Category: Lifestyle

Fri 17 January 2020: If your children are having trouble with paying attention, sitting still or controlling their impulses, this shouldn’t be taken lightly, a Turkish expert says. Stating that these symptoms can point to Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dr. Mehmet Palacı of Mem Psikologi & Pedagoji warned that the condition can have […]

[Courtesy of Katsufumi Sato] Sun 29 December 2019: TOKYO: While measuring sea temperatures and predicting changes is key to long-term weather forecasts, a group of researchers have come up with an unusual way to improve the accuracy of prediction — attaching monitoring devices to sea turtles. The researchers released five sea turtles in Indonesia, each […]

Mon 02 December 2019: New South Wales in Australia rolled out high-definition cameras on Sunday to catch people using their cellphones while driving, media reports said. The technology is intended to target illegal use of cellphones through fixed and mobile trailer-mounted cameras, New South Wales Minister for Roads Andrew Constance was quoted as saying by […]

Thu 28 November 2019: A Dubai school has set a new world record of the largest mosaic using plastic bottle caps that spells out a phrase. Nearly 400 pupils at GEMS’ Al Barsha National School for Boys used a total of 13,434 bottle caps to spell out ‘Zayed’s ambitions embrace space’ in Arabic. The school […]

Mon 25 November 2019: Whether we are technology addicts or not, rapidly changing and developing electronic goods constitute a new type of waste that is growing in globally: electrical and electronic, or e-waste. Together, all countries produced 44.7 million tons of e-waste in 2016, while Turkey consumes more than 400,000 tons annually, or the equivalent […]

Tue 19 November 2019: A new study now finds that the chemicals which are used in some plastic materials, soap, cosmetic and cleaning products have been linked to lower IQs in developing babies and children. The study has found that the effect is particularly on boys. The long-term study based in Sweden saw experts looking […]

Mon 11 November 2019: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday kick-started Turkey’s mass tree planting event, which aims to break a world record by planting the highest number of saplings in an hour. More than 11 million saplings will be planted during the “Breath for the Future” campaign organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and […]

New Zealand firm’s permanent 4-day week proves great success Fri 08 November 2019: A New Zealand estate planning company, which made headlines when it trialed a four-day workweek last year, has seen a significant increase in productivity since it made the change permanent, with staff spending less time surfing the internet. Perpetual Guardian tried cutting […]