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Computational Modeling Of Genetic Modification Of Oncolytic Viruses Allowing For Powerful Long-Term Or Permanent Suppression Of Melanoma Tumor Growth
By Henry De La Cruz
Be
By Bella
My home is clean. I've never experienced dirt; nor have I felt touch: the most important sense.
The One I Can't Outrun
By An Anonymous Writer
You shine bright every morning, Like the dawning sun.
Iris
By username._aim
“Iris” is my favorite song—this song will always do. And when I told you that you’re my Iris, you looked confused too.
Crimson Chronicles: A Feminist History of Menstruation in Europe and Beyond
By Mehr Narang
Throughout history, few forces have carried as much quiet resilience, biological wonder, and social controversy as menstruation.
Curse or Blessing
By An Anonymous Writer
Feeling deeply is both a gift and a burden. I’ve always been someone who gets attached to things that make me happy even for a short time.
Fading Colors Rusting Summers
By Abishek Kumar
I remember you as if Alzheimer’s were slipping backward for a second.
"16, 18, 20"
By An Anonymous Writer
I like to indulge in everybody else’s perception of beauty. I sit, I scroll, I attach myself to a stranger through a screen and wait to be hurt.
All I Really Want
By An Anonymous Writer
The vape burns quietly in my closet, Itching to be used, Smoke curls into my clothes, Into my skin, My very self, Ready to ignite.
Stuck In Your Memory
By A Mess
My mouth: a never ending postcard all it ever says is I wish you were here
Disgrace in Bloom
By An Anonymous Writer
I didn't want to be gay. I didn't ask to feel that way.
Petty Betty
By An Anonymous Writer
I have had too many people in my life Who seem to think time passed is somehow an apology,
Computational Modeling of Genetic Modification of Oncolytic Viruses Allowing for Powerful Long-Term or Permanent Suppression of Melanoma Tumour Growth
By Henry De La Cruz
moonlight confessions
By Ayesha Anwar
The moon keeps secrets that no one dares to speak, its silver light dumping over old memories.
Why the Electoral College Should Be Abolished
By Blessing Chang
In the USA, everyone claims to value democracy and equal representation, but the fact is that we are losing that initial sense of democracy that was founded in our country. Today, a president can be elected without winning the popular vote; that is what the Electoral College allows to happen. This structure was set up in the 18th century as a settlement between choosing the president by Congress or by popular vote. In today’s America, the Electoral College does more bad than it does good. It misrepresents the value of single votes, it opens onto biased election results, and supports partisanship. The Electoral College should be abolished because it lets a candidate who lost the popular vote still win; it sets out unequal power to voters who are living in small states, and makes unreliability and unfairness in elections.
Whispers of a wishful soul
By An Anonymous Writer
How I wish to be a blooming flower which delivers ecstasy to our hearts. How I wish to be a beautiful arbour where birds come to chirp and dwell.
The Grammar of Being
By Theodora Javar
The only tattoos l've ever wanted were words. It's like speaking them isn't enough, it's not permanent enough...
Buffy Summers
By Linda M. Crate
Maybe you were needed in another universe, which is why we couldn't have you back in this one.....
The Space Between Hours
By Dana Svinly
Every night, she checks a clock that does not belong to her...
Point Nemo
By An Anonymous Writer
There is only one person who can identify what a schizophrenic sees or has seen. That person is the schizophrenic himself...
Combat Max Ant Killing Bait Stations Indoor and Outdoors (Six Count) !
By Tesia Hennessy
The Way Silence Fills A Room
By username._aim
The way silence fills a room is like a white painting that's black underneath...
Sunday Mass
By Kira
a dusty pew, with no one else but two old women “love is patient, love is kind”, yet it is still forbidden...
