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Being bored is a good thing – in fact, it can stimulate you to greater creativity. But keeping boredom at bay with endless scrolling on social media will ensure that your creativity is stifled. So say researchers at Bath University. They warn that endlessly distracting yourself to avoid “superficial boredom” has the effect of preventing...

Academics at the University of Cambridge have come up with a theory as to why women do more housework than men. They call it the ‘affordance theory’, which says that men view unwashed dishes and unmade beds as a simple mess, without feeling the need to do anything about it, while women are instilled with...

Your mental health is the biggest single predictor of your personal happiness. So, suffering from depression or anxiety disorders can devastate your life. Finding love is also a vital ingredient for happiness. “People need to be needed, and to be in meaningful relationships”, says a recent study by the London School of Economics. It goes...

Now here’s a trick that you probably haven’t tried before: next time you forget something, try taking some deep breaths. It seems that inhaling stimulates our brain, creating electrical activity where emotions, memory and smells are processed. In a recent American study, individuals were able to identify a face two seconds more quickly if they...

Happy New Year King Charles’s favourite dog breed surges in popularity with public Why we’ll be driving more older cars New Year?  Get First Aid training 25th January – time for haggis and bagpipes! Love your pets wisely, but not too well Think happy thoughts to help your immune system Alcohol does not help you...

When Queen Elizabeth II died last summer, there was a surge in the number of people wanting to buy Corgis. Now, as the Coronation of Charles III approaches, it seems there is a trend to buy Jack Russell terriers. King Charles III has long been a fan of Jack Russell terriers. He and the Queen...

By 2027 around 15.4 million cars on Britain’s roads will be at least 10 years old, recent analysis by Auto Trader reveals. The reason is due to supply chain issues and the disruption partly caused by the pandemic. Shortages of semiconductors and other parts have meant that there is a shortage of affordable new cars....

Here is a very worthwhile New Year’s Resolution:  consider doing some First Aid training this year, especially if you are a parent with young children. In a survey by the British Red Cross, 96% of parents agreed that their main fears were of their children choking, or of finding them unconscious – when seconds could...

He died ‘lang syne’ – long ago, back in 1796, but the Scottish poet Robert Burns is still remembered each January, over many a ‘Burns Night’ supper of cockaleekie soup, haggis, neeps and tatties – and whisky. Scots and other Burns lovers throughout the world, from Canada to the USA to Russia, still celebrate the...

Your dog and cat should be allowed to be the wonderful animals that they are, and not treated as if they were small humans. That is the advice of ‘EthicsFirst’, a group of campaigning vets and academics who are urging pet owners against the ‘Disneyfication’ of their pets, such as imposing dog jumpers and vegan...

A stressed mind can put your body at risk.  If you constantly think about negative things, and dwell on stressful events in your life, you could weaken your immune system and make yourself more susceptible to illness. A recent study has found that simply thinking about negative events, even if they are only imagined, can...

A nightcap may make your sleepy at the beginning of the night, but the quality of your sleep will suffer. It seems that alcohol disrupts your sleep later in the night, and you get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which makes you feel less rested when you wake up. During REM sleep, which should...