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The Science Behind Relationships; Humans Media explores the basis of our attraction, contempt, why we do what we do and to whom we do it.

Like Wildfire
If it burns like wildfire within, you’re probably a Sagittarius. Envision a stage, lit, and the roar of a Woodstock crowd as the Emcee announces, “Fire and Mutability are in the house, so let’s give them a big round of applause.”
By Geraldine MacDonald5 years ago in Humans
Last Call
Harry pushed through the heavy wooden door and shuffled into Hair of the Dog, his favorite dive. Dragging his feet across the chipped linoleum floor, he collapsed into one of the worn fake leather stools at the end of the bar. Harry took a deep breath. The faint smell of cigarettes and stale beer clung to the air, and the din of country music and pool balls cracking filled his ears, but they were a welcome distraction from his thoughts.
By Nicole Werner5 years ago in Humans
Ah, That's Some Robust Theory You've got there!
Science communication is broken. And I don't just mean when scientists are communicating to the average person. Scientific papers are riddled with poor terminology that illustrate a severe lack of understanding of the mechanisms that underlie scientific inquiry.
By Daniel Goldman5 years ago in Humans
My Mutated Eye
You have a half hazel and half blue eye? What could that mean? Gasp! It's heterochromia! When I was younger, about 8 or so, I went to a music concert my sister was performing at with my parents. As we were standing out in the lobby, the dazzling (yet oh so bright) chandeliers made it very easy for my parents to notice and point out my multi-colored left eye. This was something I shrugged off because at that age, I really didn't care about much besides cartoons and pizza. That is, until the color change became more drastic. At first it had started out as a tiny sliver of brown, and then over the next couple years it gradually changed to where exactly one half was hazel, the other half remaining blue.
By Grace Linn5 years ago in Humans
A Little Help, A Lot of Love
I’m standing in the dark corridor, hesitating, swaying slightly on the spot as I think. There’s a soft, muffled bleep repeating in the distance and the hum of a floor sweeper outside. It’s 2am. The light rain tapping against the window at the end of the corridor blurs the cityscape into refracted fragments of orange, yellow, green, and red. A burst of blue signals the arrival of yet another ambulance in the docking bay below.
By Laura Ganis5 years ago in Humans
Existentialism In The Modern World
Existentialism is a philosophical and literary movement popularized by philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Friedrich Schiller.
By Musonius Latoyah5 years ago in Humans
WHY I DECIDED TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINATION
When I first learned that a vaccine for COVID-19 had been developed I had mixed emotions about it like many people. In the past year my family and I have been fortunate enough to have escaped the virus but I know many close friends and family that have not been so fortunate and after seeing and hearing their stories I sure didn’t want to play Russian roulette with this virus or vaccine any longer than I had to. The decision to receive the vaccine or not weighed heavily on my mind still so I sat down and made a list of what I felt were important factors to help me make an informed decision one way or another.
By Meloney Salvato5 years ago in Humans
Sexuality...a Social Construction
“Don’t Waste Time” by Hilda Guriérrez Baldoquín and “The Social Construction of Sexuality” by Ruth Hubbard resonated with me most out of the initial readings. While they both hold very different messages I found a strong connection through my own contemplation of each piece. The first of the two, “Don’t Waste Time” is projecting the idea that we have the ability to liberate our genuine self. Baldoquín is suggesting that by holding on to our conditioned minds we are trapped living the lives of “who we think we are”, rather than our genuine selves. The second of the two, “The Social Construction of Sexuality” relays the notion that as humans we write our own “sexual script”, however we are limited by our experiences and the knowledge we pick up from them along the way. Hubbard explains that within common culture children are raised to think one way about sexuality and procreation, hindering any opportunity to explore and grow comfortable with oneself. Together I found that the material created a theme of freedom, more specifically, freedom to live fully and restfully in our own skin.
By Amanda 5 years ago in Humans
Allergies: What Are They and How Do They Develop
Although unpleasant and occasionally serious, allergy is usually a normal reaction of the body's immune system. Almost everyone experience some form of allergy.
By Imtiaz Ibne Alam5 years ago in Humans
The Quantum World At Work
Reality is, fair to say, a bit of a mystery. How we live life is unique to each of us, but the issues we face are shared with others, the problems we encounter are rarely uncommon, and better ways of being are highly sought after the world over, by people of all populations.
By Quantumology5 years ago in Humans
The Psychological Trick That Lets You Subtly Influence Human Behaviour
Imagine you’re walking down the street with your friend when a random woman comes up to you and abruptly promises you $20 — on the condition that you share the cash with your friend. The split is up to you, but if your pal doesn’t like it, the woman takes the money back.
By Zulie Rane5 years ago in Humans
Stirling Engine
The Dr Revered Stirling invented the Stirling Engine in 1880 in Stirling, Scotland. Over the next 100 years it found applications in space, medical, transport and burning methane from waste sites. Minor changes happened, but nothing new from a design perspective.
By Eric Sutherland5 years ago in Humans