Month: April 2017
Lloyd's of London, one of the oldest financial institutions in the United Kingdom, imposed an alcohol ban for employees during office hours.
The ban, which prohibits alcohol co…
Cat ownership during childhood does not increase the risk of mental health problems, study says.
A study in 2015 linked cat ownership during childhood to increased risk of ment…
A study has revealed that asbestos is present in several schools in the United Kingdom.
In early 2016, the study looked into the asbestos management of over 5,…
Japanese automotive parts manufacturing company Takata pleads guilty to fraud involving defective air bag inflators.
The company admitted to c…
NTT Docomo has conducted trials of a taxi system using artificial intelligence (AI), which can predict the number of passengers.
The mobile communications company set up an AI …
The forest elephant population in Gabon, Central Africa, has decreased by 80% in the last decade.
In 2004, scientists visited Gabon’s Minkebe National Park to determine the ele…
Around 75% of Venezuelans suffered from an average weight loss of 19 lbs. as a result of food shortage in 2016.
A survey conducted among 6,500 families revealed that 32.5% of t…
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada [es-TRAH-dah] ordered an ordinance that prohibits smoking in public places in th…
Itchiness experienced by people with atopic dermatitis / eɪˈtɒp ɪk ˌdɜr məˈtaɪ tɪs/ can now be suppressed, according to a st…
Columbia University has accidentally sent out acceptance e-mails to aspiring students.
Over 270 Columbia University applicants received an e-mail initially sta…
