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Make sure that you prepare mentally for what is coming. Think big and don't sell too early, but plan your exit. If you have been on the top, you know what it feels like. If you have been at the bottom, you also know. Don't forget to switch when the time comes. We have suffered for long enough, now it's our time. LFG frens, I wish reasonable sized house to all of us!
More than anything else, it's a willingness to move in the right direction. And a willingness to recognise a moral imperative here, that we move our society towards sustainability.
Green Olssen also started a Facebook group for giving away unwanted objects for free, which she named '"Last stop before BOFA", after the island's recycling centre. In five years it's grown to 12,800 members – around half the adults on the island. People post anything from toys, to bicycles, to food that's going to waste. "I'm so proud of them!" says Green Olssen. "I thought maybe it's for people who haven't got so much money, but that's not correct. It's everybody, and that warms my heart."
As a numbers game, this makes sense for the American department store chain: brick-and-mortar sales account for about 70% of the company's revenue, so enticing people to keep making those in-person trips will be crucial to recovery.
The Boy and the Heron, the 82-year-old Miyazaki's first film in a decade, amounts to a summing up of many strands of his long career, with a magical castle, forays into the spirit world and the weighty reality of World War Two. Told through the eyes of a boy named Mahito, whose journey takes him from a bombing in wartime Tokyo to a land where he is menaced by pink parakeets bigger than he is, this may be Miyazaki's most expansive and magisterial film. If it is not the most instantly stunning, that might be because he takes the time to deliver worlds within worlds, layers under layers, to create an overwhelming experience by the end.
The very loose threshold of 65 applies to the US, where the overall life expectancy at birth is 76. However, it may be different in countries with markedly different life expectancies and health systems (and there is also substantial racial and other inequality within the US that affects longevity). For example, the life expectancy for men in the US is 73. This is lower than in the top countries, but much higher than the life expectancy of 60 for men in Cameroon, whose president, 90-year-old Paul Biya, is said to be the world's oldest national leader.
Executive function declines gradually during a person's 30s, and this accelerates as we enter our 70s. White matter disease – a group of conditions caused by damage to the white matter in the brain – also contributes to executive dysfunction, and affects about a third of people aged 65 and older. Executive dysfunction can show up in reduced impulse control and increased repetition of thoughts and behaviours.
One key focus is mental fitness. Neuroscience and psychology suggest that cognitive performance varies widely as people grow older, making it tricky to determine whether someone can be too old to lead. And while some skills tend to decline with age, others improve. Some "super agers" even possess the mental acuity of people many decades younger than themselves. So, how old is "too old" to lead – or is this the wrong question?
For billions of years, nature has worked relentlessly to ensure each life form on Earth is functioning at its very best. Through countless stages of evolution, plants in particular have become engineered to such a high degree that modern creative minds are studying them closely to find solutions to some of our own problems. From self-cleaning paint inspired by the lotus leaf, to wind turbine blades modelled on maple seeds, plants have a lot to teach us. Welcome to the world of biomimicry.
The coldest water in the world is found below Antarctic ice shelves while elsewhere in the Southern Ocean boiling water spews up from cracks in the seabed. In such a contrary environment you’d expect some oddities but even the wildest imagination is unlikely to come up with the yeti crabs
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Wherever they are found – the Himalayas, ocean abysses, volcanic mud or chilling in Antarctica – the remarkable resilience of tardigrades is due to their ability to survive without water. Under extreme stress, the animals enter a state known as ‘cryptobiosis’, dehydrating themselves and protecting their cells with special proteins and sugars. The aquatic species are revived by water, which combined with their podgy appearance has earned them the nickname ‘water bears’.
Finding the right gift at Christmas can be a panic-inducing experience. Will they like it? Do they already have one? Is this the right size and colour?
Birds in warmer climates have an abundance of twigs, leaves and even shiny blue things to fluff out their nests with. However, in the sparse, icy landscape of the Antarctic region, there are very little resources on hand (or on flipper) for penguins to use to build their nests. What the Antarctic environment can’t provide in shrubbery, it makes up for in hardy pebbles.
https://youtu.be/o5QZz6KksvE If the penguins are really lucky, they may stumble upon an abandoned, pre-built nest from a previous couple. Adding a couple of their own stones, they plump up the nest and give it their own homely touch. Who said hand-me-downs were not great gifts? Penguins love a passed down nest!
