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     When I first started this blog, I didn't plan for any personal content, but some recent events in my life seem relevant enough to be publishable.      Over this past summer, I worked in a physical chemistry lab

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image: theage.com.au      A new energy policy is taking effect in Queensland, Australia, lowering overall energy consumption costs, but massively inflating prices for energy services. Effectually, according to director of Country Solar Steve Madson, this policy has no effect

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     During the final weeks of Spring term '13-'14, I wrote a research paper for my chemistry class titled 'Chemical Enantioselective Synthesis: The Search for the Other Half.' Certain molecules have a property called chirality, which dictates whether or not

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image: magpictures.com      Blackfish, a documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, was released in July 2013, and has recently enjoyed a surge of widespread acknowledgement, approximately one year after the film's initial release. The film focuses on an orca named

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     More information has come out recently regarding Uber's rivalry with hire-car service Lyft. Lyft claims to have evidence that Uber employees, including recruiters, have ordered and cancelled over 5500 rides on Lyft since last October. By linking accounts with

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image: siliconbeat.com      Uber and Lyft, two companies responsible for the recent boom in the personal transportation sector, have continually fought for supremacy in the United States' growing on-demand taxi market. While Uber does have a $18.2 billion valuation

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Image: stocks.org      In response to a planned bid by Sprint/T-Mobile for broadcast TV spectrum, Chairman of the FCC  Tom Wheeler proposed an antitrust plan which would prohibit bidding alliances between the largest mobile carriers in the United States.

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     One of the end-of-year projects that has so frustratingly kept me away from this blog was a history paper. Having been given the freedom to do so, I sifted through years of civil rights cases and political trivia to

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As the title suggests, I'm recovering from the recent dearth of postings, and will be posting actively again. The end of Upper year (11th grade for 99.9% of you) was a hugely strenuous time for me, filled with time-siphoning end of

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     How does one rank countries by economy? GDP (gross domestic product) springs to mind, but GDP doesn't account for the differences in lifestyle between countries. Food, real estate, luxuries, all these cost and weigh differently in different countries, and

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     'Ethics in business is important.' This was essentially the conclusion drawn from the first Asia Ethics Summit held last year in Hong Kong. Considering the setting, this result is somewhat unsurprising, but the panel has since gone on to

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Image: nanocarbon.cz      Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a leap forward in the race for mass production of graphene, using water, soap, and a blender that reportedly cost €39.95.      In 2010, Andre Geim and Konstantin

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Image: General Mills      Just a couple of weeks ago, General Mills added a small grey banner to the top of their website notifying visitors of an update to their privacy policy and legal terms, also noting that 'all

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Image: Insomniac Arts             Following in the footsteps of Germany, Unions in France have passed acts that discourage the use of mobile phones for work after 6pm. The new labor agreements state that employers will not

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Image: seatactaxi.com      High Frequency Trading has been the source of much debate and confusion, particularly after this heated debate on CNBC between IEX Exchange CEO Brad Katsuyama and BATS Global Markets President William O'Brien.      For those of us

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Image: Anatoly Kabanets      In light of protests against furniture retailer Harvey Norman, members of the Australian parliament are looking to make boycotts against companies based on environmental claims illegal. Australia already has laws in place that ban secondary

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Will Germany's new laws help reduce worker stress? Image: Shutterstock      Germany has introduced a new law, stating that employees cannot be punished for failing to respond to messages from managers after working hours. This move is clearly aimed

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Image: TechRadar      Facebook recently announced its acquisition of Oculus VR, developer of the Oculus Rift virtual reality apparatus, for $2 billion dollars. Oculus Rift made its debut on Kickstarter, advertising itself as 'the first truly immersive virtual reality

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     Hello world! My name is Stanley Ng, and I am currently a junior in high school. I go to Phillips Academy (Andover, the only worthwhile one), and I am starting this blog to pursue my interest of business, particularly

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