Speech Materals 303 Google offers free DNA tests to employees with cancer
The tech companies of Silicon Valley have always struggled to attract and retain talented software developers, but today...
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Speech Materals 302 The 12 Worst Habits for Your Mental Health
Depression is usually brought on by factors beyond our control—the death of a loved one, a job loss, or financial troubl...
Speech Materals 301 Japan cautiously considers arms deals
Japan is receiving inquiries about its weapons and other military technologies half a year after it lifted its self-impo...
Speech Materals 300 Nation’s First Soda Tax Passed in California City
Berkeley, Calif. has become the first U.S. city to pass a law taxing sugary drinks, with more than three-quarters of vot...
Speech Materals 299New At-Home Test May Detect Colon Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home colon cancer test. Called Cologuard , it is the first stoo...
Speech Materals 298 FDA Approves iGrow, A Low-Level Laser Therapy Device That Stimulates Hair Growth In Men
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 50 million men are affected by hereditary hair loss. Thinning hair and...
Speech Materals 297 Synthetic Milk Could Be In Your Fridge By 2017, Boosting Quality Of Health, Environment
Two American bioengineers are working on creating the first no-cow-required glass of milk with genetically engineered ye...
Speech Materals 296 Nestle Japan hiring 1,000 robots to sell espresso machines
Food giant Nestle said Wednesday that its Japan unit would hire 1,000 robots as sales clerks at stores across the countr...
Speech Materals 295 3 Amazing Mind Tricks That Will Help You Remember Small Details
It’s all in your head. No, really—your capacity to remember the name of a new investment company, which products are goi...
Speech Materals 294 Get ready for robot farmers
On most lettuce farms, workers weave between rows to cull extra heads of lettuce crowding out the healthiest plants. The...
Speech Materals 293 Japan unveils first passenger jet in four decades
The first passenger aircraft to be made in Japan in nearly four decades was unveiled Saturday as its manufacturer pushed...
Speech Materals 292 6 things you need to know about STEM
STEM -- the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math -- has sparked a nationwide debate about education, ge...
Speech Materals 291 Google’s Calico to launch new facility for researching aging
Calico, the life sciences company funded by Google, on Wednesday announced a partnership with the biopharmaceutical firm...
Speech Materals 290 The best jobs for smart, but lazy people
In a world where work-related stress has rocketed could the most intelligent option be simply to find the least-taxing, ...
Speech Materals 289 This New Method of Farming Could Change Where Our Food Comes From
Caleb Harper, founder of the CITYFarm Research Project, and his team at MIT’s Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. appear to ha...
Speech Materals 288 Mobile Payments: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We use our smartphones in place of maps,health trackers and cameras, so why not use them to replace our credit cards, to...
Speech Materals 287 Why Japan’s beaches are deserted – despite the sunshine
It is a spectacle as enigmatic as any annual mass migration in the animal kingdom.Visit the sun-blessed sands near Tokyo...
Speech Materals 286 10 Healthiest Countries in the World
Samir Becic and his Health Fitness Revolution team did research and found the Healthiest Countries in the World. With th...
Speech Materals 285 Japan: More and more, a land of centenarians
Reaching the century mark remains a relative rarity for humans, but it is increasingly less so, and perhaps nowhere more...
Speech Materals 284 Tech giants bet on ‘smart home’ revolution
The futuristic vision of wireless domestic bliss that puts people and their smartphones or tablets at the centre of an "...
Speech Materals 283 Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to fight Ebola
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will donate $50 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in...
Speech Materals 282 9 Best Solutions For Knee Pain
Walking, kneeling, stair schlepping...Knees take abuse. No wonder 20% of us report having had pain in these joints in th...
Speech Materals 281 Pay apology agencies to say ‘I’m sorry’ when it’s just too hard to do it yourself
It’s a problem we all have to deal with at various points in our lives. We like to think we’re perfect and have it all f...
Speech Materals 280 Health Benefits Of Warm Water
Most of us start our mornings with a fresh, hot cup of coffee or tea to warm our bodies after getting out of bed. When w...
Speech Materals 279 Sarin: The Nerve Agent Used To Kill 1,400 Syrians
On Sunday (Sept 1, 2013), the Obama administration indicated evidence that the Syrian regime has relied on chemical warf...
