The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle may finally be solved

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, Opinion

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The Bermuda Triangle is a section of the Atlantic Ocean between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Throughout the last several decades, dozens of ships and airplanes have supposedly disappeared here. For this reason, this mysterious area has become infamous around the world [1]. For years, experts have been attempting to solve the mystery of the…

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What Our Children Need to Know About Love

Pierre Van ZylOpinion, parenting

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Love is not easy, in fact, it can be quite hard. Unfortunately, our children are raised on fairy tales and rom-coms that depict unrealistic expectations of what love is. This is what children need to know about love, and most importantly, what you can teach them about it. What Children Need to Know About Love…

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5 Reasons Why I’m Not Afraid of Being Single, I’m Afraid of Being With a Guy Who Doesn’t Give a Damn About Me

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In a world where marriage continues to be a common expectation for adults (2), strong, independent women might find themselves asking: Is it okay to be single? The answer, of course, is yes. Singlehood is on the rise – and has been, for some time. As of 2015, only 50% of all adults in the US were married, as opposed to 72% in…

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Walmart, Other Retailers, Will Close Stores on Thanksgiving, Ending A Black Friday Tradition

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, Opinion

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A decade-long crowd-pulling tradition may have come to an end in 2020 as Walmart announced on Tuesday, July 21, that it would close all walk-in stores nationwide on Thanksgiving Day [1]. Since 2012, Walmart and some other major retailers have been opening on Thanksgiving to offer huge sales and Black Friday deals to some of…

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school

Pierre Van ZylCovid19, Opinion, parenting

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As summer is quickly coming to a close, in a normal year parents, teachers, and students would be preparing to go back to school. This is 2020, however, and is of course not a normal year. Perhaps one of the biggest debates in many households is whether or not parents should be sending their kids…

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Watch Alabama High School Principal in “Can’t Touch This” Parody Video about COVID-19

Pierre Van ZylLearn, Opinion

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My principal back in high school would have sent 2,000-page technical-level COVID reports to each student, to be read and summarized within 24 hours. Most of us students would end up choosing detention and bathroom scrub work rather than take that task seriously. “We have got to make safety a cool thing,” – Principal Lee…

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Opinion: If Life Feels Bleak, It’s Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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2020 has been a tough year. Starting with Australia’s devastating wildfires, followed up by the death of beloved basketball star Kobe Bryant and his young daughter Gigi, and then, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s not forget about the murder hornets, the locusts in east Africa, the wildfires in Siberia, and the arctic circle reaching…

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Expert warns the US is approaching ‘one of the most unstable times in the history of our country’

Pierre Van ZylNews + Discoveries, Opinion

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As most developed nations in the world have been seeing a steady decline in coronavirus cases over the couple of months, the situation in the United States has been decidedly different. While the COVID-19 outbreak in New York has followed a similar pattern to countries like Italy and Spain, the United States as a whole…

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People Who Struggle to Get Out of Bed May Be More Intelligent, Evidence Suggests.

Pierre Van ZylOpinion, Personal Growth + Development

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Do you often find yourself staying up into the wee hours of the morning, working on a project or engaging in a hobby? Do you find that you don’t want to get out of bed when your alarm goes off? People who tend to sleep in late are often considered lazy and are associated with…

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Designing an end to a toxic obsession: The Lawn

Pierre Van ZylHome + Garden, Make, Opinion

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The image of rows of identical homes, each with matching, pristine lawns, is ubiquitous across America, and has become emblematic of the “American Dream”. Ever since families fled the cities for the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s, dutiful citizens have…

Please Stop Wearing These 3 Things (at any age)

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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When Courtney Carver began Project 333, in which you pair down your wardrobe and dress with only 33 items, she learned much more about just living with less. The process of learning what to keep and what to get rid of, and how to simply live with less, taught her lessons about the unnecessary emotional…

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What if we’ve all been primed?

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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A lot has changed in our world in the last few months. What was “normal” is now considered a potential risk. With so many changes to our lives in such a short time, we can’t help but think, have we all been primed for something to come? “Cover your face and wash your hands.” “We’re…

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Opinion: Prices will Reflect the Economic Cost of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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The novel coronavirus has now infected more than 4.5 million people in 213 countries around the world and resulted in more than 300 thousand deaths, making it the most extensive and catastrophic global health crisis of the twenty-first century [1]. Beyond the toll of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of…

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Why Babies Born in April are Special

Pierre Van ZylOpinion, parenting, Relationship

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People make references to the month they were born in all the time to explain certain aspects of themselves. “I can’t stand the cold! I was born in July, I guess I’ll always be a summer baby at heart.” “If I had to choose snow or sand, I would always c…

Opinion: Why Fearing the Coronavirus Should be the Least of Your Worries

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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As we continue to watch the death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak rise, and as we continue to receive conflicting messages from government and health officials, citizens across the country are confused, frustrated, and above all else, afraid. As deadly and horrific as this pandemic has been, Dr. Eugene Choi believes that the mass fear…

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Ellen DeGeneres Blasted for Joking That The Coronavirus Quarantine Is “Like Being In Jail”

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, Opinion

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“I’ve been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone in here is gay.” American comedian and TV icon, Ellen DeGeneres has come under some fire from social media users for making an ‘expensive’ joke about her coronavirus quarantine experience [1]. The 62-year-old is currently isolating in one of her California mansions with her…

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Opinion: Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired

Pierre Van ZylCovid19, Opinion

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Almost as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic started, so too did the panic-buying, hoarding, and price-gouging. Items of particular interest (besides, of course, toilet paper) have been hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and face masks. People everywhere have been purchasing these items in an effort to protect themselves and their families, but the messages they have…

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A COVID-19 Patient Recorded a Video from ICU Asking Others to Learn from Her

Pierre Van ZylCovid19, Heal, Learn, News + Discoveries, Opinion

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Tara Langston was in Hillington Hospital in Uxbridge, UK, when she filmed her message. Her words are broken by coughs as she describes the medical equipment she’s attached to and the interventions she needed. “Anyone—” The 39-year-old began before a violent bout of coughs interrupted her. “—who’s thinking of taking any chances, just take a…

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Should all children learn sign language?

Pierre Van ZylLearn, Opinion, parenting, Personal Growth + Development

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Imagine the excitement you would feel on the day your baby brother is being born. Not only can you not wait to meet them, but your head begins to fill with ideas about all the fun things you will do together as you get older. Now imagine being told that your new baby brother sustained…

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Opinion: Are You Young and unafraid of the coronavirus? Great, Now stop killing people.

Pierre Van ZylOpinion

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Since the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, broke out in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the country’s officials have put some extreme measures in place to contain the virus. Trains no longer stopped in Wuhan. Anyone who thought they might have the virus went to one of the nation’s specialized fever clinics, which provided up to two…

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What Do You Need to Buy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Pierre Van ZylCovid19, Heal, Health Awareness, Learn, News + Discoveries, Opinion

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COVID-19 has been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Those hoping this virus would go away as quickly as a bad internet trend will be disappointed. That doesn’t mean it’s time to buy a large freezer, build a shelter, and prepare for the apocalypse, although it would be prudent to take some…

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Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper? Psychologists Have An Answer

Pierre Van ZylLearn, Opinion

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Being prepared for a time of crisis is never a bad idea. It’s always recommended that you identify the types of disasters you might face in your region, prepare a survival kit with essential items like first aid, fresh water, and non-perishable food, and make a plan with your family in the case of an…

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