4 d. ago Brit tourists in Spain who love tea set to rejoice after boffins make breakthrough

Some 78% of Brits say drinking a cuppa abroad just doesn't give that special taste compared to one brewed at home while 66% say they bring their own tea bags on holiday

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5 d. ago Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policiesPeople’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60% since 1800, almost exactly mirroring the disappearance of nature words such as river, moss and blossom from books, according to a study.Computer modelling predicts that levels of nature connectedness will continue to decline unless there are far-reaching policy and societal changes – with introducing children to nature at a young age and radically greening urban environments the most effective interventions. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago People warned to stop storing eggs in one part of the kitchen during summer

As the UK experiences a humid August, it is important to store eggs correctly to avoid them becoming contaminated. Here is what the experts say about storing eggs during the summer

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8 d. ago ‘Sometimes I overshare’: Adam Buxton on fear, fun, finance – and falling out with friends

The comedian has just released his debut album. He discusses songwriting, his recent memoirs, the problems with modern politics and why we all need to open upOn a muggy summer day, Adam Buxton is talking me through the songs on his debut album, Buckle Up. “There’s one on there called Standing Still,” he says, “which was written when I was feeling absolutely bleak and lost and is about opening a packet of pasta when all the pasta spills. I thought: ‘You can get a joke in there about being a fusilli billy and maybe that will distract a bit from the more earnest and pain-laden lyrics about how, every morning, I drink a cup of tea and it helps me with all the thoughts I have to smother.’”What are these thoughts? “I get overwhelmed by the world and, the worse the news gets, the harder it bites,” he says. “I get existential fear and I think I should go and join Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and work with them. But then, is that really the best use of my talents? My wife is like: ‘Please ...

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1 week ago Drinking three cups of coffee day could protect against cognitive decline, new study finds

A new study found coffee and tea consumption is linked to declines in memory and reasoning in people over 60

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1 week ago Inside the neighborhood patrols watching for Ice: ‘They thought they could scare us – but this is LA’

Volunteers with Union del Barrio look for immigration officers and post videos and alerts, warning people to seek shelterDawn broke on a foggy morning on Terminal Island, an artificial slice of land that rests where the city of Los Angeles meets the Pacific Ocean. Sea lions barked in the distance as sleek, white SUVs drove through a checkpoint into a federal prison. Chavo Romero, his hair pulled back in a ponytail, sipped coffee as he watched them.He awoke before daybreak, taking the day off from his public health job to drive here in the dark. Romero is part of a coalition of trained volunteers called Union del Barrio, who patrol the barrios, or neighbourhoods, to look for immigration enforcement, “La Migra.” When they spot Ice activity, they post videos that go viral, alerting people to seek shelter. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago You be the judge: should my boyfriend stop drinking from a water bladder during sex?

Leanne has banned Wes’s hands-free hydrator because it’s a ‘turnoff’. You decide whose argument holds waterFind out how to get a disagreement settled or become a jurorIt looks like a drip and reminds me of a hospital. If he needs a drink, a cup is more appropriateI get that it was maybe insensitive to do it during sex, but I didn’t expect her to be so bothered Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Viral Stanley cups that 'keep drinks ice cold for 24 hours' up to 29% off on Amazon

Shoppers found their Stanley cups still had ice in them more than a day after filling them.

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