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Jake Young summarizes research on learning from the journal Science. The conclusion: if you’re cramming for a test, time is better spent on practice tests than on study. The results suggest that learning happens more when you remember a thing, and less when you read it.
That’s your study tip for the month. Go out and [...]

With graduation looming ever closer, I face a choice: med school, grad school, or a gap year.

Med school: Out of the seven that I applied to, I have an interview at one. I’m pretty sure that the problem with the others was my poor MCAT Writing Sample score. The one interview that I have is [...]

As China has grown, so has its need for cheap oil. The oil fields of Sudan fill this need, but at a price. In return for oil, the Chinese government has helped to finance and arm the Government of Sudan-backed genocide in Darfur. As well, the Chinese government, as a veto-wielding member of the UN [...]

I was in the public washroom when the guy in the next stall flushes, leaves without washing, and turns the light off on his way out. Environmentally friendly, maybe, but not Aidan friendly.
A few minutes later (yes, minutes), he came back to wash his hands. This time, he left the light on.

In our society, we have detectives who investigate a crime, lawyers who prosecute the offenders and judges who sentence them. If a crime is in progress, we call the police; we are not expected to stop it ourselves—unless it’s genocide. This is the distinction that the Genocide Convention makes, in its very first article:
Article 1
The [...]