Speech Materals 278 The Ice Bucket Challenge: How did it all start and what is it in aid of?
It is the spine-tingling and teeth-chattering challenge that has swept the world and raised millions for good causes. Th...
Speech Materals 277 Sharp posts a 55% rise in operating profit
Japanese electronics maker Sharp has reported a 55% year-on-year increase in its operating profit for the April-to-June ...
Speech Materals 276 Serious Salt Confusion: New Research On How Much Salt You Should Eat
Three new papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine look at the cardiovascular risks of salt consumption, ...
Speech Materals 275 Robots to up-end the world of work, for good and bad
WASHINGTON: Robots and artificially intelligent devices will take over many jobs now done by people, and experts are div...
Speech Materals 274 Electronics giant Panasonic wants Singaporeans to eat its veg
Japan's Panasonic Corp, best known for its television sets and home theater systems, wants to feed Singaporeans its radi...
Speech Materals 273 Japan mulls building its own fighter jets
Japan is considering building its own fighter jets after years of playing second fiddle in a US construction partnership...
Speech Materals 272 Why Ebola is so dangerous
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world's deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has declared an int...
Speech Materals 271 Color Psychology: 10 Ways Colors Trick You Every Day
Color has the power to evoke emotion, stimulate appetite, and even make babies cry. The psychology of colors goes well b...
Speech Materals 270 Apple bans chemical that causes nerve damage
After years of controversy surrounding the treatment of its factory workers, Apple decided Thursday to eliminate the use...
Speech Materals 269 Ambition: Do you need it to succeed?
Mike Coney has been ambitious for as long as he can remember. When he was young, he would eagerly get up at five in the ...
Speech Materals 268 Sony invests in image sensor production amid ‘selfie’ boom
Sony Corp said on Thursday it would invest 35 billion yen ($345 million) to increase production of image sensors for sma...
Speech Materals 267 Gov’t aims to curb iPhone influence
At the end of June, the “Consumer Protection Working Group,” composed of various influential figures who serve as advise...
Speech Materals 266 Why bad news dominates the headlines
When you read the news, sometimes it can feel like the only things reported are terrible, depressing events. Why does th...
Speech Materals 265 What not to buy on Amazon
When we need books, soap, diapers, electronics — pretty much anything — many of us head right to Amazon.com, assuming it...
Speech Materals 264 Venezuela’s airport ‘breathing’ tax
The biggest international airport in Venezuela is charging a fee for the right to inhale clean air - and social media us...
Speech Materals 263 Japan to enjoy cheaper Aussie beef, wine under trade pact Japan
Japan and Australia have signed a trade accord that is expected to reduce prices for imported Aussie beef and wine and l...
Speech Materals 262 From smartwatch and smartpen… to smartcheat?
It used to be as simple as folding a piece of paper up your sleeve or writing on the inside of your wrist. But now, as s...
Speech Materals 261 Early Death Risk Factors: 5 Seemingly Innocent Behaviors That Are Increasing Your Risk Of Premature Death
Death is an inevitable part of life, but dying before our time is entirely preventable According to the Organization for...
Speech Materals 260 Astonishing origami exhibit displays dance of art and science
When origami enthusiast Uyen Nguyen discusses her art, you quickly understand that it is about a lot more than folding p...
Speech Materals 259 Hiroshima atomic bomb attraction more popular than ever
Almost 70 years after the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, effectively ending Wor...
Speech Materals 258 Can meditation really slow aging?
It's seven in the morning on the beach in Santa Monica, California. A few meters back from the water's edge, a handful o...
Speech Materals 257 Introducing the world’s next tallest building — which also cleans the air
Imagine a skyscraper that cleans the air. You won't have to wait long -- two will soon be built in China. The world's ta...
Speech Materals 256 Starbucks Offers Online College Program to Workers
Starbucks is rolling out a program that would allow its workers to earn an online college degree at Arizona State Univer...
Speech Materals 255 Which two things cause employees the most stress?
80 percent of U.S. workers have at least one complaint about their job, which is lower than it was last year. Long commu...
Speech Materals 254 Recession ‘led to 10,000 suicides’
The economic crisis in Europe and North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides, according to figures from UK res...