Culture
The Perplexing Case Of the 'Eight - Day' Bride
The honeymoon case; was it a simple suicide or a love triangle? This is the real-life incident of Christina Kettlewell and her mysterious death in 1947 (Ontario, Canada)
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Science
Prime Numbers: A Thousand Year-Old Puzzle
Many of us are familiar with the concept of prime numbers: natural numbers greater than 1 that are not a product of two smaller natural numbers. Listing out the first several prime numbers gives us: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17,... Though their definition is rather straight forward, prime
Literature
The Brontë Sisters: Anne Brontë
The youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne Brontë earned her place among her siblings with her novel: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. It is considered one of the greatest feminist novels of the 19th century alongside her sister Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. Anne was born in Thornton, West Yorkshire in
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Napoleon's Theorem: The Amazing Properties of Triangles
The Hidden Side of Napoleon Bonaparte Upon first hearing the name Napoleon Bonaparte, one might think of the great military commander who seized the position of Emperor of France following the French Revolution in the 18th century. During his reign, he introduced numerous political and societal reforms, including reconstructing the
Literature
The Brontë Sisters: Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë was born two years after her equally talented sister, Charlotte Brontë. She is known for her gothic and only novel: Wuthering Heights. It is a novel that shocked the general public when it was released for its violence and depiction of mental health. Emily brought a brave approach
Science
Versatile Shapes: The Archimedean Semi-Regular Polyhedra
Archimedean semi-regular polyhedra (ASRP) are convex, multi-faceted 3-D objects whose faces are all regular polygons that have sides of equal length and angles of equal degrees. Around every vertex, the same polygons appear in the same sequence, e.g., hexagon-hexagon-triangle in the truncated tetrahedron shown below. Archimedes' original writings
Literature
The Brontë Sisters: Charlotte Brontë
Eldest of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte Brontë is best known for her novel Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre follows an eponymous heroine grow from adolescence into a grown woman. It is renowned within the gothic fiction genre and is an inspiration for many writers. Charlotte was born in 1816 in Thornton
Science
Cosmic Patterns: How the Fibonacci Sequence Connects Nature and the Universe
The Fibonacci Sequence, Golden Ratio and Golden Spiral An introduction to the world of sequences and ratios Introduction to the Fibonacci Sequence The Fibonacci Sequence is a set of integers in which each number, except for the first two, is equal to the sum of the two preceding ones. Numbers
Politics
The Shift: Rebuilding the Blue Wall
With incumbent President Joe Biden out of the picture Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set for a showdown in November. The dropping out of Biden has changed the election's dynamic, revitalising a tired Democratic base and mobilising the greatest Presidential campaign fund within
Politics
This Week in Politics
State of the Presidential Race After agreeing to 2 debates with incumbent President Joe Biden former President Donald J. Trump became ambiguous whether he would debate the new Democratic presumptive nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. He stated that he "probably" would, however, could "make a case for
Literature
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Garmus’ debut novel: Lessons in Chemistry is a newly added favourite of mine. A tragicomedy published in 2022, it has achieved numerous awards including Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Debut 2022 and multiple Book of the Year in 2022. Bonnie Garmus wrote one novel before Lessons in Chemistry but was
Politics
Numbers Don't Lie: the Right Cements Control of Europe
Settling into a lesser campaign period - in which the European Union, United Kingdom and France have held their respective elections - after an intensive one the centre has come out as a clear loser. From Paris to Tallinn the liberal ideals of yesterday are being pressed to the verge;