Climate crisis: Rising heat imperils outdoor work
Workers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the western Pacific will be most affected if temperatures continue to rise.
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Monkeys, college students equal at mental maths?
Monkeys performed about as well as college students at mental addition, United States researchers said on Monday in a finding that suggests non-verbal maths skills are not unique to humans. The research follows the finding by Japanese researchers that young chimpanzees performed better than human adults at a memory game.
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For students, if it’s Facebook, it’s love
For the Facebook generation, love now comes with a drop-down menu. With profiles on the Facebook social networking site almost de rigueur on campuses, students can define their relationship status with menu choices ranging from ”married” to that perennial favorite, ”It’s complicated.”
