I taught teenagers economics for almost 40 years until my retirement a few years ago. When I started teaching in the 1970s, I used to refer to the last period on a Friday afternoon as the “graveyard slot”. It was hard to get any work out of the students, who just wanted to go home […] … learn more→

People who are bad with numbers are more likely to experience financial difficulties than people who are good with numbers. That’s according to our analyses of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll. In this World Risk Poll, people from 141 countries were asked if 10% was bigger than, smaller than or the same as 1 out of […] … learn more→

As Christmas approaches, many primary schools and nurseries in Britain hold their traditional nativity plays or musicals. Teachers adapt the biblical story of the nativity and children often dress up as angels, innkeepers, shepherds, stars, wise men, Mary or Joseph. Parents and guardians are usually invited to attend performances in schools – but COVID-19 restrictions […] … learn more→

It is a well-known fact that only approximately four percent of personal injury cases get to trial. Based on estimations provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, there were some 16 397 tort cases in the space of a year.  If one extrapolates the actual number of personal injury claims in a year, a staggering […] … learn more→

Gifting children books can be about more than just giving them something to read. Books are portals to adventure, imagination and new experiences. Importantly, books can help children understand and appreciate themselves, and those around them. Sadly, books normalising racial, cultural, family or gender diversity and diverse abilities are few and far between. When children see […] … learn more→

If the ways of becoming an adult are never exactly the same from one society to another, there are nonetheless some invariants. Separation experiences are one of the essentials of the human condition  : to succeed as adults, children must face situations in which they no longer evolve under the protective gaze of their parents. In contemporary societies, separation […] … learn more→

When we study animal communication we usually analyze the languages ​​that animals such as dolphins, bees or dogs use to communicate with each other. The greatest difficulty in these analyzes is that, as a different species that we are, it is difficult for us to access the communication thresholds that each animal species has, and for […] … learn more→

If, in France, historically, chocolate is first and foremost a luxury drink, it is now democratized and present in many forms: bars, sweets, desserts, cakes, creams, drinks … A ballet of variations that s’ enriches each year as Christmas approaches. No sooner has the chocolate fair (with its famous parade of dresses, illustrating the virtuosity of […] … learn more→

At a time marked by the end of great hopes , humanity seems to be engaged in a race for disaster, where reasons to hope, and to believe in a better and smiling future, are, if not nonexistent, at least very rare. As chaos seems more certain than progress , what sense can it have to be still optimistic? Is an […] … learn more→

Lawsuit loans (or settlement loans) can be tricky affairs, as they can take a fairly long time to get issued. More often than not, companies drag on the lawsuit for years in the hope that you will give up.  To counter this stance of companies, many people opt for lawsuit loans which to help them […] … learn more→