Month: January 2017
Debt: Why more people are pressing the bankruptcy button – BBC News
Image copyright Thinkstock A hug, a dance and a song is hardly the reaction you would expect from someone just about to be declared bankrupt. The threat of losing your home, a year of financial restrictions, three years of paying creditors, and a six-year blight on your credit rating does not generally prompt a musical […]
Scientists create 3D-printed objects that can change shape after they’re printed
3D printed plastics tend to remain pretty stable over time. For example, your 3D-printed Yoda wont turn into a Chewbacca head without some severe plastic trauma until now. Scientists at MIT have created a 3D printing technique that allows you to change the polymers in an object after printing. This means you can grow or […]
Researchers find that moderate screen use is OK for teens
Parents rejoice! Researchers have found that moderate screen use has no detectable link to well-being and levels of engagement. This means your kids can play on the iPad for a few hours but not all of them. The study, led by psychological scientist Andrew Przybylski of the University of Oxford, examined the habits of 12,000 […]
Do funny recruiting hacks work? Let’s ask a guy who tried
Do recruiting hacks work? Can you get a big company’s attention through wacky (or not so wacky) antics? One man, John Washam, tried and his story is, at the very least, interesting. Washam wrote about his quest to work for Google on his blog, Googley As Heck. He posted his educational milestones on his way […]
Euro will fail in 10 years without reform Emmanuel Macron
French presidential candidate says currency amounts to a weak Deutsche Mark that has failed to unify EU states and stand up to the US dollar. The euro may not exist in 10 years time if Paris and Berlin fail to bolster the single currency union, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has said, adding that the […]