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A 16-year-old Texan boy killed four people in a drunken car crash and claimed in court to be a victim of “affluenza”: the ignorant and unsustainable product of efforts to […]

Imagine going to work, reading the daily paper, enjoying a latte from Starbucks… All of this while behind the wheel. Sounds really dumb and dangerous, right? Well, by 2017, we […]

The brain is an extremely complex organ with cells called neurons that intertwine in a multitude of directions. Neurons communicate with the body an one another with chemical and electrical […]

“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction,” both my physics teacher and principal said this on a daily basis (the principal in situations when things went terribly wrong). Today […]

Many have coexisted with computers all of their life. My earliest memories involve watching from the floor as my father stared at a screen doing work that my mind could […]

It’s been a long time complaint of students that there is almost nowhere that they can study. The halls are too loud, and often it’s more distracting than not to […]

When I look around in a heavily populated area, it’s hard to find somebody who isn’t on their phone. Social media, gaming and texting has become a very big part […]

Before Netscape was acquired by AOL back in what some call the “good old days,” the source code was released and rewritten by the Mozilla project into what would become […]

North Korea needs to stop military activity because it can’t afford infrastructure or to feed its own population. Because of its hermit- like qualities, news from North Korea is notoriously […]

  Those who don’t live under a rock are well aware of who Barack Obama is. If someone doesn’t live under a rock and still doesn’t know who he is, […]

Actual grown adults and college educated students of Duke University grabbed their pitchforks last month when they discovered that Belle Knox, an 18-year-old college freshman, had been performing in pornographic […]

Too many times I have sat back and watched people I care about, my friends, become victims. Victims of some shitty-ass, dysfunctional,  social situations between family, friends, partners and in […]

There is this weird notion that people in Seattle can sit in their parked cars in fully-packed parking lots, with their foot on the brake pedal, lighting up the red […]

It’s 2014, and technology is obviously as advanced as ever. Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPad mini and I love my Nook, but when I go to a […]

 Each and every day the world grows just a little bit more. More successful, more creative and more advanced. Technology is also growing every minute of every day making access […]

  Society is susceptible to following the traditional norm where stellar grades, top-notch universities and well-paying jobs are the way to go in order to achieve the American dream. While […]

While researching various human rights atrocities happening around the world–and considering the past–the importance of speech freedom arose to the forefront of my mind. Yet, what is there to stop […]

  Oh, Edward Snowden. What a beautiful mess you’ve created. It’s been quite some time now since America, and other nations alike, have discovered that we are the victims of […]

Did you ever think that something like the Apple iCar would ever become real? Or that maybe one day that tiny bit of cosmetic work that you wish to have […]

Recently, the Department of Justice stated that they will use the full extent of federal law to investigate and prosecute any postings on the internet that violate the civil rights […]