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Work addiction can be harmful to mental health
'Workaholics' are driven to work excessively. Roman Samborskyi/ Shutterstock As a culture, we’ve come to value growth and productivity, making paid work not only a necessity, but a central concern in peoples’ lives. Yet this attitude towards work is harming us more than it’s helping, with research showing that workaholismContinue Reading
Six ways satellites make the world a better place
Satellites affect your life every day. Shutterstock Almost 3,000 operational spacecraft orbit our Earth. This number is growing constantly, thanks to cheaper materials and smaller satellites. Having this many satellites in orbit can create problems, including space junk and the way they change our view of the night sky. ButContinue Reading
Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca
Cash crop: Peruvian farmers looking over a field of coca seedlings. Thomas Grisaffi, Author provided A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with coca leaf – the raw material used in cocaine. This countrywide trend hasContinue Reading
This Teenager Helped Launch Seed Libraries in Every State
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IND vs ENG: Ishant Sharma Gets Applause After Becoming Third Indian Pacer To 300 Test Wickets | Cricket News
As Ishant Sharma became the only third Indian pacer to reach the milestone of 300 Test wickets, Mohammad Kaif on Monday labelled the bowler as “India’s most unassuming and unsung champion”. He scalped the wicket of Dan Lawrence on the fourth day of the ongoing first Test against England at theContinue Reading
Naked mole-rats: bizarre rodents speak in dialects unique to their colony
There are over 100 words for the noise a dog makes, in more than 60 languages, according to the work of psychologist Stanley Coren. These range from “ouah-ouah” in France to others less recognisable to English speakers, such as “hong-hong”, apparently, in Thailand. Of course, these differences only reflect theContinue Reading
COVID: why are Swedish towns banning masks?
Officials in Halmstad municipality, Sweden, recently forced a teacher to remove their mask and prohibited the use of masks and all forms of PPE in schools. The municipality said there was no scientific evidence for wearing masks, citing the Swedish public health agency. At the time, agency guidance stated thatContinue Reading
Banning disruptive online groups is a game of Whac-a-Mole that web giants just won’t win
Zenza Flarini/Shutterstock From Washington DC to Wall Street, 2021 has already seen online groups causing major organised offline disruption. Some of it has been in violation of national laws, some in violation of internet platforms’ terms of service. When these groups are seen to cause societal harm, the solution fromContinue Reading
IND vs ENG, 1st Test Day 4 Live Score: Ravichandran Ashwin Sends Ben Stokes Packing, England Lose 4th Wicket | Cricket News
IND vs ENG Live: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates a wicket on Day 4 of the fifth Test match, in Chennai.© BCCI Having lost four wickets, England are still in a dominating position against India on Day 4 of the first Test match. The visitors have a huge lead, and will beContinue Reading
ISL: Hyderabad FC, NorthEast United FC Share Spoils In Goalless Stalemate | Football News
Hyderabad FC and NorthEast United FC failed to break away from the pack chasing the final two playoff spots, as they cancelled each other out in a goalless draw in the Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Sunday. While Hyderabad FC moved to third onContinue Reading