ENVIRONMENT
Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics
Being deprived of shade exposes the body to heat from direct sunlight, while higher humidity means that the rate of evaporation from our skin will decrease.
TRENDS
To have better disagreements, change your words
Here are 4 ways to make your counterpart feel heard and keep the conversation going.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered
People with REM sleep behavior disorder often act out their dreams - they could shout, moan, scream, kick, punch or thrash about, for instance.
ENTERTAINMENT
Who is Souleymane Cissé, awarded Carrosse d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2023?
Malian director Souleymane Cissé, one of Africa’s boldest and most pioneering auteurs, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest African filmmakers of all time, was conferred this year’s Carrosse d’Or (the Golden Coach) award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
TRENDS
ChatGPT-powered Wall Street: The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments
Most high-frequency traders use similar algorithms, which increases the risk of market failure - as the number of these traders increases, the similarity in these algorithms can lead to similar trading decisions.
TRENDS
Want your clothes to last longer? Read these 17 symbols on how to wash, dry and iron clothes
Want to make your clothes last longer? Understanding clothing care labels is key. Learn how to decode laundry symbols for washing, bleaching, drying, and ironing to ensure you're cleaning and caring for your garments correctly.
WORLD
How British imperial history shaped Charles III’s coronation ceremony
The biggest change in the royal title came in 1876, when the Royal Titles Act made Queen Victoria Empress of India.
TRENDS
Here's why your freezer smells so bad and what you can do about it
Even though we think freezers keep things 'fresh', microbes can still proliferate in there. Make sure to clean your freezer now and then to keep your food safe and healthy.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
How to exercise: Take your fitness routine outdoors to boost mental health benefits
Exercise tips: Research has shown the importance of exercise in not only preventing mental illness, but also treating it. And when exercise is taken outdoors, the benefits can be even greater. Exercising in nature helps maintain your mental health and treat mental illnesses.
TRENDS
Depression | Are you under digital distress? 3 ways tech-triggers affect your mental health
Anxiety disorder: Tech-triggers are pervasive, yet seemingly innocuous because we click them away. Here are three main types of tech-triggers and their effects to consider if you are under stress.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
How to lose weight: If you are dieting for fitness, seeing someone eating makes you eat less
Weight loss tips: Having difficulty sticking to your healthy diet plan? Try this weight loss trick. The mere sight of someone eating junk food is enough to put dieters off it, at least for some time.
TRENDS
Addicted to your phone? 7 tips for a healthier relationship with your digital devices
Digital devices offer significant benefits: think connection, education, entertainment. The danger is when overuse becomes toxic to our health. Think eye strain, neck ache, poor sleep, stress and more.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
What causes motion sickness? Here’s how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain
Ears do more than hear – they also track how your body is oriented and moving in space. When your inner ears and your eyes perceive conflicting motion, you might be in trouble.
WORLD
Explainer: Why has fighting broken out again in Sudan and what does it mean for the region?
These developments are taking place in increasingly choppy geopolitical waters for Sudan, where old alliances are rapidly changing. Meanwhile, the cost of food in Sudan has skyrocketed.
TRENDS
House plants can change your state of mind: The word translates to 'those who take care of us'
The scientific evidence that plants play a fundamental role in shaping our mental state and decreasing the risk of mental and physical illnesses is mounting
TRENDS
Why everyday decisions feel so stressful: Start with accepting you have limited decision making juice
Humans have limited cognitive capacities. Thinking too much can be stressful and frustrate the intention to do so. You have to decide how to invest your resources
TRENDS
How to lower blood pressure, reduce stress: Add a plant in your room to boost your mood
Tips to reduce stress, blood pressure: Indoor plants, such as snake plant, palm tree and devil's ivy, have several mental and physical health benefits. Here's how to choose the right plant for your room
TRENDS
ChatGPT struggles with Wordle puzzles, which says a lot about how it works
ChatGPT-4 was trained on about 500 billion words: all of Wikipedia, all public-domain books, huge volumes of scientific articles, and text from many websites. And yet, it is bad at word puzzles. Here's why.
TRENDS
Van Gogh Museum at 50: What painter’s letters to his family expose about why he became an artist
Vincent van Gogh’s decision to become an artist was underpinned in good part by his struggles for love and esteem within a thoroughly bourgeois family anxious about its standing.
TRENDS
Seven tips for finding happiness at work
Given that the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime, it makes sense to try and enjoy it if you can. Here's what can you do to be happier at work and reduce stress.
TECHNOLOGY
TikTok bans: What the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
Building a profile from user data to enable targeted phishing attacks on sensitive government accounts is plausible, however, there is no evidence that social media applications like TikTok has been used for this purpose.
TRENDS
Voice deepfakes are calling, here’s what they are and how to avoid getting scammed
Watch out for voice phishing, or “vishing,” scams, the most likely deepfakes you might encounter in everyday life, both at work and at home. In 2022, people were swindled out of an estimated $11 million by simulated voices
TRENDS
Ageing faster? Biological age a better health indicator than years that you’ve lived
No two people age the same. Although age is the principal risk factor for several chronic diseases, it is an unreliable indicator of how quickly your body will decline or how susceptible you are to age-related disease.
TRENDS
Silicon Valley Bank biggest US lender to fail since 2008 financial crisis – a finance expert explains the impact
During in the pandemic, SVB and many other banks were raking in more deposits than they could lend out to borrowers. What SVB couldn't lend, they invested in US Treasury Securities. The trouble began when the Fed raised interest rates.
