Over the past three months, I have been stuck in a cycle of procrastination to finish my entry for the prestigious Breakthrough Junior Challenge. The cycle was so vicious that I found myself awake at 3am two days before deadline day to complete the finishing touches and edit the final version. But we got there! I have submitted my video and am eagerly waiting for the results! For my entry, I chose the Global Neuronal Workspace Theory as the concept to be explained. Why? Well, about half a...

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool through and through. He was born in Whiston Hospital just six miles east of Melwood training ground and nine miles away from Anfield. Growing up on the Bluebell council estate in Huyton, about five miles east of the city centre, Gerrard spent most of his time kicking a football around with his older brother on a small patch of grass and a concrete cul-de-sac right outside his front door. He later credited these games with building his trademark toughness. At around...

Welcome to OpenBrain, a cutting-edge biotech startup headquartered right in the heart of Silicon Valley. To fully understand the growing success of this company, let us take a tour into its state-of-the-art office building, starting from the physical infrastructure in the basement all the way to the executive suites at the higher levels. Now what’s a building without the dirty work? At the very bottom of the basement lies the medulla oblongata, or the utility room. This room houses the main...