How to Keep Your Home Cool in Extreme Heat_1

Global temperatures have reached alarmingly high levels across the U.S., Europe, and Asia as heat waves set record highs this week. Parts of European countries including most…

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Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme

Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network…

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Two New Studies Show That the U.K. COVID-19 Virus Variant Is Not Linked to Severe Disease—But Questions Remain

In two studies published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and in The Lancet Public Health, respectively, scientists provide comforting news about a new strain of the COVID-19…

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The Maddening Psychology of Holiday Zooms

A version of this article was shared in It’s Not Just You, a weekly newsletter by TIME Editor at Large, Susanna Schrobsdorff. Subscribe here to get it…

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Timing Doesn’t Matter For Weight Loss- Study_1

Recent diet trends have promised that clocks are as important for weight loss as scales. One such diet is known as intermittent fasting, which entails a schedule…

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Britain to target online giants with new ‘Digital Services Tax’_1

“It’s clearly not sustainable, or fair, that digital platform businesses can generate substantial value in the UK without paying tax here in respect of that business,” Chancellor…

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Britons are ‘tribal’ fashion shoppers – survey

That’s according to a new national survey of over 2,000 consumers exploring British attitudes to fashion.The implications for the fashion brand and retail sector are that a…

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Crackdown on fake cotton helps revive Egypt crop

Farmers, spinners, and exporters say the weakness of the Egyptian pound following its flotation in November and a scandal over the alleged sale of falsely labelled Egyptian…

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Burberry aims to curb plastic use by 2025

The British fashion giant has proclaimed its plans to “reduce, eliminate and transition away from problematic and unnecessary packaging across our own branded plastic packaging portfolio, with…

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Dubai plans e-commerce zone with investment of $545 million

Foreigners operating outside of free trade zones in Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates can usually only hold a maximum 49 percent stake, with UAE nationals…

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