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World is growing warmer, but pace slows

The evidence for man-made global warming has become “even stronger” over the past year, according to scientists at the UK Meteorological Office.

Computers set for quantum leap as devices tap into speed of light

A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices.

An aspirin a day helps keep death from cancer away, research finds

Taking an aspirin a day can cut your risk of dying from cancer by 25 per cent, according to research published today.

Absorbing research on human sweat

Sweat and its role in human evolution feature in two intriguing studies by UK researchers. Scientists at Loughborough University have compiled a “sweat map” of the human body. They attached super-absorbent panels of special fabric, which can soak up 20 times its own weight of sweat, to male athletes exercising in hot conditions.

We have to do better on inequality

The principal problem facing the US and Europe for the next few years is an output shortfall caused by a lack of demand. Nothing would increase the incomes of all citizens – poor, middle-class and rich – as much as an increase in demand and associated increases in incomes, living standards and confidence in institutions and the future.

Top dogs take ever bigger slice of global spoils

To adapt the exchange between Ernest Hemingway and his literary agent: the super-rich are very different from the rich. They have even more money.

Hopes for global recovery take a hit

The global manufacturing recovery appeared to have come to a grinding halt in August, activity surveys suggested on Thursday, undermining hopes of a vigorous economic recovery in the second half of the year.

Welcome, number seven billion

On October 31, earth will gain its seven billionth inhabitant, according to official UN population projections.

UN warns on impact of high birth rate

High fertility in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia is impeding economic development and perpetuating poverty, the UN Population Fund has warned.

Warning on global recovery slide

The global recovery “is in danger of skidding off course”, according to the latest Brookings Institution-Financial Times tracking index of the world economy, with growth slowing sharply amid financial turbulence and policy paralysis.

Five simple steps to curing Britain’s new depression

Brussels warns on risk of UK double-dip

The British economy will stagnate until next summer with a significant risk of a double-dip recession, the European Commission concludes in its latest forecasts which also show the government’s deficit reduction strategy is failing.

A better way to occupy Wall Street

Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s mayor, made himself unpopular with his decision to raid Zuccotti Park in the early hours of Tuesday and evict 200 campers from the Occupy Wall Street protest, but he was right. So is the City of London Corporation in attempting to shift the tents from outside St Paul’s Cathedral.

Olympus’s deceit was dishonourable

The goings-on at Olympus were baffling three weeks ago. Michael Woodford, the Japanese company’s British president, was fired and then disclosed details of some very odd deals. Something was badly awry but it was hard to fathom why Olympus had wasted $1.4bn on three tiny acquisitions and a ludicrously inflated advisory fee.

Don’t rent a villa, rent a village

In her book Fame and Frame, the celebrity photographer Pat York includes a shot of actor Jack Nicholson walking away from a modest Provençal cottage, on the chimney of which stands a peacock. The picture was taken, she wrote, at a property “near the village of La Garde-Freinet, owned by the director Tony Richardson. We had been invited to join other guests – Buck Henry, Anjelica Huston, David Hockney [who painted the swimming pool] and John Gielgud”. The peacock, she said, symbolised “the otherworldly quality of time and place ... at this escapist’s paradise.”

The skins I live in

After leopard and fox, it was probably only a matter of time before the fashion world’s thoughts turned elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Indeed, the skin of this autumn/winter season has a distinctly more ... reptilian feel.

Up close and personalised

What is the difference between a briefcase you keep forever and one that lasts a year or so? The answer could be as simple as a word. But not just any word: one chosen by the person doing the purchasing.

The Goldfinger spa

Autumn still feels a long way away in the ancient baths of Terme di Saturnia in early October. Italian families, and visitors from further afield, lounge in the thermal waters that pour from the ground at a rate of 800 litres per second, and at a constant temperature of 37.5C.

Personal pukka

Simran Lal laughs as she describes one of the most common predicaments faced by customers looking for tableware at Good Earth, India’s largest high-end homeware retailer. “I can’t tell you the number of times people rush in saying, ‘I’m having 35 people over for dinner tomorrow, and I desperately need new tableware,’” says the retailer’s chief executive officer. “That’s when we go crazy finding enough stock.”

菜餚統一英譯 台灣美食邁國際

多元豐富的台灣美食是吸引外國人士來台旅遊的重要因素之一，但對外國人來說有如圖畫的中國字，總是讓他們看得一頭霧水，加上各家業者對於相同菜餚的不同翻譯，更是讓外國人士無所適從，想品嚐台灣道地美食卻不知從何下手。為因應全球化腳步，並吸引更多外籍人士認識及品嚐台灣菜餚，「台灣菜餚統一翻譯」就成為推廣台灣美食國際化的重點之一。