More than half (57%) of child psychiatrists in England are seeing children and young people distressed by the climate emergency, as experts warn that eco-anxiety is growing among under-25s. Although not yet considered a diagnosable condition, levels of “chronic fear of environmental doom” are likely to be underestimated, while international research has found anxiety is …
“It’s a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realise that one’s safety was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract”. (Astronaut Alan Shepard, quoted on pUPI.com)
Scrap handwriting? A-level and GCSE exams should be typed on computers because prolonged periods of handwriting can be “tiring” for students, a headteacher has said. Keith Metcalfe, the head of the £9,000 per term Malvern College, has called on exam boards to drop compulsory handwritten exams for GCSEs and A-levels in favour of typed papers. …
It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the name “Alexa”. This is particularly vexing for people whose parents happened to give them the name that Amazon chose as a wake word for its smart home device in 2014. Amazon landed on Alexa because “it was inspired by the Library of Alexandria, and reflects Alexa’s depth …
Moments after robbing a Delaware bank, a man stopped to deposit stolen cash in an ATM by the bank’s front door. Police say that McRoberts Williams, 44, approached a teller at a Wells Fargo in Wilmington and handed her a note reading “This is a robbery. I need 150 dollars”. After the teller handed over …
