Check your Cosmetics: Personal products with Microbeads banned
Following a ban on the manufacture of personal products, including shower gels, face scrubs and toothpastes, containing microbeads in January, from today all su...
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5 steps China is taking to go Green
There are stories every day about how countries, cities, towns, and everybody in general can improve their ecological footprint, and what it’s going to take to ...
Would you use this ‘Roboat’ to commute in your city?
The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice -- where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges...
Eating alone often? Here’s how it impacts your life
A landmark study shows winter is bad for our wellbeing, while sitting down and eating with others is one of the four most important factors that are good for ou...
Revealed: The Secret life of Giraffes
New research from the University of Bristol has highlighted how little we know about giraffes - their behaviour and ecology.
It is commonly accepted that...
Here are the most annoying travel habits tourists are guilty of
We all know and dread that traveller - one who is blissfully unaware of travel etiquette. Manspreading, snoring, loud talking... we've been there, survived it. ...
Venice takes extraordinary measures to segregate tourists and locals
Venice is extraordinary - but it is also madly busy during peak season. And that has called for some extraordinary measures from the Mayor. This May 1 weekend...
Would you eat 3-D printed food?
Imagine a home appliance that, at the push of a button, turns powdered ingredients into food that meets the individual nutrition requirements of each household ...
This is how sitting all day is messing up your brain
Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers found sedentary behavior is lin...
World’s first electric road in Sweden will charge your car while driving
The inauguration of eRoadArlanda, a Swedish innovation and the first electric road of its kind to allow both commercial and passenger vehicles to be recharged w...
Secrets of a healthy heart: Here’s how to reduce the risk of heart disease
Want a healthy heart? A new study has found a solution we can all implement with ease: switch to a vegetarian or Mediterranean diet. Low-calorie lacto-ovo-veget...
Which protein is better for you – plant or meat?
A study conducted by researchers in California and France has found that meat protein is associated with a sharp increased risk of heart disease while protein f...
Revealed: Cities with the best (and worst) quality of life around the world
So how does the city you live in rate in terms of quality of life compared to other urban centres around the world? Despite economic volatility in Europe (thank...
Love fast food and eating out? Here’s what happens to your body
Dining out more at restaurants, cafess and fast-food outlets may boost total levels of potentially health-harming chemicals called phthalates in the body, accor...
You gotta see this smoking elephant to believe it
A 'smoking' elephant captured on video by Vinay Kumar, Assistant Director with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS)-India Program has WCS scientists and ot...
Revealed: Who has the world’s sexiest accent? Best place to find love?
Maybe it was his accent that helped Harry win over Meghan Markle, as a new survey by Time Out reveals that the English have the world’s sexiest accent. The best...
Are you guzzling Microplastics in your Bottled Water?
If you thought your spring sourced bottled water was pure and pristine, think again. New research and reporting shows that there may be thousands of microplasti...
This is the World’s Happiest Country: And why the USA is less happy
This year Finland takes the top spot as the world's happiest country as measured by surveys undertaken by Gallup from 2015-2017. Rounding out the rest of the to...