We know that the volume of plastic, from microbeads to plastic bottles, that enters oceans and waterways is already at catastrophic levels for the wildlife that live in them. But less known is that one of the routes is through our washing machines.
https://youtu.be/ZoiU8sprXpQ It is one of the worst polluters and wreaks havoc on our environment in countries across the world, affecting human health and wildlife with dire consequences. Many fibres that are sold in well-known shops on the high street cause harm to species - and we’re not talking about the direct impact of the fur trade. Here’s five common fashion materials you might not have realised damage wildlife and ecosystems.
A kilogram of rhinoceros horn can fetch as much as £50,000, driven by rising demand from China.
“There is still an enormous market for chimpanzee body parts in Africa – for example in Nigeria a chimpanzee head will sell for $100 in a market,” says Dr Liz Greengrass, head of conservation for environmental NGO Born Free. “We know that it’s the fetish market, and not demand for meat, that is driving the hunting of chimpanzees in some parts of West Africa – there is still a taboo against eating chimp meat in much of the region, but people who can afford to spend money on ‘fetishes’ will still do so, for use in ‘juju’ or traditional medicine.”
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They are the largest tree-dwelling mammal, spending 90% of their time in the forest canopy looking for food, and sleeping. Their preferred habitat is low-lying tropical peat forest, and due to their food preferences, are rarely found above 500m. They require vast stretches of forest to find enough food and mates. When travelling through the forest, they can snap and break off branches, creating gaps in the canopy. This allows light to reach the forest floor, encouraging new growth and thereby regenerating the forest naturally. This isn’t the only positive ecological role that orangutans perform. As they travel, they disperse seeds that get trapped in their fur (and presumably in their feces – orangutans also spit out seeds from certain fruits). This has earned them the nickname ‘the gardeners of the forest’.
But words alone don’t equal human speech. Languages have grammar and syntax, which some believe may even be hardwired into the human brain. If other primates are born with this special skill, nobody has seen evidence of it yet.
Psychologist Dr Katie Slocombe of the University of York has shown that chimpanzees have some flexibility in their voices, too, making different noises to refer to certain foods. According to Slocombe and her team, a group of chimps that moved from the Netherlands to Edinburgh to join an existing group ended up changing their call for apples, from a high-pitched sound to a low-pitched grunt. They believe their calls began to match as the chimps got to know each other over the course of a few years.
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The railway was converted into a museum in 1994, soon followed by the hotel; however, due largely to the success of its landmark pies, the lunch counter remained fully operational. By 2010, the McAdam Historical Restoration Commission saw the pies as a lucrative fundraising opportunity. Thus began Railway Pie Sundays, and for the next nine years, around 12,000 people would gather in the New Brunswick Station every Sunday to sample a selection of 24 pies, "from Apple Caramel Pecan or Hawaiian Rhubarb to Lemon Meringue or Key Lime, made by four local women, two of whom were in their 90s," said Peyton.
There are Planet Nine sceptics. Of course there are, this is modern astronomy. Some believe it isn’t even a planet, but a primordial black hole, one of the compressed masses that formed during the very first second of our universe’s existence. Black holes are some of the densest objects in the Universe, making it possible that it – rather than a planet – is affecting the orbits of other masses.
Hunting down one item in the universe is not something astronomers do often; their efforts are usually targeted at viewing classes of objects, such as a particular kind of planet. Professor Batygin has predicted an orbit of Planet Nine based on the movement of the objects he believes it is affecting, but pinpointing it still isn’t going to be easy. Its elusive nature suggests that it’s at the far edge of its enormous orbit, meaning it’s unlikely to be reflecting much light from the Sun. As such, it will remain in shadow, hidden within the sparkling starfield of the Milky Way. That said, it should still be possible to see it using existing telescopes…
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Did you know that only 12% of the banana plant – namely the fruit we eat – is used? The banana trade is a huge industry, but results in a vast amount of waste. Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed a smart solution. They’ve turned banana-plantation waste into a packaging material that’s both recyclable and biodegradable.**5** This material is made using pseudostems: the layered, fleshy trunk of the plant, which is 90% water. It’s dried out, then milled into a fine powder and treated to extract nanocellulose. This is then turned into a baking paper-like material that can be used to make food packaging or bioplastic bags, depending on the thickness. After use, it breaks down in the earth within six months.
