Live while you are alive
The Dutch government is intending to legalise assisted suicide for people who are not terminally ill but who simply feel that their life is “complete” and wish to end it. The Netherlands was the first country to legalise euthanasia, in 2002, but the law only applied to terminally ill patients who were judged to be …
But there is good news for chocaholics like me. Nestlé claims to have found a way of reducing the sugar content of its chocolate by as much as 40% – without relying on artificial sweeteners. The manufacturer says that it has found a way of making “hollow” sugar particles that dissolve faster, and taste as …
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The maximum lifespan for most people may be around 115, because of the innate limits of the human body, according to new research. The few who have gone beyond this age are rare outliers, says Jan Vijg of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. (New Scientist, October 2016). I can trace my family back …
Thoughts for the day Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you’re heading. Philosopher Lao Tzu, quoted in The Guardian Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life. Marc Chagall, quoted on Bustle.com …
Good news for those who can’t face the day without their coffee: some while ago a major study found that people who drink between one and five cups a day are slightly less likely to die prematurely than those who never touch the stuff. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health followed more than …
