How long will people live in the future?
It?s unclear how evenly the tools needed for living longer and healthier lives would be distributed. Disparities in terms of healthcare and longevity, even within relatively wealthy countries, have become…
Children start trying to make us laugh from a surprisingly young age
Children develop humour from a very early age, starting with a sense of shared experience and socialisation.
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
Attending an athletic-religious festival like the Olympics transformed an ordinary spectator, a theat?s, into a the?ros ? a witness observing the sacred, an ambassador reporting home the wonders observed abroad.…
Tokyo Olympic Opening Ceremony: Very genki, slightly kitsch, occasionally compelling:
Performed under stadium-spectacular lights and music in front of a giant glowing effigy of Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a series of discrete sequences.
How best can fans support young athletes?
No matter how big or how small the message of support is to young athletes, it matters to them. So put yourself in their shoes.
Space tourism: rockets emit 100 times more CO? per passenger than flights ? imagine a whole industry
Scientists need a better understanding of the effect these billionaire space tourists will have on our planet?s atmosphere.
What is daydreaming? Parts of the brain show sleep-like activity when your mind wanders
Sleep intrusions during wakefulness can make our minds wander somewhere or nowhere, leading to 'daydreaming'
Doping has become inevitable at the Olympics. And who wins gold in Tokyo might not be certain until 2031
As such, every positive COVID test will generate far more interest than a positive drug test in Tokyo.
Alt goes mainstream: how surfing, skateboarding, BMX and sport climbing became Olympic events
Traditional ideas about which events are (or aren?t) legitimate sports will also shift over coming years as the IOC stakes its claim in an increasingly competitive sports and leisure market.
How to use a trip to the playground to help your children strengthen their memory
Like all animals humans use mind mapping to create maps of our immediate environment to navigate our surroundings. Our brain is wired to recall where things are located in space.