Speech Materals 957 7 Worst Daily Habits for Your Joints as You Age
Changes in your body are the name of the game as you get older, and one area that can be particularly affected is your j...
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Speech Materals 956 Half of world on track to be overweight by 2035
More than half the world's population will be classed as obese or overweight by 2035 if action is not taken, the World O...
Speech Materals 955 6 Things That Make Your Acid Reflux Worse
If you have acid reflux, how, what and when you eat may be contributing to uncomfortable digestive symptoms. Eating shou...
Speech Materals 954 Climate Change May Be Making Your Seasonal Allergies Worse
Itchy eyes and sneezing? You might be suffering from climate change. If you’re feeling like allergy season keeps getting...
Speech Materals 953 Tokyo ramen shop bans customers from using their phones while eating
In Japan’s ramen restaurants, there’s an unspoken rule: eat quickly and leave. One noodle shop owner takes this custom s...
Speech Materals 952 Smart LED Contact Lenses for Treating and Preventing Eye Disease
Smart LED contact lenses developed for treating diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes is a long-term chronic disease with many ...
Speech Materals 951 Ways to Make Your Kids Laugh More To Improve Your Health
They say that laughter is the best medicine and this may actually be true in a lot of situations. Positive states such a...
Speech Materals 950 Virtual reality helps Japan’s elderly travel the world
Traveling from the canals of Venice to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a group of elderly people in Japan is seeing ...
Speech Materals 949 The world’s happiest countries for 2023
There’s cause for optimism in the latest report on world happiness. For one, benevolence is about 25% higher than it was...
Speech Materals 948 Improving Business Travel for Your Employees in 2023
Between delayed and cancelled flights, airline and travel costs skyrocketing, and pandemic-related restrictions in certa...
Speech Materals 947 6 Ways to Boost Your Mood As the Weather Gets Colder
As we head into February and the thick of winter, some people might find themselves feeling low and as though there’s no...
Speech Materals 946 Why Japan has so many ‘never travelers’
A surprisingly large number of Japanese say that travel is no longer a priority for them. A survey done last year by glo...
Speech Materals 945 Letter arrives more than 100 years after being posted
A letter has finally been delivered to its destination – more than a century after it was written. Sent in February 1916...
Speech Materals 944 What is ‘monk mode’ and how can it boost productivity?
In a world full of pings and endless scrolling, it's hard to tune out the noise and tune in to your work. That's where "...
Speech Materals 943 Madonna hits back at ageist criticism after Grammy Awards appearance
Madonna has spoken out against criticism of her appearance after presenting at the Grammy Awards Sunday night. In her la...
Speech Materals 942 French protests intensify against pension age rise
France has seen a second wave of protests and strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement ...
Speech Materals 941 Michael Jackson’s nephew to play singer in new biopic
Michael Jackson will be portrayed by his 26-year-old nephew, Jaafar, in a movie biopic about the late pop star, studio L...
Speech Materals 940 Five ways to be calm – and why it matters
Is calmness a passive state of being, involving numbing oneself to what's really going on? Is it in some cases unnatural...
Speech Materals 939 From China to Japan, deadly cold is gripping East Asia. Experts say it’s the ‘new norm’
A deadly cold snap that is gripping East Asia has killed at least four people in Japan after subzero temperatures and he...
Speech Materals 938 This Will Soon Be the Most Populous Nation on the Planet—and It’s Not China
In 2023, China will not be the country with the highest population for the first time since the United Nations began tra...
Speech Materals 937 Year of the Rabbit: What 2023 Has in Store for You
In general, Rabbit years abound with creativity and an appreciation for the arts. You might feel yourself being pulled t...
Speech Materals 936 Self-Care in the New Year
The holidays are behind us, but many of us are returning to work even more exhausted than before we left for our vacatio...
Speech Materals 935 US approves world’s first vaccine for declining honey bees
The US has approved use of the world's first vaccine for honey bees. It was engineered to prevent fatalities from Americ...
Speech Materals 934 Self Reflection for 2022
Can you believe 2022 is almost a wrap? They say time flies when you’re having fun. Has this year been fun or frustrating...
Speech Materals 933 How thinking about ‘future you’ can build a happier life
Take a moment to imagine yourself in 10 years. Depending on your age, you might have a few more grey hairs and wrinkles,...