Murphy's Law, NYU, and Belief- The Key to Happiness
By Shreenidhi Deepak
The Power of Extracurricular Activities: Shaping Well-Rounded Students
By Rihab
The Diffusion of Financial Literacy Through Interactive Design
By Dhyan Subramani
Over the past decade, financial literacy initiatives have increasingly shifted toward digital delivery through interactive financial technology (FinTech) applications. These platforms embed financial education directly into everyday financial decision-making using gamification, personalized feedback, and behavioral design. This paper examines the diffusion of financial literacy through interactive FinTech applications by analyzing adoption trends, engagement outcomes, and measurable behavioral impacts. Using a qualitative synthesis of peer-reviewed literature, institutional reports, and industry data, the study evaluates how interactive design features influence financial knowledge retention, saving behavior, and financial inclusion. A regional case study of Southeast Asia illustrates how mobile accessibility and localized design accelerate adoption in mobile-first and underbanked markets. Findings suggest that interactive FinTech applications can enhance financial literacy and promote positive financial behaviors; however, their effectiveness depends on ethical design, equitable digital access, and sustained user engagement. Collectively, these findings highlight the growing role of interactive FinTech in reshaping financial education within a digital global economy. Keywords: behavioral finance; financial literacy; fintech; gamification; mobile applications
SYNESTHESIA: WHERE HEARING TURNS TO COLOUR AND TASTE BECOMES A SHAPE—UNRAVELLING THE MIND’S MULTI-SENSORY SECRETS
By Mansi Dwivedi
What if you could hear colors or taste shapes? Synesthesia is a rare neurological condition where senses blend, creating a multisensory experience. Why do some people experience it while others don’t? This research investigates the science behind synesthesia, examining theories like cross-activation in the brain or reduced neural inhibition. It also explores its types, such as grapheme- color (seeing numbers in colors) and chromesthesia (hearing music as colors). How does synesthesia enhance creativity and memory? Why do many artists and musicians, such as Vincent van Gogh and Pharrell Williams, report experiencing it? This study offers insights into the brain’s untapped potential. Keywords- Synesthesia, sensory perception, neuroscience, neural connectivity, cognitive psychology. The term "synesthesia" comes from the Greek words syn (together) and aisthesis (sensation), meaning “joined perception.” The phenomenon was first officially recognized in the 19th century by scientists like Francis Galton, though there are earlier references to similar experiences in art and literature. Synesthesia is more common in women and often runs in families, suggesting a genetic link. It’s also found more frequently in people with creative professions, like artists, musicians, and writers. Even though it’s not something most people experience, synesthesia has attracted attention in recent years as we’ve gained a better understanding of how the brain works. This paper will explore synesthesia’s history, its scientific basis, and how it affects those who experience it, helping us understand not only this unusual condition but also how we perceive and interact with the world around us.
The Chair By The Window
By Trisha
Rohit always chose the last chair by the window...
Integrated Management Approaches for ADHD and Substance Use Disorders: Insights from Dartmouth Grand Rounds
By Ifza Zia
The quiet ache that feels like home
By Ayesha Toor
"I'm Ayesha! Im 14 and absolutely love to write. I find solace in the simple things, Walks, cycling, baking etc. I also love talking to people and gaining new perspectives on life. I tend to be quite lazy at time and procrastinate a lot so getting to actually write is kind of a challenge." @isayesxahere
Music in Gaza
By Cally Lim
Soft piano music needled into veins, Blackening lungs with smokes from shelling, Souls shivering whenever the sounds haunt Like lurking shadows of soldiers behind, The same sinister fingers massacre more memories Beyond salvation, leaving behind a grazed haven
An Amphibian
By An Anonymous Writer
What I fear more Is that I will gladly worship a myth Save a sinner and call it sin But what happens when I go off on my knees? So they become gods And I am agnostic?
Stardust Comfort
By Anousha
Not only does its beauty paint over weary views, but its symbolic traits cause the tranquility of individuals to be brought into sight.
The Perfect Match
By Sofia F
All because sometimes the perfect match isn’t the perfect match.
Humiliation
By silverpoemz
I knew There’s something That would make me humiliated
To The Me I Used To Be
By Vega Dange
I wish I could tell you Exactly what not to do.
P r o z a c
By Ayesha Toor
TW: HEAVY CONTENT yeah, I do need the help of something to be happy. I do need the help of pills to keep me sane. I do need help.
Midnight Sun
By Lamisa Farhat
The night has so many layers, and the midnight sun emerges in my ribcage— once in a while, when it triumphs over the moon in a blue dress...
“Things Fall Apart, the Centre Cannot Hold:” The Silver Lining Between Decay and Resurgence as Seen in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away
By Mrittika Sengupta
Spirited Away (2001), a Japanese animated Studio Ghibli film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is about the story of a young girl, Chihiro, who, along with her parents, discovers a secret world of spirits...
The Wishes Of My Heart
By An Anonymous Writer
If I was to say you are the most beautiful woman in the world, that alone would not be enough to describe you.
Heart To Heart
By Saifer Infinite
You are a sad person. Yes, YOU are a sad, miserable person. Every day you wake up, work a 9-5, go home, eat microwaved ramen or pizza if it's pay week, sleep, and then repeat. No love life, no family, no nothing.
Hell Shall Have No Fight
By mad_burnish
In the belly of carnivoric hell, A heart began its tale to tell.
Questions
By Emc²
Some questions haven't been answered yet. May be the answers haven't been knit in to the starry night itself.
Hunting Season
By Sophia Egolf
The 30-30 trap is the most sought after Steel-jawed It held onto me... Cradle those fallen limbs one last time.
Pleading for Nothing
By An Anonymous Writer
TW: HEAVY CONTENT (ED) The brutal reality of struggling with food.
I
By Victoria Ray
I'm not here to persuade you I want peace but Peace is always distant...
