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London tube: Does it harm your health?

The Mayor of London hopes that 80 per cent of trips in the city will be made on foot, bike or public transport by 2041. But how polluted is the Underground’s air?

Ideas we like…

…a lighting setup for your webcam For those of us in office jobs, video meetings are going nowhere, so why not look your absolute best while you do them? Logitech’s new webcam light, built for budding streamers, beams out a soft glow that should conceal just how recently you’ve got out of bed. Sensors on […]

A most violent year

With Italy’s iconic Etna volcano erupting at the beginning of the year, followed by the lava flows of La Palma making headlines for weeks in autumn, then activity starting at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in late December, it felt like 2021 was a particularly big year for the planet’s volcanoes.

Your productive brain

Increasing your productivity is easy. It’s just a matter of making a few simple changes to your routine, or behaviour, or thinking, and your productivity will soar.