Articles

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen: The Norwegian Skier Who Retired at 23 and Returned to Make Olympic History for Brazil

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen was on top of the world after winning the slalom World Cup. Days before the next season, Pinheiro Braathen shocked the world by announcing retirement from professional alpine skiing, at only 23 years old and as the reigning slalom World Cup champion. A year later, representing the Brazilian flag, he returned to professional skiing with the mission to celebrate freedom, individuality, and diversity.

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The Oscars: Maths and Stats

In honor of the latest Oscars, I dug deep into the archives of the awards and picked up niche patterns that can predict the winners. Cinema is a subjective art and that’s what makes it so beautiful. I started following the Oscars around 2018 and since then I've been making predictions every year. I collected all of the data myself and created charts to show evidence for the trends. No statistics can truly measure the greatness of a movie, but for the prediction lovers out there, here we go.

5 min

The Death of the 20+ Episode Shows

Remember when TV shows used to have 20+ episodes per season? That era is officially over, as television has shifted towards shorter 8–10 episode seasons.

5 min

ASML: The Backbone of the Microchip Industry

Smartphones, cars, satellites, modern war drones (UAVs) – all of them run on microchips. But behind every advanced microchip lies a highly complex EUV lithography machine that prints patterns 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. These extraordinary game-changing machines are designed and manufactured exclusively by ASML.

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