The Death of Betty Shanks: Australia's Oldest Cold Case Betty Shanks was a lively 22-year-old who studied psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia. Shanks was born in 1930 and by the time she got to university, she was still living…
Title: Star Wars, episode 1: ‘The Phantom Menace’ Genre: Fantasy Director: George Lucas Description: ‘The Phantom Menace’, made in 1999, was the first episode released of the ‘Star Wars’ franchise. However, it was not the first movie made in the ‘Star…
This is a question that has been debated across generations, to which your answer depends on your mentality and thought process. My personal answer is: ‘If you can make money off of it, then it’s a job’, but I don’t want to explain…
As we all may have seen on mainstream media, mathematics is portrayed as a difficult, horrible and all-around annoying subject- so we decided to explore the ‘pros and cons’ of maths as well as some opinions from teachers and students here at NES,…
This may come as a surprise to you, but you are actually surrounded by ducks. (Yes, ducks.) And it can be mentally, emotionally and even physically draining you. What on earth is this magazine on about now? Duck Syndrome is,…
Etymology is the study of the origins of names and words. It usually revolves around the origins of words, which means that if you’re an Etymologist and somebody tries to be funny by saying, “But why is blank called blank?”, you can take…
Introduction: This issue, we will be talking about the unsolved mystery of the disappearing man, DB Cooper. He got more than his fair share of publicity due to how impossible he was to find even after getting his DNA (but we’ll talk about…
This article takes us back to November 29, 1970, when a family looking for a peaceful Sunday hike in the Isdalen Valley near Bergen, Norway discovered the body of a woman between a few large rocks. This one discovery would later grow out…
Situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Taal volcano (which is identified as a caldera), erupted in the Luzon Island in the Philippines and created a beautiful display of lightning in the process. It remained at level 4 after its phreatic eruption…
It has been a long day at school and you just can’t wait to go home! You hop on your bed, turn on your laptop and forget to feel the hours flow by as you spend what’s left of your day watching TV…
In October, the Primary department of NES held an event called “Literacy Week”. All seven days, students from Years 1-6 partook in activities that related to what they had been learning in English language lessons, such as spelling and grammar activities. …
Conspiracies... How do people believe these? Frankly, I don’t know. The psychology of conspiracy theorists is quite interesting as these theorists have come up with some pretty wacky stuff. Bear in mind, however, while conspiracies are usually false, there is nothing wrong with…
Detective Pikachu was a fabulous movie. It is hard to dispute that Ryan Reynold’s performance as the furry beast that had drank too much coffee gave the movie a fun, mystery aspect to it. This is hard to pull off. While it is…
Exams, both internal and external, are something every student at school has to go through, whether they’re doing IGCSEs, A levels, or even just midterms. With these exams, of course, comes stress and pressure, as well as hours and hours of revision.…
