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Let me tell you an ‘exciting’ story: There was, once upon a time, a turtle and a rabbit that one day held a race. The rabbit should have won with his eyes blindfolded, but sadly his dreariness overcame him and off he went to the land of dreams. Guess who won the race: the turtle. “Slow and steady wins the race” were the words that he offered us as tutelage. But who listens to talking turtles anyway? Look around you: who can you point out, in this 21st century of ours, who is slow and steady? I bet you were not even able to find a single one. Nowadays, people are travelling so fast, so fast that even light is losing its composure. Keep up with us, will you Mr. Light? Who can boldly say that they were greeted on the road this morning, or that they have never missed breakfast in their entire lives? Admit it: we don’t have time anymore for the simple things of life. It’s okay, we think to ourselves, at least we are very productive. Put your hands up in the air and drop yo...

Tetrigrades, aliens, and NASA. These were the words roaming around the newspapers recently. While we still celebrate the Moon landing of NASA, the real rocket scientists have already begun to think about landing on an entirely different planet: Mars. The Red Planet is the closest neighbour to Mother Earth and the one that resembles it the most, whether it is through its revolutions around the Sun, its seasons, or its flora and fauna. Although we probably might have to wage a war against the Martians to touch base there, our fellow scientists don't think that's a challenging enough problem for them. We'll see about that when the aliens fight us with laser cannons, laser swords, laser guns, laser godzillas... well, you get the point. But still, going to Mars, is it not a dream come true? No, it's not a dream come true. Far from it actually. Now, don't think I have any prejudice against those innocent rocket scientists. I might be a bit envious of their brillianc...