Myself and a schoolmate recently took part in the charitable organisation's Lesson From Auschwitz project, which aims to educate school children on the reality of the Holocaust. Below is what I have taken from it. Hearing about Auschwitz-Birkenau in school is nothing like seeing it first-hand. It is easy to dismiss or become desensitised to …
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What They Are and Why We Need Them The human heart emblematizes one of our most important organs. It is about the size of a fist, sits slightly to the left of our chest and is the muscle that plays the central role in pumping blood through our body. This blood then transports oxygen and …
Privacy is one of the most contentious issues in civil society, as governments try and expand national mass surveillance programs in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. However, there is a lot of opposition to such expansions, as civil rights activists argue that it will inevitably lead to an Orwellian dictatorship where the government has …
Genetic engineering is a very current and still developing area of science with huge potential. Genetic engineering has a wide scope of possible uses; it is already being used in everyday life. It has been theorised to be one of the most revolutionary strains of science, which will be be of great significance in actually …
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A cyberattack is an attempt by hackers to damage or destroy a computer network or system. Unfortunately, they have been famous in 2017 as a lot of computers and networks have been destroyed. One example was a ransomware by the name of Wannacry. A ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access …
