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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 "...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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253 Over 10,000 dementia sufferers went missing in 2013

More than 10,000 people suffering from dementia went missing for various periods of time in 2013, the National Police Ag...
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252 Good Posture When Sitting Prevents Back Problems And Crippling ‘Sitting Disease’

For those of us who are deskbound at work, we spend at least eight hours each day planted firmly in our office chairs. D...
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251 Android and Windows to get ‘kill switch’

Google and Microsoft will add a "kill-switch" feature to their Android and Windows phone operating systems. The feature ...
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250 10 things Japan does better than anywhere else

Advertising agency Dentsu recently released the results of its annual Japan Brand Survey, in which it asks people from a...
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249 The Google Self-Driving Car

On May 27, the public got a chance to see and try out the prototype. What was it like, riding in the Google self-driving...
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248 Abe inspects Singapore casinos

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe toured Singapore’s two gaming resorts on Friday as his government considers legalisin...
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247 The world’s strangest work laws

A law that requires children to help with household chores and respect their parents? In Spain, it could become reality....
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246 Why Levi’s CEO Says to Stop Washing Your Jeans

If you feel the need to throw your jeans into the washing machine after every wear, you may be doing it all wrong. Accor...
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245 This European City Wants To Eliminate Cars by 2034

With the onset of hybrid technologies, automakers are making it possible for daily drivers to use less and less fuel, bu...
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244 Japan’s working poor left behind by Abenomics

Last Christmas Eve, Ririko Saito and her 11-year-old daughter gathered some plastic bottles, pots and a kettle and made ...
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243 Health Lessons From Around the World

From antioxidant-stuffed spices to midday Zs, every country has its own unique brand of staying healthy, happy, and fit....
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242 Can Powerful Emotions Kill You?

Though feelings are a powerful force and an inescapable part of life, they can have a pretty significant effect on your ...
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241 Giant 3D printer creates 10 full-sized houses in a DAY

It is said that a man’s home is his castle - but he could soon be presiding over a 3D-printed bungalow. A company in Chi...
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240 Why fast food workers need be be paid more

More than 80 people from 26 countries met in New York on May 5 and 6, under the banner of the global trade union IUF, in...
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239 Japan’s newest holiday Mountain Day gets approval from Lower House

The Lower House of the Diet has passed an amendment to the nation’s Holiday Act which includes a new public holiday, Mou...