Beauty Standards in Society

What is considered to be beautiful? There is no definite answer because beauty is subjective. How? Everyone has their own definition of beautiful and there is nothing in the world that can determine someone’s beauty. No person can come up to another and say that person is not…

CRISPR

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) research marks a major milestone in scientific discovery, while it is a long way from clinical use, it raises the prospect that gene editing may one day protect us from hereditary conditions. CRISPR has often been featured in the news, most…

Ethics of Designer Babies

Blue eyes, dimpled cheeks, rosy lips, sharp jawline, tall & slim physique and the perfect hair are characteristics desired by many today. A culmination of these traits is deemed as god’s “perfect” creation. Science has advanced immensely and one of their many creations was the designer baby — now…

Astrology

Astrology plays an effective role in modern-day. Astrology is now being accepted worldwide and is getting cultural acceptance that was not as important years ago. Astrology consists of various beliefs such as tarot cards and horoscopes based on astrological signs. Astrology used to be a very important factor…

Health Disparities In the United States

“The United States of America is the land of equal opportunity.” The truth of this statement is hidden beneath the nation’s undermined flaws, especially healthcare disparities. Healthcare should be a basic need for every person in the world, but every person…

The Aim of AI

In an increasingly globalizing world, it seems like the dynasty of humanity is in no danger of being supplanted. Every apex predator has to kneel before the might of technological innovation. The only problem is, it never occurred to us that perhaps we might have to kneel too. At the risk of sounding…

Mental Health in the South Asian Community

Mental Health encompasses the psychological, emotional, and social well-being of an individual. It is just as important as physical health if not more and can play a major role in the development of a child. Mental health problems can affect any…

The Abstract World of Cryptocurrency

For as long as we can remember, currency has existed as a fair medium of exchange that aims to benefit both sides, with a universally accepted value. The Barter system, one of the first methods of transaction, was the exchange of goods and services for other goods…

Ancient Medication, Westernized

Meditation, the art of being calm. First known to originate in Asia, specifically in China and India, meditation has evolved in numerous ways to a vast population. India has carried an ancient history of meditational practices, with the oldest records transcribed from…

Unequal Impacts of the Climate Crisis

The climate crisis is easy to forget about in our increasingly tumultuous world. From the global pandemic, to fighting against racism, to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and to simply having to worry about our own day to day lives in the midst of being bombarded…