Author Archives: Guest Post

Phishing for Trouble: How to Spot and Avoid Mobile Scams

In this digital age, almost everything can be accessed using the tips of our fingers. Hence, almost everyone of all ages is glued to their cell phones, distracting them from interacting with people. However, while mobile phones help us in many ways, especially convenience, they’re also a hot spot for hackers and scammers. (more…)

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Indigenous people can aid greatly to resolve climate change issue

Between 17 and 28 April the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will hold its 22nd session at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”. (more…)

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Soviet-era serial killers were not always anti-social

Not every serial killer should necessarily be either a social outcast or a sociopath. Some of them are good at disguise and may at times have a reputation of exemplary society members. Biographies of many famous serial killers of the USSR era testify to this.

Chikatilo helped to catch himself
Andrey Chikatilo, a serial killer from Rostov, committed his first crime in 1973, the last in 1990. Chikatilo killed 53 women and children in all that time.
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How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible

Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families better understand their child’s health, but it’s often not accessible to children in other countries because the screening device is expensive. (more…)

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Sam Bankman-Fried: The fall of a Crypto Robinhood

In May 2019 the MIT graduate Sam Bankman-Fried together with Gary Wang founded FTX cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in The Bahamas. Within years, sometime early this year, his net worth passed $26 billion. By the way he is just 30 years old, born March 6, 1992. (more…)

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Lavleen Madahar: Global consciousness inspired by small-town people watching

By drawing from her own life experiences, the incoming first-year Brown student hopes to positively impact individuals and communities through dedicated research in the social sciences.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Lavleen Madahar will be the first to tell you she’s a people person. (more…)

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