Ethical fashion shoppers are scorned by others – and the headlines don't help
Feb 19, 2016 07:54 am UTC| Life Business
The Journal of Consumer Psychology has been having a bit of a fashion moment, after publishing a study that prompted a slew of media coverage over the past few weeks. The headlines lashed many shoppers attitudes as ugly...
Ending ‘revenge porn’: how can we stop sexual images being used to abuse?
Feb 19, 2016 02:51 am UTC| Life Law
A Senate inquiry into revenge porn is due to report next week. This will put this important social and legal issue back on the news and policy reform agenda. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee defines...
How did Moscow's stray dogs learn to navigate the metro?
Feb 19, 2016 00:30 am UTC| Life
For most of us, commuting is a task to be endured. Busy, noisy and often cramped, the worlds underground transport systems are places that we humans tolerate as a matter of necessity. But not so for Moscows metro dogs. A...
Why Britain is losing its taste for tea – and how hipsters could revive it
Feb 18, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Life
Britain is a nation of tea drinkers but for how much longer? New research released by the National Food Survey suggests that Britons are falling out of love with their morning cuppa. But in fact the UK has been losing its...
Dependence, decrepitude and death: how long is too long a life?
Feb 18, 2016 12:57 pm UTC| Life
In 2100, I will be 117 years old, and my younger sisters will be 112 and 107. According to the Cambridge academic, Peter Laslett, we can now live to such ages, but those of us who do will be experiencing the fourth age, an...
The 'c-word' may be the last swearing taboo, but doesn't shock like it used to
Feb 18, 2016 04:40 am UTC| Life
This article contains explicit language. The word cunt continues to be increasingly prevalent in our consumption of popular culture. So what is it about this word and its ability to grab our attention? Does it still...
Making commercial surrogacy illegal only makes aspiring parents go elsewhere
Feb 18, 2016 04:14 am UTC| Life
When many people hear the word surrogacy their immediate reaction is to think of the plight of Baby Gammy, abandoned in Thailand by his intended parents. Yet stories like this do not reflect the experience of hundreds...
Don Lemon Drops Bombshell: ‘I’m Done with Twitter!’ as He Bids Farewell to Platform in Shocking Exit