisis that many industrialized countries are facing. In the US, birth rates have been plummeting since the Great Recession
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Welcome to the digital age! An age, also known as the information age, that Merriam-Webster defines as “a time in which information has become a commodity.” Interestingly, a commodity is in turn defined as “a useful or valuable thing, such as water or time.”After applying the basic law of substitution, the dictionary thereby states that
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Two days prior to the deadline of this article, not a single word had been written. Procrastination has been a problem for generations of students, which few remedies have successfully solved. This obstacle will not fade any time soon and may have been exacerbated recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Procrastination is the intentional delaying
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Host cities for the Olympics are immediately welcomed by boosted tourism, new jobs, and a sense of pride in their city. However, the environmental impact of traveling spectators and athletes, construction of infrastructure, and transportation has been detrimental in past games. To combat this, the Paris Olympics and Paralympics put an extra emphasis on making
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“…he listened eagerly to the story of her life and she was equally eager to hear the story of his, but although they had a clear understanding of the logical meaning of the words they exchanged, they failed to hear the semantic murmurs of the river flowing through them.” A compelling exploration of conversational disconnect