There are a lot of way to explain the spread of coronavirus. One way to explain it is from a purely biological point of view – the biological underpinnings of how the virus grows, replicates, spreads etc. However, there are other ways to explain the coronavirus problem. Part of the Read more…
“Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory, saying its construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the area.” https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-gigafactory-germany-protests/youre-stealing-our-water-germans-protest-against-tesla-gigafactory-idUKKBN1ZH0KM?utm_source=reddit.com Many RLEs that have some disagreement / protest etc. can work well for May 2020 Read more…
“James Bushe had previously wanted to remain anonymous, using the pseudonym “Pilot Anthony” on Twitter to write about his battle to become a pilot. The 31-year-old said he had decided to go public to challenge the stigma which surrounds people living with HIV.” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51066420 In this RLE the pilot went Read more…
“Maxwell Johnson and his 12-year-old granddaughter were handcuffed in front of a Bank of Montreal in Vancouver while trying to open up an account on Dec. 20. He believes the employee might have been suspicious because he had $30,000 in his account — an amount he and every other member of the Heiltsuk nation received Read more…
BBC Article: “Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50647465 The subject of the BBC News article, John Keiti, lives in a part of Kenya that suffers from serious pollution. He borrowed air pollution censors and set up a system that broadcast the data. As a result Read more…
May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #5 is focused on the extent to which a single theory is enough to understand the world. The Japanese TV series Crayon Shinchan seems fairly superficial at first glance but there are a number of theories than can be used to Read more…
The “what is” and “why” parts of the first sentence of May 2020 Prescribed Title #1 is focused on observation and explanation. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood addresses these two questions. Her novel looks at a number of issues including the following: The mistreatment of women How authoritarian governments Read more…
“A Japanese stem cell scientist at the heart of a scandal over false claims and fabricated research has resigned. Dr Haruko Obokata published supposedly groundbreaking research showing stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. There were irregularities in data, no other group in the world could repeat her findings Read more…
https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/focus-on/damages-awarded-in-racial-profiling-case/262703 With May 2020 ToK Essay Prescribed Title #1 there are two different ways to look at an issue like racial profiling. A Sentence 1 (“what is…why” approach would be to investigate the racial profiling and come up explanations for why it exists. This investigation could be a sociologist looking at Read more…