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Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – why you quit your job to make the world a better place

23 April at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

A bracingly hopeful call for high-flyers to ditch corporate drudgery in favour of something far more ambitious

This is not a self-help book,” the author tells us, firmly. Appearances might suggest otherwise: it is written and presented almost entirely in the familiar style of that genre, with largish print, short sentences, snappy maxims in italics and lots of lists and charts (“six signs...

Pandemics, pathogens and being prepared: why the work to identify emerging threats never stops

23 April at 09:50 AM, via The Guardian

As the UK Pandemic Sciences Network conference kicks off in Glasgow, virus expert Prof Emma Thomson says new technologies are boosting science’s ability to fight novel strains of infectious diseases

Prof Emma Thomson is someone who knows a thing or two about pandemics. As the recently appointed director of the Medical Research Council, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) and a...

Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals

23 April at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Rock deposits provide first land-based evidence of Earth’s largest flood, when water surged through strait of Gibraltar

The event that refilled the Mediterranean basin 5m years ago is thought to have been the largest flood in Earth’s history, with water surging through the present-day strait of Gibraltar 1,000 times faster than the Amazon River, filling the basin in just a couple of years....

Teenagers who go to bed early and sleep longer have sharper brains, study finds

22 April at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Researchers surprised at impact that even small differences in sleep make to adolescents’ cognitive abilities

Teenagers who go to bed earlier and sleep for longer than their peers tend to have sharper mental skills and score better on cognitive tests, researchers have said.

A study of more than 3,000 adolescents showed that those who turned in earliest, slept the longest, and had the lowest...

Over 150k more people in England have ME than previously thought, study finds

22 April at 16:39 PM, via The Guardian

Research into myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome also reveals diagnosis ‘postcode lottery’

Over 150,000 more people in England are living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) than was previously estimated, according to a study that highlights the “postcode lottery” of diagnosis.

The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Public Health, involved researchers from...

UK scientists to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments

22 April at 15:56 PM, via The Guardian

Blocking sunlight could temporarily slow the climate crisis but the technologies remain highly controversial

UK scientists are to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments as part of a £50m government-funded programme.

The experiments will be small-scale and rigorously assessed, according to Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), the UK government agency backing the plan, and will...

Dog owners can be as close to their pets as to their children, study shows

22 April at 13:57 PM, via The Guardian

Research into 700 people exposes the many roles canines play in people’s lives, from ‘fur babies’ to flatmates to best friends

Dogs are not simply “fur babies” or “man’s best friend” but a blend of both, researchers have found in a study they say highlights the special status of pets.

The study suggests owners rate their relationship with their dogs as being as satisfying or more satisfying...

How an American businessman lost his job and found himself in an old French vineyard

22 April at 13:05 PM, via The Guardian

One day, life as a finance consultant stopped making sense for Peter Hahn, so he took to organic winegrowing in the Loire instead

One Friday night 24 years ago, Peter Hahn was sitting in the back of a cab to Heathrow, sleepless after yet another 48-hour work bender.

“My computer’s on my lap,” the American-born organic winegrower from France recalls, the spring sun lighting up the deep...

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