A short drive on the traffic-laden roads of Karachi makes one thing clear, greenery is hard to spot in the city. Perhaps this is the observation that drives the notion in many people’s minds that the scorching rising temperature of the city is due to the lack of trees in the area. With such a…
Not many people know that the City of Lights was also known as Krokola, Kalachi-jo-Goth, and Kurrachee at different points in history. The inhabitants of this vibrant city remember hearing tales of it being referred to as Kolachii by elders. The one consensus regarding Karachi is that it is the hub of business, culture, and…
“If our ethical code makes a purely arbitrary distinction between humans and all other species, then we have a code based on naked selfishness devoid of any higher principle.”
― Jared Diamond
On 14 th July 2020 , the head of Rabies Free Pakistan (RPF) organization Dr. Naseem Salahuddin woke up to the…
In 1908 , French cartoonist named Emile Cohl created the first fully animated film named “Fantasmagorie” using some 700 drawings. Since then the industry has come a long way. In 2019 , the VFX, animation, and the gaming industry were valued at $264 billion. Pakistan jumped a little late in the game with the…
So many people consider evolution to just be a theory but if the evidence is analyzed, it can be seen that it is a fact. The study of evolution has opened up many secrets to the researchers and has proven that the human brain has evolved to incorporate programs that help human beings adapt to…
UNESCO has reported that “Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. These nationwide closures are impacting over 60% of the world’s student population. Several other countries have implemented localized closures impacting millions of additional learners.”
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When we say “bad is stronger than good”, we are generally referring to the phenomena that the effects of bad things outweigh the good things in a human’s life. Bad means that the event or situation harms one’s mind while good means that it has a positive effect. It has been concluded that bad…
People in life often indulge in focalism when they narrow down their vision and focus solely on one event or one aspect of an event. The complete ignorance of any other factors is strong and even accounting for any new factor cropping up is out of the question. This tendency is called focalism or…
The human mind and soul are full of curiosity and the thirst to know more does not get quenched ever. The dip into finding out our ancestry via ancestry tests is just another expression of curiosity. People have always wanted to know where exactly they come from and genetic ancestry testing provides them with the…
Many people are not aware of the term of depressive realism yet are mildly aware of the concept; depressive realism is when the depression of an individual makes them more realistic in comparison to their non-depressed comrades. According to findings, people with depression are more accurate and objective about their abilities, judgments, the…