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What if all roads went underground?
In 1863, in an effort to reduce street traffic, London opened the world’s first underground line, the Metropolitan Railway. Its birth can be traced back two decades before to the building of the world’s first under-river tunnel below the Thames, which swiftly became both popular with pedestrians and a huge tourist attraction.
By Lonetoft3 years ago in FYI
How a simple tummy-rub can change babies' lives
On a cool October evening, Renu Saxena brought her newborn daughter home from hospital in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. It struck her just how fragile her baby was, her tiny veins glowing through her translucent skin. She had been born early, at 36 weeks, and weighed only 2.4kg (5.3lbs). Saxena’s family urged her to immediately start an age-old Indian remedy for helping newborns thrive: daily baby massage. But her doctors were more cautious, and suggested she wait until the baby had put on more weight before starting massages.
By Lonetoft3 years ago in FYI
How mud boosts your immune system
"Don't get dirty!" was once a constant family refrain, as parents despairingly watched their children spoil their best clothes. Whether they were running through farmers' fields, climbing trees or catching tadpoles, it was inevitable that children's whites would turn brown before the day was over.
By Lonetoft3 years ago in FYI
6 Reasons Why Hustle Culture Is Toxic
The hustle culture is toxic. “The grind should never stop” sounds cool in theory but is too far-fetched for real life. Statements like these meant for pumping a person — to keep on “hustling” every single second without really paying attention to a thing called life — are outright unhealthy and should be abandoned for good.
By k eleanor3 years ago in FYI
How our brains cope with speaking more than one language
I'm standing in line at my local bakery in Paris, apologising to an incredibly confused shopkeeper. He's just asked how many pastries I would like, and completely inadvertently, I responded in Mandarin instead of French. I'm equally baffled: I'm a dominant English speaker, and haven't used Mandarin properly in years. And yet, here in this most Parisian of settings, it somehow decided to reassert itself.
By Gu Wei Di Qi3 years ago in FYI
Why the tiny house is perfect for now
In the world of home design, a revolution is taking place – and its future is tiny. The buzz around the tiny house trend – an architectural and social movement that advocates for downsizing living spaces – is increasing. Witness the nearly 2.5 million Instagram posts with a "tinyhouse" hashtag; a massive internet following and burgeoning number of documentaries and TV series, such as the Netflix show Tiny House Nation, and a series on the subject by UK architect and TV presenter George Clarke.
By Gu Wei Di Qi3 years ago in FYI
Embarrassed or not? The alien signal that scientists have been tracking for 17 years came from a microwave oven on Earth
Astronomers worked hard on a signal for 17 years, with hundreds of papers published, only to discover that it was a signal from a microwave oven!
By Richard Shurwood3 years ago in FYI
THE RATIONAL MORAL STATUS OF NON-HUMAN NATURAL PHENOMENON
ABSTRACT The survival of the human being, which is known as a being of consciousness depends in the healthy interaction and interrelation of variety of living and non-living organisms, empirical and supra-empirical realities in the Universe. These interactions calls for a unified coexistence of these realities. Hence, in some degree, the human person feels he has no direct moral obligations to non-rational, non-human nature, only rational beings are worth of moral considerability as Kant affirms. This will be argued as an excessively anthropocentric, and excludes the non-human natural world from the sphere of moral considerability. Conceding to the fact that non- human nature is instrumentally valuable to some extent, to some inevitable existential, ontological consideration.
By Flagler Danzig3 years ago in FYI
As a writer I prefer Chromebook over a laptop
My personal choice as a writer is Chromebook One of my pet peeves is when someone gives a personal opinion as if it speaks for one and all. Each of us is different and has different preferences. Comedian Steve Harvey causes me to cringe each time he says "All men" as if his preferences are the way every man feels but it's not true. Having said that I now prefer a Chromebook as a writer but I cannot say every writer needs a Chromebook. I am only sharing my experience but others naturally will have a different one.
By Cheryl E Preston3 years ago in FYI
7 Canadian Series to Watch Outside Canada
Canadians spend up to 17 hours weekly watching TV ( Statista, 2022), and rightly so because there are tons of kickass shows online on offer right now. The appeal of Canadian Television series has never been higher than it is right now. If you’re looking for something exciting to watch, we have listed down the top Canadian TV shows that are worth binge-watching.
By Samantha Adasm3 years ago in FYI
The Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online for Beginners
As the digital economy continues to expand, demand for online services only continues to grow. Yes, it’s possible to make money online – and in this article you’ll learn about some of the many ways you can do that. From website monetization and affiliate marketing to digital tutoring and voice-over work, there are plenty of ways to profit from your own skills and interests while working from home.
By Eric Palmer3 years ago in FYI
Precipitated over the years
When I was a child, my mother made sweet potato starch every year. That time, my mother put some milk-like liquid into a glass jar, saying that she would wait for the starch to settle. My mother said that those have been filtered, and after a while, starch will come out. I sat by and watched how the starch settled little by little.
By Flender3 years ago in FYI