#282 “A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body”
Roman poet Juvenal wrote this at the end of the first century AD. It took most Western Governments until late in the 20th Century to recognize the benefits of physical activity.
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#281 A quarter of over 65's are dehydrated
Thirst is an odd sense. We feel quenched when we drink a glass of water. How can that be when it has not been absorbed. The water is just sitting in our stomach?
#280 Too Much Treatment and not Enough Care.
What if we care for the elderly by maximizing well-being and not focusing just on treating disease? How would we do it?
#279 The Incredible Growing and Shrinking Brain.
Having a child fundamentally changes a woman’s brain. Connections are pruned and the brain shrinks. Does the size of our brains matter? Its unlikely.
#278 You are not a worse driver. Just more breakable.
Unpicking the statistics on older drivers is not easy. They do give insight into prolonging how long we can drive.
#277 Would you Accept an Apology from an AI Robot?
Do you say thank you to your ChatGPT? Is ChatGPT male or female?
#276 Robot Psychology
Barclays estimates that the number of humanoid robots delivered globally will rise from 90,000 this year to over 1.2m in 2030. Will we really accept them into our homes?
#274 The "Forty Two Million Dollar Man"
It was in March 1973 that a fictional bionic man appeared on television. Col. Steve Austin had bionic legs and eyes. At the same time, fact was catching up with fiction.
#273 Did smartphones really cause a collapse in teenage pregnancies?
Declines in fertility are not constant across age groups. Between 2007 and 2021 US teenage pregnancies declined by 71%. By comparison pregnancies between 25 and 29 fell 23%
#272 1.5 Bn People Just Changed Sides
This week, the Indian Government announced that the fertility rate had dropped below replacement level. 18% of the global population joined much of the rest of the World facing population decline.
#271 “Too Old to Work and Too Young to Die”
This quote from Union Leader Walter Reuther was made in 1942. His challenge was to give meaning to retirement. It was such a powerful concept that it became a folksong.