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Van Life: Why I Use Gas
When it comes to motorhomes, you typically have a few options of how to power equipment such as kettles, ovens and fridges. As standard,...
Jan 4, 20224 min read
Van Life: Lowdown on Lithium
For many, a holiday in a caravan or motorhome offers the opportunity to spend some quality time “off grid”. The chance to hitch up and...
Nov 16, 20214 min read
What is Cloud Seeding?
With temperatures continuing to rise around the world, it’s clear we’ll need to rely on something other than rain dances to fend off...
Nov 13, 20214 min read
TikTok Resumés
In my day job, I’ve been responsible for hundreds – if not thousands – of hires. I’ve read CV after CV, conducted interview after...
Nov 6, 20215 min read
Futuristic Farming
When I think of farming, I picture tractors, wellington boots, hay bales and an awful lot of hard work. A farm would be one of the last...
Oct 30, 20214 min read
The End of Paperchase?
In January 2021, the BBC reported that stationery chain Paperchase was on the brink of administration. It was sad news for anyone with a...
Oct 23, 20215 min read
Matchmaking with AI
In December 2020, the BBC published an article detailing how Japan’s government plans to fund artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes...
Oct 16, 20215 min read
Social Media Censorship
“Covfefe” will forever remain as Donald Trump’s best contribution on social media — the memes that followed were the gift that kept on...
Oct 9, 20216 min read
Growing Old in the Digital Age
Life expectancy in the UK has more than doubled over the course of two and a half centuries, from below 39 years in 1765 to 81.1 years in...
Aug 7, 20216 min read
The Future of Beauty Tech
I’m no make-up aficionado. I can’t tell powder from primer. But I can appreciate the tech trends that are transforming the beauty...
Aug 4, 20215 min read
What We Can Learn from 'A Life on Our Planet'
You’ll often hear about “must-watch” television: the latest water-cooler thriller from HBO or the long-awaited finale of insert generic...
Jul 31, 20217 min read
Reducing Hospital Admissions with AI
Towards the end of October 2020, Forbes published an article detailing a trial in which an artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tool...
Jul 24, 20217 min read
The Science of Sad Songs
If you’ve ever felt a lump in your throat listening to a piece of music, you’re far from alone. It’s a strange phenomenon — that the soft...
Jul 17, 20216 min read
How Embracing Digital Could Save Charities
The past 16 months or so have been unlike any other in my lifetime. At times, it’s been all too easy to focus on how the pandemic and...
Jul 10, 20216 min read
Is VAR Ruining Football?
Fifty years ago, Joni Mitchell lamented “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” in her hit single Big Yellow Taxi. She wasn’t...
Jun 26, 20215 min read
Tech You Wouldn't Expect
Innovation breeds innovation. There’s no two ways about it. When the first iPhone was announced, we were blown away by the existence of a...
Jun 12, 20215 min read
Could Green Prescriptions Leave You Blue?
In November 2020, The Times published an article exposing the downsides of so-called “green prescriptions”, whereby patients are advised...
Jun 5, 20216 min read
The Science of Prediction
Can you believe it’s been more than six months since that nail-biting US presidential election? For many of us “outsiders”, the choice...
May 29, 20216 min read
Burnout: An Occupational Hazard
In October 2020, the Harvard Business Review published an article entitled “What Health Care Can Teach Other Industries About Preventing...
Apr 3, 20217 min read
Waving Goodbye to Old-School Gestures
In October 2020, The Guardian published a tongue-in-cheek “Pass Notes” article about how young people no longer understand traditional...
Mar 21, 20215 min read
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