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Euan Thum is a Malaysian model and poet based in Coventry, United Kingdom. He has worked with renowned photographers from Britain, Poland, Italy, Pakistan and Malaysia. In the field of poetry, Euan's work has been featured in multiple international publications including the Nightingale Journal and the Beckindale Poetry Journal. This is an interview with Red Game Magazine, done in August 2020. Shot by Hlouwby Tell us about your brand.   I express myself through poetry, modelling and photography, while inspiring those with low self-esteem to see themselves in their own reflection and love themselves for who they are. I am also involved in numerous social projects, which aim to leave positive impacts across various fields including education, environment, mental health and more.   When did you know that this was the right path for you?  I grew up timid and reserved, and at many points in my childhood I could hardly stand up for myself. In my mid-teens, I was bursting w...

This article was first published on StemSide's platform . We know corals as the colourful rock-like structures under the sea that host numerous species of sea life. But what are corals, really? Are they living creatures or just plain rocks? Are they animals or plants? Corals are in fact, animals. Corals are formed by coral polyps, animals with soft bodies and short, tentacle-like arms that pull their food and sweep it into their mouths. They are close relatives to sea anemones and jellyfish. Corals are also sessile, which means they attach themselves to the seafloor. Figure 1: The similarities in the anatomy of a coral polyp and a jellyfish (medusa). See Footnote 1 for image credits. Corals connect with each other and create a colony which grows over hundreds of thousands of years and becomes a reef. The base of corals is made of a protective limestone skeleton (calcium carbonate) called a calicle which forms the structure of these reefs. Figure 2: The anatomy of a coral polyp...