A Chinese 15-year-old who wrote “Ding Jinhao was here” in Mandarin on a 3,500-year-old sculpture at the Temple of Luxor in Egypt has been tracked down and shamed by internet users in China. A photo of the graffiti was posted by a Chinese blogger last month as an example of poor behaviour by Chinese tourists. …
If you want to remember a key fact, try clenching your right hand; then when you need to recall it, clench your left one. Researchers believe that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a part of the brain involved in storing memories, whereas clenching the left one triggers an area that is key …
These are the diseases of the soul that Epicurus sought to cure: 1. Fear of oblivion results in a desire for immortality. But what you should do is face death without fear and enjoy the life you have. 2. Fear of weakness leads to a desire for power. But the ideal is not to lord …
In a bid to reduce costs, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is expected to announce, during his visit to Washington next week, that Parliament would be privatised and henceforward would be operated by a Texas company associated with the US Republican Party. “We can no longer justify the huge cost of running the Palace of …
The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has recently ballooned in size to include “an ever-growing list of exotic mental disorders”, which, say some observers, caters to the interests of “a pharmaceutical industry that already encourages over-prescribing. Added to the list of mental disorders are a “persistent difficulty parting with …
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