A mysterious Sars-like virus has been spreading through China and Beijing. It’s been causing anxiety due to a possible outbreak as millions start travelling for the lunar New Year. According to reports by authorities, there have been 139 cases of the new strain of coronavirus during the weekend. This has […]
Last night, the 2020 Screen Actors Guild awards happened at LA’s Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. The night promised to be one of the most memorable yet with nominees from Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Renee Zellweger. This year’s SAG awards were very present in the news, but one of the most […]
Greta Thunberg isn’t the only youngster who’s trying to help make the world a better place, but the 17-year-old Jamie Margolin from Seattle too. The young, but already passionate and dedicated teenager claims that climate anxiety has been a part of her life as long as she can remember. She […]
With millions of baby boomers approaching their 70s, the rates of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to increase in the coming decade. Unfortunately, 5.4 millions of Americans are diagnosed with this condition and the figures are expected to rise up to 16 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. […]
Unfortunately, the open-air landfill outside of the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, murdered more than 110 people in 2017. The government invested $120 million in the building of a waste-to-energy plant next to the garbage dump as a means of tackling the problem of waste piling in the city. The […]
Capsula Mundi is an egg-shaped pod that allows for a buried corpse or ashes to supply a tree planted above it with nutrients and help it grow. Indeed, our carbon footprint doesn’t end with our death- while we rest in peace, the wood, the synthetic cushioning, and the metals used […]
The capital of Netherlands is planning a new project that will launch in February and it will help youngsters reduce their debts. A municipal credit bank will buy out their debts and then offer the recipients a loan which can be paid back in amounts aligned with the recipient’s income. […]
Some dog owners apparently love their dogs so much that they treat them like they treat a kid. Sometimes, they even claim they love them more than some family members and friends. And, a new research is backing these claims up- there’s a scientific reason why they prefer their four-legged […]
When the 24-year-old yoga instructor Lindsay Istace was experiencing a bad breakup, she noticed that a lot of her negativity flowed into her practice. Rather than using yoga to find that inner peace, the Calgary-native was cursing quite a lot in between the asanas. Suddenly, her home practice was naturally […]
The European Commission is thinking about a ban on facial recognition in public places for up to 5 years. The regulators need time to work out how to avert the abuse of this tech. It’s used to check faces caught on CCTVs against watch lists. An exception of the ban […]
