well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
Today, the UK becomes the first G7 country to phase out coal power Since opening world's 1st coal plant in 1882, UK coal fleet burned through 4.6bn tonnes of coal, emitting 10.4GtCO2 – more than most countries have ever released Here's how it all ended: interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseou...
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
She was filming Harry Potter while performing Talking Heads at Chichester and had to fly between two by helicopter. It landed on the lawn and someone rushed to help her out and asked her what the journey had been like. “Well, I never expected to look down between my legs and see Guildford.” 2/2
Remember, when designing an ensemble cast or team, you want a variety of body shapes and fashion sensibilities. Ideally, each character should be immediately recognizable even in silhouette.
The state is also seemingly immune to evidence. Read a crazy-making study a few years ago where we trialled giving people child benefit from 20 weeks pregnant, it had a significant impact on birth weight at tiny cost and then... We never did anything with it!
this is a fascinating piece and a good example of how bad data and shaky claims get reproduced over time. theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
Having had a (moggy) cat with severe arthritis in old age, I can't understand why anyone would choose to inflict that on their pet.
