When people suffer a severe brain injury—for example, from a car accident, a fall, or an aneurysm—they can fall into a coma for weeks, with their eyes closed and their body unresponsive. Some recover, but others enter a mysterious state: eyes open but no clear signs of consciousness. Hundreds of thousands of such patients in […]
When you cross the finish line of your first marathon, the euphoria can make it simple to forget everything you’ve done mentally and physically to get there. There’s no doubt that running 26.2 miles is an impressive feat of endurance and athleticism, but it can be an achievable goal for most runners with the right […]
Yesterday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) shot research on digital platforms including Google and Facebook. ACCC Chairman Sims Rod he said: The ACCC will be closely monitoring long-term trends and the impact of technological changes on competition in media and advertising. We will also consider the impact of information asymmetry between digital platform […]
If anything is now certain, it is the willingness of corporate Australia to utilize some version of the “for the good of society” argument. The latest example of this is the claim made by, among others, the federal minister Shorten Billthat a total ban on gambling advertising would have disastrous consequences for public television. To […]
The status of a “mission company”, defined since 2019 by the law on the growth and transformation of enterprises, known as the Pact Law, is intended to allow for the redrawing of the contours of the contribution of the organization that hosts it to society. This recent form of engagement promotes the combination of economic […]
According to the report, consumers using online retail platforms such as eBay and Amazon “have little choice in how much data they share.” latest report as part of an investigation into digital platform services conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers may benefit from the personalization and recommendations these stores offer based […]
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many Americans’ relationship with food. To ease the stress of safely grocery shopping and ensure food security, many people are replanting “victory gardens.” This tradition goes back to previous generations who cultivated home gardens during both world wars. Interest was high even before the pandemic. In 2014, the […]
As huge swaths of forest are swallowed up by urban sprawl, or as households replace lofty grass with artificial turf or renovate buildings to repair cracks and crevices, wildlife populations are deprived of potential places to rest, breed and hibernate. That’s why conservation groups are calling on homeowners to create wildlife-friendly habitats on their lands […]
We all belong somewhere. And wherever we are, people either think we belong or they don’t. In the UK, this has become abundantly clear over the past decade with the government’s anti-immigration policy, known as hostile environmentEstablished when Theresa May was Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. This Controversial position of the government is fuelled […]
One of my grandmother’s favorite things was cooking. cold pressed beef tonguealthough it’s a tradition I don’t feel the need to continue. Have you ever seen one like that? Not only is it huge, but it also requires a lot of scrubbing, boiling, and ironing, as well as peeling off the stout layer of skin […]