I arrived in Hong Kong the day the violence peaked. — From the moment I arrived I could tell the city had changed drastically since my last visit only a year prior. As the airport bus pulled into Kowloon I spotted the first of many riot control soldiers. …

How to stay active, even in your 100 sq. foot apartment — A sedentary lifestyle involves little to no physical activity, with most of one’s time spent socializing, consuming food and media, or browsing a smartphone. While it is important to rest on occasion, the negative risks of leading a sedentary lifestyle are worth considering. Studies have shown that obesity, type II…

Crypto NFT art is the new high-growth asset class — As you may have read in the crypto news, developers of decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain have recently enabled the tokenization of digital art and other collectible virtual items. In the same way that cryptocurrencies have value despite no real, physical backing, digital art ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ have already begun…

If these 'real moments of life' are purchased in the same way as material goods, then is that not also a way of filling the void? When Henry David Thoreau describes the meaning of life he would disagree that real life moments can be purchased. He would argue instead that walking down to the local pond is a real moment of life, at least more-so than a group tour planned by someone else. Bring yourself back to childhood, and recall how easy it was to be happy with a friend. When one's admiration of the world is akin to that of a child, it doesn't take money to have authentic experiences with others.

As university students undergo their third semester of the COVID-era, a lot has been learned about the virus. I am senior at Boston College, studying marketing and entrepreneurship. To be completely honest, senior year has been quite dreadful. We live on the sixth floor of a completely full dorm building…

Millions of dollars worth of jet fuel is wasted each year carrying loose change in the pockets, bags, and wallets of airline passengers. …

Digital art pieces sold as ‘non-fungible tokens’ are shaking up the art world — The so-called ‘art world’ has always carried a prestigious mystique in its name’s connotation, implying the presence of an elite group of nobles, distinguished from the rest in their superior ability of commenting upon fine art. For the select few allowed into the group, purchasing art is simply a diversification…

While Galileo will forever be remembered as the breakthrough astronomer of his time, he was only as good as the telescopes he could invent. — Through the course of his patient observations, Galileo put forward some of the earliest evidence in support of the heliocentric model, proving that other planets revolved around the sun, that the moon was actually an imperfect celestial body with mountain ranges, and that the presence of spots on the sun…

As science has progressed, numerous mathematical patterns have become apparent in nature. The Fibonacci sequence, for example, governs the formation of a spiral — one of the most basic life structures, yet also the structure of our entire Milky Way Galaxy. The Mandelbrot Set describes a transition from order to…