Speech Materals 932 Here’s what happened in 2022
2022 has been a year like no other. Economic, environmental and geopolitical turmoil have defined the past 12 months, in...
Speech Materals 931 Frozen food named ‘dish of the year’ in Japan
Smoke began to drift out of a box as the winner of Japan's "dish of the year" was revealed. But it wasn't a beautifully ...
Speech Materals 930 How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan
Christmas was, and still is, a secular holiday in Japan -- a country where less than 1% of the population identifies as ...
Speech Materals 929 5 Coffee Habits That May Be Shortening Your Life, According to Science
For those who want to drink coffee on a regular basis, it's important to know that if you're not careful with your coffe...
Speech Materals 928 Five ways to spend and waste less this Christmas
Christmas is a time to celebrate with family and friends but its true meaning can get lost in a blizzard of panic buying...
Speech Materals 927 ‘Goblin mode’ chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022
As you read this, look around. Are you still in bed? Are there piles of clothes and takeout food boxes strewn across the...
Speech Materals 926 Is Papaya Good for You?
Papaya is an appealing tropical fruit with sweet-tasting, orange-hued flesh and edible black seeds that have a delicious...
Speech Materals 925 What travel warnings do other nations give their citizens about US violence?
American travelers -- at least those of the cautious variety -- might be familiar with the US State Department's travel ...
Speech Materals 924 Someone just paid more than $200,000 for Steve Jobs’ old Birkenstocks
How much would you pay for a pair of secondhand shoes? Well, someone just spent more than $200,000 on a pair of old Birk...
Speech Materals 923 What is Bud Zero, the only beer Budweiser can sell at the World Cup?
In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves...
Speech Materals 922 The surprising benefits of blue spaces
The loss of human-nature interaction has been linked to a rising tide of mental health disorders. A growing body of evid...
Speech Materals 921 World Population Reaches 8 Billion, U.N. Says
Until 1804, fewer than one billion people roamed our planet. More than a century later, in 1927, we crossed two billion....
Speech Materals 920 The Difference Between Crowd Crush and Stampede
At least 150 people died in a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. When media outlets first broke the news, the tragic event ...
Speech Materals 919 What hotel star ratings actually mean today
Online user ratings are great, until you discover they're fake. Or you remember how your uncle always leaves reviews and...
Speech Materals 918 How to Feel More Joy and Purpose During Your Workday
Everyone has days when the clock seems to be running at half speed. Back-to-back meetings may leave us struggling with v...
Speech Materals 917 Nightmares are a good predictor of future dementia
We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for the average person ali...
Speech Materals 916 Should you let Halloween be a candy free-for-all? Maybe, experts say
Limiting your child’s candy this Halloween might be more of a trick than a treat, experts say. Once you’re a grown-up ra...
Speech Materals 915 4 reasons why we should all make friends from different generations
While loneliness can strike at many points throughout our lives, there are times when it is especially acute. Big transi...
Speech Materals 914 New Zealand wants to tax farmers for their cows’ burps and farts
A burp or fart at the dinner table might land you in trouble – but if you’re a cow or sheep in New Zealand, it might lan...
Speech Materals 913 The rise of sleep tourism
Going on a vacation might seem like a rather unconventional way to try to improve your sleep habits. But sleep tourism h...
Speech Materals 912 7 Foods That Make You Happy, According to Science
Ever noticed that some foods boost your mood? Here's why. It seems like all we do in life is chase happiness. We constan...
Speech Materals 911 What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?
The metaverse uses virtual reality and augmented reality to virtually transport you to a different place, or world. Acce...
Speech Materals 910 Don’t shower during a thunderstorm. Here’s why
Trees begin to sway, the sky darkens and suddenly you hear it – the distant sound of thunder. That’s your cue that poten...
Speech Materals 909 People experienced some key personality changes during the pandemic, study finds
Covid-19 changed a lot – how we socialized, where we went, and even what work looked like. A new study shows the pandemi...
Speech Materals 908 Japanese hotel gives you a beer tap in your room, 10 liters of craft beer to drink for free
It’s always nice when you check into a hotel and discover that the amenities include some sort of complimentary beverage...