Monthly Archives: "September 2014"

via www.abc.net.au The more fit you are the better your "executive function" and it actually increases your brain size. Staving off Alzheimers.

Outsmart those sneaky health menaces hiding in plain sight in your office, your living room, and your neighborhood coffee shop: Chairs! Prolonged sitting, it turns out, flips biochemical switches inside muscle cells that boost your odds for heart failure, up your risk for fatal heart disease by 27 percent , and fatal cancers by 21

Narrator: It's 1:00 a.m. You should be sleeping but you're glued to your smartphone, catching up on the latest news, Facebook updates and tweets. It turns out that the smartphones and tablets that keep you connected and organized may also be keeping you awake. [Rooster crowing] See, our eyes perceive light in a range of

Robin Williams once said, "The world is open for play." But how often, in the midst of the daily grind, does it really feel that way? When we measure our lives in to-do lists and devote every moment to being productive, play, of course, falls by the wayside. Living in a culture of busyness, productivity

Every time a new study about the state of women in movies (in front of the camera and behind the scenes) comes out, I cross my fingers and hope Hollywood has finally woken up to the realization that women make up 50% of the global population and should make up 50% of the film industry

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists – people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change – who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries. Hugh Mackay

About this articleGlossary of business terms – A to Z This article was published on the Guardian website at 18.00 EST on Tuesday 26 November 2013. It was last modified at 10.00 EDT on Friday 20 June 2014. BBC Sports Personality of the Year – in pictures Bradley Wiggins capped his remarkable sporting year by