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The fascinating way age will improve your personality
There are three things that naturally happen to people’s personality with age. People get nicer as they get older, in contrast to the stereotype of the grumpy senior. The finding may be a surprise to those that believe people never change. They do — even if only a little. The three Read More...
Shell to install chargers for electric cars on European forecourts
Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to introduce battery charging points at some European petrol stations and Total is working on a similar move as the region’s biggest oil groups react to rising sales of electric vehicles. A selection of Shell’s filling stations in Britain and the Netherlands — Read More...
Donald Trump and Prince Charles in row over climate change
Donald Trump and Prince Charles are reportedly engaged in a diplomatic row about climate change, which threatens to damage US-British relations ahead of the new President’s first state visit to the UK. The royal is a famously vocal environmentalist, who runs Duchy Originals, an organic food Read More...
No more excuses: Google Maps now flags parking problems in cities
It’s a familiar excuse: I was on time but I couldn’t find a parking spot. Soon, you may not so easily get away with that anymore. Google Maps has added a feature to indicate parking difficulties. So far, it only works for Android and only in 25 major U.S. Read More...
Finland’s “baby boxes” for new mothers are going global
All new mothers in Finland receive a “maternity package” for themselves and their newborn babies. The practice was introduced in 1938 when the infant mortality rate in the country was 65 deaths per 1,000 births. Today that figure stands at 1.3 deaths per 1,000 births—one of the lowest in the Read More...
This Harvard breakthrough with hydrogen can change everything electricity
Hydrogen can play a major role in a clean, renewable energy economy. It can be used to store electricity generated by solar panels and windmills. The problem is that hydrogen is a gas and that makes it a challenge to store it. That’s why for nearly 100 years, scientists have dreamed of turning Read More...
Study shows that compound in broccoli, celery and thyme blocks breast cancer
The compound luteolin—found in broccoli, celery, thyme and parsley—does what chemotherapy can’t: It can locate triple-negative cancer cells and stops them metastasizing or spreading. Triple-negative breast cancer cells are so called because they lack three receptors that chemotherapy drugs Read More...
Thanks to Volvo you can enjoy this inspirational wisdom from Alan Watts
It may not be the best feature of modern society but here it is: Some of the most inspiring creativity comes from advertising. Here’s a good example. In this video Volvo presents the late philosopher and spiritual guru Alan Watts with his message to “live fully now”. The atmospheric Read More...
How we launched a refugee centre from scratch in 96 hours
One Wednesday late last year I took a call from the Home Office asking my charity, Catch22, to set up and run a respite centre for up to 70 refugee boys arriving imminently from Calais. Our challenge, within 96 hours, was to find a site, assemble and prepare an adequate number of staff and await a Read More...
New York approves country’s next largest offshore wind project
The Long Island Power Authority has approved the development of New York’s first, and the country’s second, offshore wind farm, the 90 megawatt South Fork Wind Farm. The United States’ offshore wind industry is, currently, not the world’s most impressive. The only project Read More...