Prelude to Shattering
By Claire Kroening
Ice sheathes over ceaseless rivers, each crack a slow, quiet scream-- beneath, water aches...
God, bombs, and broken clocks
By Abhishek Kumar Singh
Holding Hand Taking stand Everything Planned Something Banned Slipping Sand Dipping Brand...
Just barely
By Ethereal Eli
Sometimes I feel like Holden Caulfield — I have these negative thoughts and I disregard them.
Let’s Walk Down Nile Street "نمشي شارع النيل"
By Nawar Zainelabdin
The dust clouds the road in a hazy veil. Not dust stirred up by the ricochet of guns, but from children playing soccer all around...
A Pure White
By Kritika Panthangi
My mother tells me Not to wear the color white...
Letters The Moon Wrote Me
By Batool Zehra
Tell me, my dear, what keeps you up at night?...
Anchored in You
By Rihab
In a world that spins without a pause, Where time forgets and silence gnaws...
Termination
By Tesia Hennessy
This is a contemporary essay written in the style and voice of early American poet, Anne Bradstreet. I believe that, if she was raised in our time, she would have the views expressed in this essay...
Constellations of us✨️
By Rihab
They say the stars can't shine without the night, That darkness makes their beauty bright...
My kind of love
By Arwa Zohair
My love, it's not weighted by my worth in their life. My love is a bundle — whole It isn't found in words...
Law Of Freedom
By Sima
Kids running and running and running Kids Spinning and spinning on the merry-go-round...
Mingling On The Middle Path
By Abhishek Kumar Singh
Filling pages, meditating sages, four stages, everything ages, nothing called wages....
Maybe Those Endless Bullets
By Blessing Chang
A loud BOOM, BOOM like a thundering bang, loud enough to wake the dead beyond the grave...
Isn’t that the reason that I hide?
By Sima
Standing in front of the mirror Looking down at my mask collection We have a mad girl, smiling woman, and the crazy fangirl...
The Arrow Of The Woods
By Devika Bhat
Shaped through by failure Trained well for success Ahead flew the arrow With practiced swiftness...
Rosalind Franklin: Double Helix Without Credit
By Regina Flores Jiménez
Behind one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century—the structure of DNA—stands a woman whose name was overshadowed by the glory of others. Rosalind Franklin...
A t-shirt and jeans.
By An Anonymous Writer
Fly away, fly away. Little me, you're unaware. For what's about to come...
Softer Skin and Immaturity
By Stubby Coleoptera
I miss the person I was years ago...
Birth right
By Maria Alexa
Yesterday, I talked to my therapist We finally broke through the surface Of how I never got over this...
I dream like a God
By Kiri Winder
Standing on high cliffs, I slip and glide from the body I was attached...
Wings
By Firefly
Firefly, one day — very soon — you'll wake to find my angel wings fully grown...
Midst of June
By An Anonymous Writer
and when the moon appears on a windy night in June...
Does someone truly know you?
By Andrew Khov
I recently stumbled upon a question, the type of question that took to my heart. If you lost all your memory and you had to choose one person to tell you who you were, who would you choose, and why?
I left the door open just incase.
By Naomi
I left the door open just in case someone that I’ve been longing to see comes back...
Merciful
By Devika Bhat
I want to stare into the deep dark eyes of the The Taker And say You have not listened to my pleas...
feline
By Simone-Akari
in our next lifetime we will grace the earth as feline and find each other on four legs instead of two...
Youngest Sibling
By Sima
My biggest regret as a kid Was wishing to grow up pretty quick ....
Under the Ancient Moon
By Isamar
The moon has watched through silent skies, As empires rose and met their demise. It gleamed above the Pharaoh’s throne, Whispered secrets never known....
Swimming in the Sun
By Tesia Hennessy
In the back room of a party at the end of the world, A woman is crying, A mother is cooing to her baby, And a teenager is rooting through the liquor cabinet...
The son, the stars
By Virak
The river lay below him as he stood, sandy riverbanks under his feet. Water rippled throughout, reflecting the gibbous moon above as it stared into him. Waxing or waning he never knew, never bothered. A temporary sanctuary of respite was enough to last for a few weeks, but today it didn’t seem enough...
Essential Yet Invisible
By Regina Flores Jiménez
We celebrate the rich and famous. The names of top athletes dominate our screens. We follow the latest fashion trends, stay updated on celebrities’ love lives, and count the days until our favorite artists release new albums. But what about the quiet individuals who work behind the scenes to keep our world running?
Marble Cake
By Tesia Hennessy
Mary was not a particularly forgetful person. She didn’t usually forget the chicken in the oven, or forget what time her dentist appointment was, or forget to take her fork out of her bowl before she put it in the microwave. But this time, she did....
