Last week, my boss told me, "You might be sent to our Thailand branch in September." It wasn't a decision yet, just a possibility. Even so, about ten minutes after I returned to my desk, I noticed the ...

Sheena Shah and Matthias Brenzinger discuss their recording of Mathabang Hlaela speaking in the endangered language of siPhuthi with her as young girls watch, in the village of Ha Sekhobe in Daliwe ...

In many languages, the most common slang words concern body parts, sex, money and intoxicating substances. Yet Mr Green does not think slang is trivial. In 2010 his dictionary came out in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A damp and cold home can have implications for your health. (Getty Images) The chillier winter temperatures have only recently ...

Consumer champ, Matt Allwright is discussing damp and mould in social housing following the introduction of Awaab's Law, which came into force on the 27th October. If you're struggling with damp or ...

Während Umweltminister Tobias Goldschmidt (Grüne) mitteilt, dass zwei Jahre nach der verheerenden Ostsee-Sturmflut die Deiche in Schleswig-Holstein vollständig wiederhergestellt sind, sieht es ...

New Zealand has just been hit by the first big cold snap of 2025 and, like every year, many New Zealanders will be reaching for an extra jumper, slippers and maybe a blanket to try and keep warm. New ...

In 1884 the anthropologist Franz Boas returned from Baffin Island with a discovery that would kick off decades of linguistic wrangling: by his count, the local Inuit language had four words for snow, ...

Hong Kong is steeling itself for the muggy weather that typically envelops the city as summer approaches, with April and May usually the most humid months in the city. Traditional Chinese medicine ...

In the last few blogs I have highlighted two different methods of seed dispersal: myremochory (via ants and eliasome) and epizoochory (via animals). Remember, the sole purpose of a plant and its seeds ...