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iPhone X is extremely expensive

Owen Bane

iPhone X costs $999.00 to $1,149.00 U.S. dollars which is absurd amount of money for something that is called a phone. Think about it… For that much money you can buy a high-end i7 laptop with touchscreen or an amazing gaming machine that will run great for many years. If you cannot afford to buy the new iPhone X outright,...

Brain vs Computer: Has the war already been lost?

Gary Long

Say hello to 2018 Nissan Leaf

Owen Bane

Microsoft and Amazon team up to push Cortana and Alexa to each other’s consumer base – but who stands to gain the most?

Gregory Swan

Will the Fitbit Ionic Threaten Apple Watch?

Billy Kaufman

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Castaway and adrift: what are your options?

Vincent Diringer Education and Learning

From Tom Hanks’ performance in Castaway to real-life stories of shipwrecked crews in treacherous waters, tales of hardship and survival surrounding the sea have long dominated seafaring communities. Even in modern times, shipwrecks have dominated news cycles. From ghost ships floating in waters south of Australia with crews presumed lost to fishing trawlers sinking off the coast of Mexico with... Read More

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The Secret Life of Ants

Gary Long Biology, Education and Learning, Environment

There are over 22,000 different species of ants in the world, yet they all behave and live in the same fashion – it almost seems too good to be true for that sheer amount of individuals to all work towards the same common goal within their own communities, doesn’t it? Ant colonies are as diverse as they are numerous, and... Read More

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The Great Floods, Myth or Meteorology?

Vincent Diringer Featured, Nature

As Hurricane Harvey demonstrated in Houston, major flooding in urban centres can happen relatively unexpectedly. Storm surge and king tides are expected phenomena on the coast during bad weather events like the ones currently affecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. However, this isn’t something that is new, as flood myths have been a major part of many mythological... Read More

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Weapons and Humans, a match that has altered our history

Gary Long Education and Learning, Featured, History

For as long as humans have been on Earth, we have used weapons in warfare, hunting, self-defence and a range of other activities. Like our relationship with nature and other animals, weapons evolved at same time as we did, as our ancestors continually looked to make everything more efficient, easier to make and mass produce. The evolution of warfare as... Read More

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Game called Divinity: Original Sin 2 has pulled me in

Justin Saying Computers, Video Games

About 10hrs in of playing Divinity: Original Sin 2… You begin your adventure as a prisoner on-board ship full of sorcerers sentenced to be cured of the source. As you spend some time talking to other passengers, you realize that ability to use magic is referred to as the “source”, and the ship you’re on is on its way to... Read More

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What could happen during a nuclear disaster

Vincent Diringer Environment, Featured, Video Games

Earlier this year, the world’s own man-made apocalypse index, the Doomsday Clock, indicated for the first time since 1953 that the world may be on the brink of global disaster, with the time sitting at two and a half minutes to midnight. Originally created in 1947 it has been used as a historic barometer for global political turmoil. But what... Read More

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As LEDs and Fluorescent bulbs take over the market, lets look back at the original lightbulb

Gary Long Education and Learning, Featured, History

When renowned American inventor Thomas Edison managed to create a working incandescent light bulb and mass produce it, he was actually the first of almost two dozen before him to successfully set one up. The first lightbulb to ever be manufactured at a large scale, the incandescent light bulb is something most of us can remember fairly well. Whilst the... Read More

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The Ketogenic Diet: A diet for a niche group

Gary Long Featured, Food, Health

You may have noticed an influx of people beginning to undertake a ketogenic or keto diet, the latest fad to take the world by storm. Whether or not the diet manages to become a mainstay in the nutrition world is yet to be seen, as several other promising diets or detoxes have often been set aside for failing to maintain... Read More

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Do you share confidential information? Secret telling…

Owen Bane Featured, Psychology

Secrets, we all of have them… When speaking to friends or coworkers we tend to open up and start talking about things of personal nature that you entrust without a second thought. You may think that there is no harm in doing so, but sometimes we get carried away and we may leak some confidential information. Read More

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Black mold: The story behind it

Vincent Diringer Environment, Food, Health, Medical

Frequently associated with poor indoor air quality and water damage, Stachybotrys or black mold, is one of the most infamous forms of fungus that can be found in our homes or workplace. Although commonly referred to as a “toxic mold”, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dismisses that terminology as a major misconception. A high profile... Read More

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