How Social Media Affects Anxiety: Navigating the Digital World Mindfully
By Meenakshi Kaura
Preserving Soil Health using Dendrimer-Enhanced Irrigation and Filtration Systems
By Jonathan Jinu, Luisa Rodas, Katie Lim
To Take Up Space
By Sondra Lewis-Cox
The cardboard walls are thin and fragile to the touch I think i wanna let myself out but i'll rot
Invisible String
By Aysel Sobeih
She noticed a dove sitting on one of its branches, though it instantly locked eyes with her then flew away, leaving behind a sense of bittersweetness for Lucy. Doves, they meant something, something…sad, or nostalgic? But they meant something, or someone.
The Culture Longed For Times
By Eugenia
People are creatures of memory and longing-and in the end, that’s nostalgia. We miss almost everything: times, places, or even other people. And you don't have to know this person - you can see it only on your phone screen and still long for them. Especially among Gen Z.
The Fashion of Pointe
By Eugenia
Ballet. Ever since Black Swan showed us the raw reality of ballet—the discipline, the obsession with perfection, and the darker side of the stage—we could talk for hours about its hidden meanings, theories, and symbolism. But one thing we can't overlook is ballet's undeniable influence on fashion. Recently, pointe shoes have become one of the hottest trends. The coolest brands are now releasing their own collections, reimagining ballet-inspired footwear in bold and unexpected ways.
Ai Fashion
By Eugenia
AI-generated avatars are gracing magazine covers, walking digital runways, and starring in campaigns, all without stepping into a studio. They never age, never tire, and always look "perfect."
i hope she dies
By Ibrahim Khan
I hope she dies— so I can visit her funeral, stand among the silent faces, and cry without hiding my tears.
Deals or Discrimination? An Intersectional Analysis of Shark Tank
By Aarohi
This study explores the intersection of race and gender in workplace discrimination, particularly through the lens of prototypicality, using data from the popular television show Shark Tank. It investigates how the racial and gender identities of entrepreneurs influence negotiation outcomes, with a specific emphasis on the variations in the types of deals they secure and their acceptance rates. By drawing on various theories, the research delves into the mechanisms that sustain inequalities in entrepreneurial negotiations. Previous studies have highlighted that prototypicality plays a crucial role in discrimination, with White men and women of color often benefiting more in workplace conflicts. Research also emphasizes how systemic biases and cognitive shortcuts influence decision-making in uncertain situations, typically reinforcing existing social hierarchies. This study expands on these findings by analyzing real-world negotiations to highlight the concrete impacts of intersectionality. The results indicate that White men were offered the most favorable deals, while women of color encountered a wide range of offers, from very advantageous to extremely unfavorable. White women and men of color were more likely to receive poor deals, with White women often accepting them. These results are consistent with previous literature on intersectional discrimination and illustrate the significant impact of prototypicality on negotiation dynamics. This research highlights the ongoing presence of biases and their consequences for equity in both entrepreneurial and professional environments. INTRODUCTION Today, we continue to see discrimination based on identity, particularly regarding race and gender, in various aspects of our lives. Specifically, the disparities are abundantly clear in the workforce as people continue to discuss the harms of workplace discrimination. It is often assumed that White people have more advantages compared to other racial groups. Similarly, men tend to have more advantages than other gender identities. However, Ponce de León discusses the effects of prototypicality in her paper “Invisible Discrimination.” Prototypicality refers “to the extent to which a person is representative of a given category, with more prototypical group members sharing a greater number of underlying attributes with the superordinate group than less prototypical group members (e.g., Rosch, 1973, 1975, 1978; Rosch, Mervis, Gray, Johnson, & Boyes-Braem, 1976)” (Ponce de León and Rosette, 2022: 785). White women are prototypical for White people, whereas Black men are prototypical for Black people. In her study, she reviews its impacts in workplace discrimination by setting up studies in which participants respond to stereotype association questions. The results demonstrate that non-prototypical people were more likely to receive financial remedies for workplace discrimination than prototypical workers. In this paper, the same question of workplace discrimination is presented by collecting and analyzing data from numerous episodes of Shark Tank. Shark Tank is a popular American TV series in which entrepreneurs pitch their businesses and convince the sharks to invest in them. The investors evaluate their pitches and both parties negotiate to come to a deal.
The Fluctuation of Feminism
By Anousha
This essay examines how feminism, originally rooted in the pursuit of gender equality, has evolved across four historical waves and, in some cases, been reshaped by modern media and culture. It critiques the rise of what the author describes as “toxic feminism,” arguing that certain contemporary attitudes foster division, resentment, and a shift away from mutual respect. The piece also explores how societal expectations and trends, particularly those amplified by social media, can reinforce harmful stereotypes and undermine the original goals of empowerment. Ultimately, it calls for a return to a more balanced form of feminism that uplifts both men and women while promoting dignity, equality, and understanding.
