If all the over-55s got walking, we could save almost $2 billion in health care costs each year.from www.shutterstock.com.auIn my practice as a GP, I have been impressed by a few energetic and active 80 year olds who remain in good health while many their age have succumbed to various chronic diseases. So in 2005, when the University of Newcastle...
There has been a rapid increase in the amount of resources tied up in buildings.ShutterstockThe volume of natural resources used in buildings and transport infrastructure increased 23-fold between 1900 and 2010, according to our research. Globally, there are now 800 billion tonnes of natural resource “stock” tied up in these...
The idea of human-animal hybrids often leads to people picturing something like an ancient Greek monster, such as the Chimera.WikimediaIn Greek mythology, the Chimera is a monstrous fire-breathing creature, typically described as having the head of a lion, with a snake as a tail and the head of a goat emerging from its back.
Just as it terrorised...
The 'sky in silver lace' is Vivienne’s euphemistic metaphor for the encroaching hard times.ShutterstockI can still remember reading All in the Blue Unclouded Weather when I was 12, and then the excitement I felt when the librarian at our tiny Catholic school, Mrs Kerr, told me that there was a sequel. She put it on reserve for me, and I read...
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