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Clara Steitz

University of Waterloo Doctor & Professor Refers To COVID-19 As A “Fake Emergency”

A chemistry professor at the University of Waterloo has distributed a course outline to students, saying his in-class exams aren't mandatory "because of the COVID fake emergency." Why are opinions and narratives that oppose the WHO being censored, ridiculed, and largely ignored? Why aren't they discussed openly and transparently? What

Our reality isn’t physical. It’s Spiritual Mental & Immaterial

Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University Richard Conn Henry published a paper in the journal Nature titled "The Mental Universe" emphasizing how metaphysics plays a central role in understanding the nature of our reality. Are we metaphysical beings? What impact does our collective consciousness have on our

REVIEW: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone

Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is “double-minded” in the most profound and illuminating ways.

Indigenous Australian Boy’s Death and Inadequate Health Care

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this piece contains the name and image of a deceased person.His name and image are used with the permission of the family.

15 Words Shakespeare Invented & You Are Still Using Them

I remember reading Macbeth at school and being instantly beguiled.Here was a world rich with layered meaning, coloured by vivid metaphors and expertly finessed into a captivating moral story.

Research captures how human sperm swim in 3D

Using a high-speed camera capable of recording over 8,000 frames in one second, and a microscope stage with a piezoelectric device to move the sample up and down at an incredibly high rate, they were able to scan the sperm swimming freely in 3D. "Human sperm roll as they

Comprehensive Sex Ed for All Can Improve People’s Health

Last July, I spoke with Sky H., a 20-year–old who identifies as non-binary and grew up in a very conservative rural town in the Black Belt region of Alabama.

Muzzling Journalists: Morocco and Algeria Can Agree on That

Morocco and Algeria are neighbors and rivals, sharing one of the world’s longest closed-land borders, vying for diplomatic supremacy in the Maghreb region, sparring over Western Sahara, and insulting each other’s governments daily via state-influenced media. But recent prosecutions of journalists highlight one thing the two countries have

Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say

To reach this conclusion, lead author Anna Grau Galofre, former PhD student in the department of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences, developed and used new techniques to examine thousands of Martian valleys. She and her co-authors also compared the Martian valleys to the subglacial channels in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope

Just a few weeks ago, ESO revealed a planetary system being born in a new, stunning VLT image.

Surprising number of exoplanets could host life: New insight to inform future NASA missions

This is the conclusion of a study led by UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane published this week in the Astronomical Journal.

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched

Humanity's most sophisticated rover launched with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at 7:50 a.m.EDT (4:50 a.m.

Aquarius Full Moon: The Highest Calling of Your Heart

Image by Arthur Dove “Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.” — John Lewis August 3, 2020 — An Aquarius Full Moon arrives on Monday, at 8:58am Pacific Time. The Sun and Moon are in