Picture this: you’re sitting comfortably in your seat, scrolling through your phone, when the plane’s safety procedures start. Seatbelt fastened? Check. Emergency exits memorized? Also check. Then suddenly, the flight attendant requests that all passengers switch their devices to airplane mode. You can’t help but think, “Is this really necessary considering today’s technology? It’s not the 80s anymore.” Besides, you doubt that half of the plane will actually bother switching.

The arrival of a new group of athletes brought fresh energy to NR as boys’ basketball and girls’ football got underway in the second half of the WASB Tournament. For the Hawks who had just joined their teammates, the wait to compete was finally over. Expectations were especially high for the boys’ basketball team, a new lineup with plenty of individual quality and an eager crowd waiting to see how it would come together on the court. Against ISC, they delivered a 51–39 openin

Picture this: a 16-year-old walks into a record store and starts flipping through a set of dusty vinyls, and pays real money for an album they could stream for free on their phone. Sounds strange, right? However, this is happening everywhere. Welcome to the age of “rewind culture”, where teens are getting nostalgic for decades they never lived through. Look around. Wired headphones are back. Film cameras are showing up at parties. Some are even changing their smart phones f

From perfect grades to impressive résumés, teenagers are growing up in a world where success feels less like a goal and more like a deadline. Imagine being 16 and already feeling like you are behind. All your grades need to be perfect, your extracurricular activities need to stand out and your future career should somehow be planned. And meanwhile, social media is constantly reminding you that there are people your age creating their own business, getting accepted to prest

The power of appearances in the modern world. If nobody could see what we look like, would we still care as much about our appearance? In a society shaped to instantly associate physical beauty with happiness, confidence, and success, looking attractive has become more than a personal preference; it has become an expectation. From the reflection we see in the mirror , to the AI images and posts excessively using photoshop on social media, our perception of beauty is constant

The consistent validation generative AI chatbots gives to their users becomes increasingly dangerous as people in vulnerable positions keep turning to them for advice. In 2025, over 19% of adolescents and young adults reported using AI chatbots for mental health advice. The problem with relying on artificial intelligence for psychological help lies in how chatbots are designed to respond to users. Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT learn and improve through human f

In a world where 30-second TikToks are being sped up and commenters ask creators to get to the point faster, reading a book may feel unnecessarily long and antiquated. After all, if people have social media, movies and TV shows, why bother with books? A study published by iScience found that the share of Americans who read for pleasure on an average day fell from 28% in 2004 to 16% in 2023, a relative decrease of 3% per year, suggesting that reading as a hobby is rapidly on t

Have you ever woken up from a realistic dream and tried to remember what happened, but the details suddenly disappeared? You might remember being somewhere, talking to someone or feeling something very strong, but the actual experience becomes difficult to recall. This happens to many people, and it's connected to the way our brains work during sleep. During the night, our brains go through different stages of sleep including non-REM and REM sleep, which stands for rapid ey

And how could this experiment provide you long-term wellbeing and happiness? Nowadays, it seems like everyone is constantly concerned about their looks, wellbeing, and health, which can be critical to an individual's quality of life. Therefore, many wellness diets, gadgets, and customs were developed so that there are always wellness hacks for everyone to feel good about themselves. And curiously, there is one wellness custom/diet that’s been used by many people and has been

You may not notice your new favorite movies and TV shows are inspired by books. But the avid readers who were fans before the screen adaptation sure do, and have strong opinions about it. While some complaints come after the movie releases and are mostly reasonable (yes, I am referring to Percy Jackson fans who were bewildered by the movies and how they completely ignored the plot of the book), more recent book-to-screen adaptations and cast announcements have not been receiv

Self-improvement is “the intentional, lifelong process of upgrading your knowledge, skills, health, character, and overall life strategy through your own efforts,” as stated by James Clear. Personal growth is a current trend on social media, and everyone is trying to participate in different activities, exercises, studies, classes, and a lot of different things to improve themselves and who they are. This was always seen as something good and a path that guides us to becoming

On October 18, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show took place in Los Angeles, bringing together familiar faces, new models, and glamorous musical performances. As reported by Reuters, the show explored the changing seasons, with looks inspired by flowers, snowflakes and metallic elements. For Brazilian viewers, however, there were also familiar names to look out for: Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrósio and Carol Trentini shared the runway with Gizele Oliveira, Daiane Sodré, Luiz

No momento em que uma sigla criada para representar parte da música brasileira passa a representá-la por completo, o que acontece com os gêneros que ficam para trás? Existe algo muito estranho na maneira em que atualmente falamos sobre a música brasileira. Basta uma música ser antiga, ter um violão, uma voz suave, uma letra minimamente poética ou simplesmente ter sido lançada décadas atrás para alguém afirmar: “Isso é MPB”. E, de alguma forma, nos últimos anos estamos aceitan

When the internet first became popular three decades ago, children, teenagers and adults were amazed by all the things it could do. This was a crucial period for technological development, as the internet was still in its early stages and was being discovered by people all over the world. It also began changing people's lives and how children and young people grew up and learned. Since then, the internet has evolved and become accessible to nearly five billion people all over

Why water could be the next major cause of an international conflict In June 2013, a broadcast on live state television starts. The Egyptian presidential palace is discussing a covert action against its neighbor, Ethiopia. Rumors of airstrikes will be spread, rebels will be financed and sabotage was proposed, all for the sake of one matter, protection of their water. The mistakenly broadcasted reunion exposes the deep tensions over the Nile river, on which the Ethiopian go

High School can be frightening enough without telekinetic powers. In Prime Video’s new adaptation of Carrie, Stephen King’s teenage protagonist faces a familiar struggle in a modern setting: trying to fit in while becoming the target of her classmates’ cruelty. Released on October 7, the eight-episode series follows 16-year-old Carrie White, an isolated teenager raised by her controlling, highly religious mother, Margaret. When Carrie enters public high school, she must nav

Se você abrir o Spotify dos seus amigos, aposto que vai encontrar duas ou três músicas em comum, e esse padrão tem nome. Será que você escolhe mesmo o que ouve, ou apenas aceita o que o algoritmo coloca na sua frente? Esse padrão se chama homogeneização cultural: o processo pelo qual culturas diferentes se tornam cada vez mais semelhantes e perdem parte de suas particularidades, principalmente sob a influência da globalização. A internet, os filmes, as séries e as músicas pe

Tired of spending hours highlighting notes, rereading textbook chapters, and reviewing slides, only to sit down for a test and realize you barely remember anything? Maybe the problem is not how much you are studying, but how you are doing it. When an important test is coming up, our most common reaction often is to open our notes and re-read them over and over until the information starts to feel familiar. Although the method may seem effective at the time, familiarity does

Originally I was going to write about the rise of the extremists and extreme politicians in the world as of recent times, but as I reflected upon the far right today, what I fixated upon was the opposition. Unable to get the opposition to these extreme ideals out of my mind I decided to shift my paper to talk about the unlikely tie connecting these revolutionaries, the Strawhats' Jolly Roger. If you are familiar with one piece you likely recognize what I'm talking about, if

When political proposals meet personal accusations, what do voters really learn? The 2026 presidential elections have brought political disagreements and heated exchanges to the spotlight. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro faced each other in this year' s televised debate of the presidential runoff. The debate addressed important national issues, but what caught most voters’ attention were the accusations and confrontations between both candidates. Despite thes