Introduction: We all know what happened: the Empire of Japan refused to surrender and sought to go on fighting come what may. But then on August 6th and August 9th 1945, respectively, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked and Japan surrendered shortly after the 15th of August. Nowadays there’s still a great number […]
Y Mañana Más in English – An avalanche of worries?
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, constant improvements of workers’ rights have driven down the amount of working hours, and to these days we still see a consistent pattern of having less working hours a year. Moreover, at the same time the productivity has greatly risen, coverage by public services has in general increased and death […]
Y Mañana Más in English – The Amazon Rainforest is in trouble
Two interesting facts: The Amazon Rainforest is the largest forest in the world. The Amazon River has by far the largest discharge in the world (a whopping 209.000m3/s). I get it, it’s a big place; but the most outstanding facts about this vast region are yet to come, so keep reading to find out 😉 […]
Y Mañana Más in English – Passive consumption of media
Introduction: Scrolling through Reddit reading post after post, comment after comment. Watching TikTok after TikTok. Scrolling through Instagram only to see an endless succession of glossy and perfect photos. Staring at a screen watching episode after episode. Doomscrolling in the news feed… stop it! How much time do we spend doing that? My take is […]