Lifestyle topics
Scientists in the US and Australia are hoping to conduct trials of an anti-ageing compound that has reversed the ageing cells of mice in such a way that, if tried on humans, would make a 60-year-old feel like 20. They hope to use the experience of age reversal to treat diseases like cancer, dementia and …
An astonishing 54% of us claim to suffer from nomophobia, the fear of being without your mobile/cellphone. 42% of those who have one check for messages on the beach, 25% during a dinner date and a fifth when they’re in bed (OnePoll/Telegraph). 49% of 18 to 24-year-olds regularly check theirs while eating en famille (Mars/Telegraph). …
Some while ago the New York Times carried an article by Bob Goldman that proposed Life Panels for the very elderly. These would be groups of friends and professional people with the legal authority to ensure that a person near death actually gets what they have asked for in a nursing home or hospital. End …
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“You report on more of the usual puritanical preaching about increased middle-aged boozing. Might I suggest a cause? I am middle-aged. I notice that almost all of my salaried contemporaries are sick of their jobs. Modern management styles, inculcated by that pernicious and useless institution the business school, are based on the target culture, efficiency …
Saying “thank you” is becoming a thing of the past (in the UK at least). According to a new study, four in ten people prefer not to use the phrase because it is too formal, while 13% consider it “old-fashioned”. Preferred phrases include “cheers”, “cool”, “nice one”, “wicked” and “boom”. (boom? really?) None of which …
