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Smartphones Are Changing How People Communicate “Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.” -Anne Sullivan Recently, while out to dinner with friends, one of my friends pointed out that we were all playing with our smartphones. I looked around the restaurant and at almost every table I observed at least one person with a smartphone in hand. The current school of thought seems to be that…

Terracotta Army is discovered in China and Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects. In 1975, the Cambodian Genocide begins, and Microsoft is founded. Also in that same year, there are two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford’s life. In 1976, the first Ebola virus is found in Sudan and Zaire. In 1977, Elvis is found dead and Star…

and take control of his life but the protagonist shouldn’t’ have used the NZT48 drug that can put an end at his life only for succession and fame. On others could have accepted his decision if Morra had use the drug in order to cure diseases like Ebola, Cancer or HIV. In order to preserve his health and life, Morra should get rid of this drugs and find another way to success. Using drugs is morally wrong because it damages your health as well as threatening your…

more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists, and criminals combined.” “The average human is far more likely to die from bingeing at McDonald’s than from drought, Ebola or an al-Qaeda attack.” Yuval Noah Harari, book Homo Deus; A Brief History of Tomorrow, 2017 What was that? It can’t be right! Yet in the last few decades, we have been able to move closer to managing famine, plagues, and war. We haven’t…

How exactly does illegal immigration affect America? Should the policies be more stringent? These are frequently asked questions by most people, especially with the recent presidential candidates proposing their ideas for office. Many people migrate to America in hopes of a better living and more job opportunities. However, immigrants do not see the impact created in the country upon illegal entry, which not only weakens the value of our national security system, but has also created a large…

2014 WHO report on air pollution, data on Africa in general and on Congo in particular are not available. When looking on the WHO website, we can find statistics on regions like America, Pacific, Asia and Europe, but nothing on Africa that is not Ebola, HIV, onchocerciasis, hepatitis, malaria, and other calamities. Still it would be interesting to measure the level of air pollution in my country and compare it to air pollution in other places in the world. I guess that there will be not much…

Ever wondered what most Americans fear in today’s society? People fear viruses because viruses cause most of your infectious diseases, for instance, smallpox, HIV, Ebola, and Influenza. So that’s why we use vaccines. Vaccinations? Do they work? Why do I need this shot? I will end up being sick, right? These are questions that most everyone in our society asks when it comes to vaccinating their child or themselves. Vaccines are good for a lot of things, such as, promoting economic growth,…

The Columbian Exchange was one of the first encounters in which continents from both sides of the Atlantic were exposed to each other. This experience brought about new trade, but it also wrought havoc on the Native population of the Americas. The Columbian Exchange is named so because the leader of the expedition during which this event occurred was an Italian named Christopher Columbus. Columbus’ men landed and immediately saw the Natives, according to Columbus’ journal. In his journal, he…

While those living in more developed nations simply have to turn the faucet handles when they want drinking water or to wash our clothes, for countless of millions more worldwide, this simple act often turns into an ordeal. As such, world organizations from several developed and undeveloped nations convened recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to identify and target the five most urgent needs currently found in every third world nation--be it Latin America, Africa or elsewhere. Our article below…

Imperialism dominated the world during all of the 19th century and early 20th century. One of the countries that were taken over by imperialism was Sierra Leone. The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country located in West Africa and is infamous for its civil wars and “blood diamonds.” Before being imperialized by Britain in 1808, Sierra Leone was made up of freed American slaves from the Revolutionary War. Later on, in time, other liberated slaves or descendants of those slaves would end up…