The science behind sugar and its effects. POV (point of view): It’s 2014, and you’re watching little me draw up blueprints for the bakeshop I planned to open. It would sell cookies, pastries, and of course, cupcakes 🧁. With my desire for all things sweet, I was often told I…

Now that’s bananas!! 🍌 Contributing authors: Sophia Laird, Heya Desai, Sanvi Laird This past month I had the pleasure of working Sanvi Rao, Sophia Laird, and Heya Desai on a moonshot challenge hosted by The Knowledge Society! …

Exists in 815 million people. It’s a word we hear so often, but what does malnutrition really look like? Malnutrition refers to when a person’s diet does not provide enough nutrients or the right balance of nutrients for optimal health. So… here’s the rundown, or as I like to call…

Chatbots give businesses a new edge against their competitors, from customer service bots at your favourite store, or doctor bots being used at justanswer.com. Knowing this, I thought to myself, “how cool would it be to create my own?” and the answer was, “it would be very cool 😎”. …

The week of January 3–9, I decided to power off and put away my phone. Why, you might ask? Well with online learning, I’ve been spending far more time on screens, and I needed to eliminate the unnecessary use to focus on reality, not a virtual reality. …

Here’s how you can do it too. Courtesy to: ComputerScience on YouTube, in particular this tutorial. The problem The stats: False-positive mammograms and overdiagnosis of breast cancer among women ages 40 to 59 cost $4 billion in health-care spending annually (the study) — Journal Health Affairs Breast cancer over-diagnosis is estimated to be between…

At the beginning of the year after joining The Knowledge Society (TKS for short), there were so many amazing opportunities available 🧠. Some included giving Ted Talks, speaking for IBM, working on hackathons, and different exciting challenges! Of course, any opportunity I saw posted I said yes to. …

“Started from the bottom now we’re here” — Drake Drake wasn’t lying when he said that, because with all the technological advancements we see today, it’s important to consider how we got here. I remember listening to a speech about AI in my eighth-grade class, and I recall thinking to…

An algorithm of hope. This past week, The Knowledge Society hosted a global artificial Intelligence hackathon. We were given one week to create a solution to a problem using AI, and then pitch our idea to some super cool people. The process: Brainstorming What do people care about? What’s an issue that we…