Why life is tougher for short men and overweight women
Mar 09, 2016 14:16 pm UTC| Life Health
Are you a short man or an overweight woman? If so, you may have a slight disadvantage in life compared with taller men and thinner women. Our latest study has found evidence that men who are shorter due to their genes...
What your gaming name reveals about your personality
Mar 09, 2016 09:11 am UTC| Life
People online often live behind a veil of anonymity and video gamers are no exception. Hundreds of millions of people play online games every day and are known to others only by the short user name they choose for...
Where people live influences whether they stop working before pension age
Mar 09, 2016 08:22 am UTC| Life
The longer life expectancy of people in industrialised countries means governments are raising the ages at which citizens can apply for state pensions. In the UK, state pension age for both men and women is set to rise...
To beat the 'throwaway' waste crisis, we must design loveable objects – that last
Mar 08, 2016 10:42 am UTC| Life
We live in a world drowning in objects: households with a television in each room; kitchen cupboards stuffed with waffle makers, blenders and cappuccino whisks; drawers filled to bursting with pocket-sized devices powered...
Everything you ever wanted to know about nuisance phone calls
Mar 08, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Life
Weve all experienced it. Your phone rings, you pick it up, say hello and its someone you dont know trying to sell you something or a recorded message. Nuisance calls can be irritating, time-wasting and for some people,...
Feminism has failed and needs a radical rethink
Mar 07, 2016 22:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
There was a 1970s badge that declared: Women who want equality with men lack ambition. This statement neatly sums up the broad intentions of second-wave feminists to create radical shifts of gender power. On...
How our bias toward the future can cloud our moral judgment
Mar 07, 2016 22:35 pm UTC| Life Law
People are often forgiven for actions that they would never get permission for in the first place a phenomenon described as Stuarts Law of Retroaction. Children who watch TV for longer than they are allowed to, teenagers...