Author: TECH

High school was traditionally defined by heavy backpacks and the sound of the morning bell. That conventional image is fading fast. These days, technology is not just an extra feature added to the curriculum. It has become the foundation of the student experience. This goes way deeper than simply swapping notebooks for tablets. It represents a total change in how students research, learn, and remain engaged with their work. A 2024 Pew Research Center study found that nineteen out of every twenty teenagers now own a smartphone, while 88% possess either a desktop or laptop computer. This means learning isn’t…

A career in healthcare is rewarding yet challenging. Through every day and every shift, healthcare professionals help patients and families navigate what could be one of the most difficult experiences in their lives. Performing lifesaving procedures and surgeries, cleaning and wrapping wounds, making diagnoses and creating treatment plans, listening to patients’ concerns and comforting families — these tasks and more are routine responsibilities for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. As they fulfill their responsibilities, clinicians are committed to putting their patients’ needs first and maintaining standards of competence and integrity — all of which can be strained by competing priorities, pace…

On 20 October last year a senior judge granted him temporary bail to go to his brother’s wedding.Middlebrough was permitted to first go to Liverpool and then briefly stay in West Yorkshire and was ordered to surrender to HMP Wandsworth in south London on 24 October. He never showed up and a judge later issued a warrant for his arrest. Police believe Middlebrough, known to friends as Shibby, was helped to leave the UK by a well-organised network of supporters.Since his disappearance, he has sent messages to supporters, which have been published, saying he refuses to be “held as an…

“Mental health awareness across our industry has come a very long way. The next phase has to be about turning that awareness into practical, visible and measurable action.”- Jason Berry – MIMHC The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Health & Wellbeing Survey 2026 has found that mental wellbeing across the UK mortgage industry has seen significant improvement over the last year. However, problems around working hours, sleep, workplace pressures and access to visible employer support remain. The research collected responses from 536 people across the mortgage sector, up from around 300 in 2025, providing MIMHC with its…

“Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.” – Bo Bennett Nikola Tesla was a brilliant scientist and inventor who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his revolutionary work in the field of electrical engineering and for his invention of alternating current (AC). He is also credited with inventing the radio, remote control, X-rays, laser beams, robotics and much more. Tesla was a big advocate of visualization. He believed that the practice of creating a mental picture of what you want can help you achieve greater success in all aspects of life. According to…

Social media has altered how many people connect, communicate, and maintain relationships. Yet questions remain around what happens to biological systems, evolved for real face-to-face relationships, when they are activated through screens. Important for this discussion is oxytocin, a neuropeptide associated with social bonding, trust, and attachment1. While oxytocin is directly involved with social connection, it is also activated by the dopamine systems involved in social validation (and/or reward)2. The dissociation between social connection (involving oxytocin1,3) and social validation (involving dopamine2) may underlie a problem with assuming that digital networks are truly social. Social media can engage some of the…

                                What Went Right Human resources enters the workers’ compensation process at points where policy and human experience intersect. An injured employee may be navigating medical restrictions, lost time, modified duty, leave policies, benefits, supervisor communication, and uncertainty about returning to the workplace. HR can help organize these moving parts and create consistency across the employee experience. Strong HR involvement reduces friction by clarifying expectations, supporting supervisors, and making reentry easier to understand. Success from the HR seat often appears in how well the employee…

– credit, Andrey Atuchin / SWNS A feather preserved inside dinosaur dung could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction that wiped out most life on Earth. Specifically, it could explain whether it prepared a certain lineage of birds to weather the unnatural winter that followed in the wake of the asteroid impact. Scientists at the Field Museum of Chicago say a dinosaur ate a bird around 66 million years ago, and that its dung preserved the best example of a feather ever found from the dinosaur age. By studying the feather, American researchers have found clues that help…

Sample collection in Timor-Leste – credit, WHO, released The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced it has certified Timor-Leste as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The leading infectious cause of blindness, the achievement on the island nation now means that the entire Southeast Asian region, as defined by the WHO, is trachoma-free. It means over 2 billion people now live with minimal risk of contracting trachoma bacteria, and with access to medical services capable of detecting and quickly treating it should it occur. “The elimination of trachoma from the South-East Asia Region is a significant step towards…

Education entrepreneur and neurodiversity advocate, Thara Brigitte Mills Simmonds, has been named the 2026 Forty Under 40 Achiever in the Education category. Mills Simmonds, Founder and Strategic Lead of Mulan Smart Educational Center and Mulan Neurodiversity School, received the award at the Forty Under 40 ceremony held in Accra on Saturday, September 12. The recognition comes on the back of her work in inclusive education, autism advocacy and initiatives focused on the social and emotional development of children. Receiving the award, Thara described the recognition as more than a personal achievement, saying it represented a continued commitment to ensuring that…