Sat 13 July 2019: ll the way in Japan there is a town called Kamikatsu. At first glance, there is nothing extraordinary about this town, but when you look closer, Kamikatsu has achieved the most incredible thing by almost becoming the world’s first zero waste town. The town, which has a population of 1,529, kicked […]
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Wed 10 July 2019: European Union authorities on Tuesday fined the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty for restricting cross-border online sales of toys, mugs, bags and other products featuring the cartoon cat girl. The EU’s antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said that Sanrio Co. was fined $7 million because the company violated the bloc’s competition rules […]
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Tue 09 July 2019: According to a Swedish research study, the key is what gender dominates a workplace. Men tend to be harassed in women-dominated environments, and vice versa. About half a million Swedes believe that they have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, according to the Job Health Index’s annual survey. Surprisingly, […]
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Mon 07 July 2019: Major brands are using less recycled paper, meaning more trees cut down unnecessarily Toilet paper – the one product that the majority of us use just once and flush away – is becoming less sustainable, according to research. Analysis from Ethical Consumer magazine found that major brands were using less recycled paper than in […]
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Mon 08 July 2019: When you are happy and humming your favorite song or whistling it is a normal act. People use whistling either to get attention or call out to someone or just to entertain themselves. But in many cultures whistling, especially whistling indoors is associated with bad luck or evil. In Turkey it […]
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Fri 05 July 2019: A robot dog under development in California is vying to be a best friend to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, offering comfort by responding to human touch with life-like motions. Entrepreneur Tom Stevens recently presented a test version of the robotic yellow Labrador puppy to residents of […]
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The now-viral stunt has been taken up by the likes of Jason Statham, John Mayer and Ellie Goulding Another day, another social media challenge – and this one is no friend to the innocent bottle cap. The new viral craze doing the rounds on social media is called the #BottlecapChallenge, and it’s already attracted a […]
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Thu 27 June 2019: The selfie craze speaks volumes about the era in which we live: how images race around the globe and can dominate public discourse, eliciting strong emotions and even blurring the lines of reality. Sometimes, that can be a very toxic mix, experts say. “We are truly in the age of the […]
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Sun 23 June 2019: Pharmaceutical known chemically as bremelanotide is aimed at women with low sexual desire disorder or HSDD Drug regulators in the United States have approved Vyleesi, the latest attempt to come up with a “female Viagra” for women with low sexual desire. Vyleesi, chemically known as bremelanotide, is said to activate pathways […]
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Thu 20 June 2019: Forests, trees make vital contributions to humanity, nature by ensuring clean water, air, preserving biodiversity The world’s forest areas declined from 4.1 billion hectares (10.1 billion acres) in 2000 to 4 billion hectares (9.8 billion acres) in 2015, according to the UN. Forests and trees make vital contributions to both humanity […]
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