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Is it hard to build a computer? How to upgrade your CPU.

cobuman Computers, Education and Learning, Featured, Information Technology

Back in the day, most people were not familiar on how computer were built and for the most part if you wanted to own a computer it would be already pre-built from companies like IBM, Apple or Compaq. This would not leave you with much of a choice when it came to computer parts or even software. Now days, everyone... Read More

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Plight of Rhinos a reminder that conservation is a serious matter

Vincent Diringer Education and Learning, Environment, History, Nature

There are currently five remaining species of rhino (White, Black, Greater, Sumatran & Javan), three are critically endangered (Black, Javan & Sumatran), one is vulnerable (Greater), one is near threatened (White). Three are located in Asia (Greater, Sumatran, Javan), the remaining two in Africa. Of those critically endangered, Javan rhinos (population ~60) are all located in one natural park and... Read More

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A brief history of writing

Vincent Diringer Education and Learning, Featured, History

Throughout the ages we have been able to retrace and record our history thanks to the invention of a written language. Whilst many languages became defunct over the course of human progression and as empires came and went, the history recorded by them was passed down and transcribed. But can we trace back the first form of written communication? Read More

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Castaway and adrift: what are your options?

Vincent Diringer Education and Learning, Featured

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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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

Technology

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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Intelligence vs Education: Which is better?

Vincent Diringer Education and Learning, Featured, Psychology

The debate has been alive for quite some time as to whether or not education and intelligence are two separate entities when it comes to determining how smart one is. Does your intelligence determine your education? Or is it your education that has an effect on your intelligence? Read More

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Is it hard to build a computer? How to upgrade your CPU.

Plight of Rhinos a reminder that conservation is a serious matter

A brief history of writing

Castaway and adrift: what are your options?

The Secret Life of Ants

Weapons and Humans, a match that has altered our history

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

Intelligence vs Education: Which is better?

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