Four lifestyle habits that might just help you live to 100: Resilience to stress is important when it comes to longevity. Sabrina Bracher/ Shutterstock A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive. Many people reading this news may wonder what Caterham’s secret is. While …
What does high immigration mean for the government’s popularity? What data on voting habits tells us: The news from the Office of National Statistics that net migration reached a record high of 606,000 in 2022 is likely to have embarrassed the government, particularly the home secretary, Suella Braverman. For years, successive prime ministers have promised …
How does food get contaminated? The unsafe habits that kill more than 400,000 people a year: Food-borne illnesses usually present as diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pains. Getty Images Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired growth and development, micro-nutrient deficiencies, noncommunicable and infectious diseases, and mental illness. …
How food shortages affect shopping habits and why people keep switching stores: Loyal customers? Pressmaster/Shutterstock Three-quarters of British shoppers are loyal to their usual supermarket, but the UK retail sector is no stranger to the complex and fluctuating needs of its customers. In the last three years alone, shops have had to deal with Brexit, …
Four habits of happy people – as recommended by a psychologist: Happy habits = happy people. Pexels/Godisable jacob What makes you happy? Maybe it’s getting up early to see the sunrise, hanging out with family and friends on a weekend, or going for a dip in the sea. But what does science say about the …
Filthy habits: medieval monks were more likely to have worms than ordinary people: It appears that tending to the friary gardens was not without its risks. Thomas Mucha/Shutterstock In the middle ages, monks, nuns, and friars had it relatively easy. They lived quiet lives within friaries and monastic complexes, reading manuscripts, praying, and tending to …
Using habits to practice open organization principles: Using habits to practice open organization principles Ron McFarland Thu, 06/16/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this Habits are a long-term interest of mine. Several years ago, I gave a presentation on habits, both good and bad, and how to expand on good habits …
ADHD: why it can make it harder to keep eating habits in check – and what you can do about it: People with ADHD may tend to only eat a specific food or meal before eventually growing tired of it. Drazen Zigic/ Shutterstock People with ADHD know how much the condition can affect all aspects …
Love Island ditches fast fashion: how reality celebrities influence young shoppers’ habits: The cast of Love Island will be dressed in secondhand clothing as they look for love in the villa. ITV Plc This year, contestants on the TV show Love Island will be scantily clad in secondhand rather than new clothing – a pivot …
Long social distancing: how young adults’ habits have changed since COVID: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock After two long, difficult years of the pandemic, life has started to return to normal – or at least something resembling normal – for many people. With all major COVID restrictions now removed in the UK, recorded cases at their lowest …
Two years into the pandemic, which of our newly formed habits are here to stay?: The World Health Organization officially declared COVID a pandemic on March 11 2020. Now, two years later, there’s light for some at the end of the tunnel. In many wealthier countries, which have benefited from several rounds of vaccination, the …
How often do you poo? New research shows bowel habits are written in our DNA: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Do you “go” once a day? Maybe you go twice, or even three times? Or perhaps you only go a few times a week? Yes, we’re talking about pooing. In our new study, we’ve found how often you go …
Ping, read, reply, repeat: how to break bad email habits at work: Open all hours. Mavo It is an impressive feat that work email has managed to reign supreme as the most prolific and favoured communication tool in today’s digital working world, despite the emergence of arguably more functional alternatives like Slack, Yammer and MS …
Hyenas’ unpicky feeding habits help clean up a town in Ethiopia: shutterstock Hyenas aren’t the most popular animals. Sometimes they kill people’s livestock. They are also thought of as scavengers, with some unappealing eating behaviour. Then there’s their cackling “laugh” and their physical looks, less graceful in some eyes than other large predators like lions …
Are you binge-watching too much? How to know if your TV habits are a problem – and what to do about it: SeventyFour/Shutterstock The term “binge-watch” was a contender for the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2013 word of the year. Although it didn’t win (“selfie” ultimately took the crown), this pointed to the rise of what was …
Birds’ feeding habits are affected by their personality and self-control – new research: James O’Neill / UCC, Author provided For a long while, it was assumed that only humans have personalities or can exercise self-control. Now, biologists are beginning to discover that birds and other wild animals share these traits with humans. We explored how …
South Africa in the news: For richer or poorer – financial habits are not determined by size of wallet: The assumptions about upper and lower income groups having very different financial values has been proven to be incorrect, in the same way that the assumption that the poor are price-obsessed has …: “South Africa” – …
Fossil offers fresh insights into social habits of our non-mammalian ancestors: A reconstruction of face-biting gorgonopsian skulls. Sophie Vrard, Creaphi Bite marks, in the form of traces left on bones by the teeth of scavengers or predators, are not uncommon in the fossil record. These marks are sometimes impressively large. What they show is that …