The climate crisis is causing us to rethink how we eat, how we dress, and how we consume in general. Thankfully, various clever inventors are addressing this problem by turning to the natural world for sustainable tech solutions. From flood-resistant concrete to shoes made from discarded chewing gum, here are six of our favourite alternative and eco-conscious materials for building a better tomorrow.
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This joint talks about not holding back on displaying the full range of your capabilities in any setting, in any position, while not forgetting to envision yourself at the highest level possible. Featuring J. Penny, produced by Damnitdonni
Own your data. Train AI on your data. Let people use your data. Artists will thrive as they gain users. This is a new paradigm for artists, but it’s the same as being a Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop user. Data Ownership and Generative AI allow artists to turn their work into services with users. PCs = infinite copying of data Internet = infinite distribution of data Gen AI = infinite generation of data PC user Internet user David Bowie user Stephen King user van Gogh user @jessyfries.lens user
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We all have a part to play in reducing the economic gap between the world’s social classes.
Legends are made by consistently doing extraordinary work
After epoch flip, V2 emissions will begin and LPs that migrate quickly can expect some large rewards.
If you’ve ever spent any quality time with a litter of kittens, you’ll know that their lives tend to revolve around lots of pursuit and stalking and leaping and biting. They seem hell-bent on eradicating their siblings as quickly and brutally as possible. This play fighting (usually) stops before anyone gets seriously hurt, but what is its purpose? Some animal researchers contend that this form of play is preparing the kitten for the unexpected later in life. Having a litter-mate innocently slumbering one second then leaping at you with claws drawn the next, trains the kitten to react to life’s uncertainties.
For most creatures, their lives consist of a never-ending, bitter struggle to avoid predators, find food and escape the elements. Yet, like us, many of them also take time out to indulge in completely needless, often mindless, tasks purely for their own amusement. Scientists are divided on what exactly constitutes play when it comes to animals, whether they actually glean pleasure from these activities and how beneficial they are. However, there is no denying that many animals engage in a variety of playful pursuits. Could it be just for diversion or is it providing something more substantial?
Sea grass grows in shallow and sheltered coastal areas and has meadows in 159 countries covering 300,000 square kilometres (115,000 square miles).**5** This plant is incredibly important as it absorbs 10% of the ocean's carbon each year.**6** The grass builds its leaves and roots using the carbon through the process of photosynthesis.
Plants can sense a lot about their environment and it can cause them stress. Unlike most humans and animals though, when plants face predation, damage, or environmental changes they can’t run away and hide.
Humans navigate their way through the world by relying on five basic senses: touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste. These senses help to build a picture of our surroundings, so that we can respond to any sudden changes. Many animals also rely on these senses to avoid being eaten, or to find food and safe shelter. But what about plants
These projects from all around the globe show just how possible it is to incorporate nature into every cityscape. Some of these ventures are large scale, while others have a far more localised impact – but all are innovative and inspirational ways to give the whole planet a helping hand, even in the most urban of environments.
By 2030, it has also pledged to plant a million trees across its territory, and further increase parkland by 50 per cent from its 2020 baseline. The promise is that by 2030, no household should be more than a ten-minute walk from an accessible green space – and these should actively promote the health and wellbeing of all residents.**11** One of the first of these parks to open is Jurong Lake Gardens, which features Clusia Cove, a threehectare water playground designed to mimic tidal patterns and coastal shores.**12** As children play, they can also learn how the water is filtered, cleaned, and recycled naturally through a biotope of aquatic plants, including Hanguana malayanum.
Singapore is determined to be ‘a city in nature’.**9** In February 2021 the city-state announced its ‘Green Plan 2030’ - an ambitious programme to make the city as sustainable and nature-inclusive as possible. Singapore already has over 400 parks and four nature reserves**10** – and by 2026 this will increase to 300 hectares, with 200 hectares of skyrise greenery by 2030.
Often listed as one of Brazil’s greenest cities, Curitiba now boasts more than 1,000 oases of green space.**7**Surveys show that a high percentage of its citizens are happy where they live – which shows what can happen when cities prioritise people over cars.