Essential Gear for Your Spring and Summer Campsite
It’s time to go camping! Here’s our guide to the essential equipment you’ll need for your campsite.
The Best Tools for Every Homeowner’s Toolkit
Having a few basic tools in the house can help you make some common repairs yourself. Here are best tools for your home toolkit.
The Best Vacuum Cleaners for this Year’s Spring Cleaning
Before you run out to equip yourself with the latest dust-buster out there, take some time to consider your options. Here are our top picks for the best vacuum cleaners in the market.
Trees That Bleed Nickel!
No, it’s not science fiction. There are actually plants that .mine’ metals! One example is Phyllanthus Balgooyi. Indigenous to the jungles of the Philippines, this tree ‘bleeds’ a fluorescent green sap – sap that is extremely high in nickel. Named after Professor Alan Baker, the botanist who first discovered the tree, Phyllanthus Balgooyi is a […]
What You Should Know About Mother’s Day
When is Mother’s Day in 2021? And whose idea was it to create this holiday, in the first place? You’ll find the answers to both questions in its surprising origin story.
Coping With COVID and Life’s Many Stressors…
I recall seeing a short film called “A Year to Remember”. I’d now like to see a movie called “A Year to Forget”! The reality is that, for many – perhaps most, of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. Mental and physical health concerns, concerns for elderly relatives and friends, job insecurity and/or dislocation, social […]
Is ‘Big Brother’ watching you?
Surveillance seems to be everywhere… in our streets, our shops and malls and even in our home. But just how prevalent is it and are Google, Amazon and Apple really recording every thing you say? Stopped at traffic lights? Look around. Paying for fuel? Smile… you’re on candid camera. In your dentist’s waiting room? Yep, […]
Mysterious DNA from Skeleton Lake Baffles Scientists
Clues obtained through a 10-year study have deepened an old mystery. Will we ever find out what really happened?
The Long and the Short of Terms of Service Agreements or…
‘I ain’t got time for that stuff!’ When was the last time you read the ‘Terms of Service’ for anything you signed up for? Did you read Facebook’s? How about LinkedIn? Uber? Your local ‘click and collect’ grocery store? Let’s face it, we’re unlikely to read them unless we have one or two needs: We […]
MAKING AMERICA GREAT WILL REQUIRE ENDING THE LIES
A lot has been made of Trump’s pathological lying and the damage it is doing to the fabric of our society. Not least of which is the current rocky transition to a new leader. But a compelling argument could be made that since the founding of our nation we have been pickled in lies and […]
