Is academic success important for later in life? Recently, I came across a little video that aimed to highlight why parents should not put too much pressure into their children’s academic achievements.

Tired of hearing about a “potential cure for cancer” every other week only to see no follow up? Me too. Every now and then emerges a new cancer fighting strategy that somehow never becomes fully successful

Were you curious about what my rolls look like? Today is your lucky day: you get to see me awkwardly spazzing out during a couple minutes trying to secure a submission. One of my friends says that no gi

Nowadays it seems that a decadent educational system, decreasing attention spans, and the spread of social media have conflated to create a perfect cocktail of easily-spread ignorance, some of which can

“Become healthier” is probably near the top of almost everyone’s New Year’s resolutions. This might bring you to take a quick look into diets and nutritional advice that is popular on the internet or among

I am not one to see life through a “woman lens”. Some people seem to do it all the time, filtering their individual identity throughout their gender, adjusting their perception of society and the world

Have you looked at your eyes closely? You might be as surprised as I was. It all started a couple of months ago. I was constantly having a feeling of very dry eyes and sometimes felt like I had something

Sometimes the findings made in molecular biology seem like countless, tiny pieces of an enormous jigsaw puzzle: some of them we have managed to connect together, forming little islands of knowledge, but

Hello fellow Steemiacs,  I wish you all a Happy New Year!     If one of your new year's resolutions was to sign up to a gym and get that rocking body that you always wanted, this post

In 2017, I achieved (almost) all of my Steemit goals: reached reputation 60+, got consistently good payouts for most of my content, accrued over 1,000 Steem Power from my posts, even made it to the trending

Look closer, and you might find a treasure right in front of you... The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present

Could also be titled "Jim Jarmusch meets typical Instagram shot" The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present

Who could have thought something so exciting could also be so terribly boring sometimes? The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect

Once more, I have landed in Xalapa, land of the jalapeno pepper. As you might have noticed, I am keeping the content light this week here in my blog since I have been mostly occupied traveling, catching

If you love something, never abandon it... The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present one image every day

Another day, another opportunity to capture the peculiar way of life around me... The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of

The Challenge These are the rules to be taken into account: • Seven black and white images that represent an aspect of your life. • Present one image every day for seven days. • No people. • No explanation.

Can you make the quotidian interesting? To make someone else an eager spectator of a glimpse of life through your eyes? That seems to be the spirit behind the Seven Day Black & White challenge. Despite

My grandfather is a rather unconventional person. A mix between Mexican Indiana Jones and some sort of low key James Bond, he has certainly accrued a wealth of experiences over his 82 years of life. My

The most fundamental question that, surprisingly, does not have a definitive answer. Biologists and philosophers, from Aristotle to Oparin, have made numerous attempts to provide insightful answers, yet