The sweetener aspartame is found is many common foods and drinks, such as diet sodas. Kmpzzz/ Shutterstock Sweeteners have long been suggested to be bad for our health. Studies have linked consuming too many sweeteners with conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But links with cancerContinue Reading
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Robots are featuring more and more in our daily lives. They can be incredibly useful (bionic limbs, robotic lawnmowers, or robots which deliver meals to people in quarantine), or merely entertaining (robotic dogs, dancing toys, and acrobatic drones). Imagination is perhaps the only limit to what robots will beContinue Reading
You read that right, $260. Plus this playful take on the iconic Speedmaster comes in multiple colors and is made from the group’s Bioceramic material.Continue Reading
T he Oscars is the film industry’s biggest extravaganza of the year. Excitement has been building around the potential nominations ahead of the shortlist being released in early February. Every year the prestigious awards ceremony attracts a whole galaxy of Hollywood stars and the A-list put on a show-stopping displayContinue Reading
The spiking oil price has turned attention, as ever, to Saudi Arabia. The state has long enjoyed a deserved reputation as the industry’s key player because of its ability to quickly turn on the taps to pump extra oil onto an overheating market to bring the price down. Despite theContinue Reading
ACHRAF HAKIMI is reportedly looking to QUIT Paris Saint-Germain after falling out with Lionel Messi and Neymar. Journalist Daniel Riolo claims the flying full-back is ‘fed up and wants to leave’ as PSG’s South American stars ‘don’t speak with him’. 2 Achraf Hakimi is looking to quit PSG after justContinue Reading
cktravels.com/Shutterstock Since the UK first entered lockdown on March 23 2020, little in the pandemic has attracted so much attention and controversy as this decision to grind social and economic life to a halt. Was it the right thing to do? Properly evaluating the effectiveness of any health-oriented treatment, beContinue Reading
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked global outrage and a desire to show support for Ukrainian citizens. Many people who are not in Ukraine have felt desperate to do something positive, something that will help. Some have donated clothing and blankets. Others have registered to host refugees. And everywhereContinue Reading
In the midst of brutal war, healthcare and humanitarian aid workers represent hope. They travel to areas riven by conflict and ease the suffering of the most vulnerable through moving displays of humanity. Coming from a range of international organisations, they administer healthcare, distribute donations and support and manage emergencyContinue Reading
T he Charles Dickens Museum’s attempts to expand its social media reach have fallen foul of TikTok’s strict guidelines because his name includes “a rude word”. The museum in Holborn, based in the house where the novelist lived and wrote classics including Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, set up anContinue Reading
