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Jill Wallis says she has never had so much contact with family and friends as she has had since the lockdown began

You have published many articles about the challenges of isolation, most recently your long read (Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human, 7 May). But there is one interesting outcome you may not have considered.

Many of those of us who always live alone are finding we are much more in contact with loved ones than previously. I’ve lived alone since being widowed 16 years ago, and I’ve never had as much contact with my family and even my friends than I’ve had since the lockdown began.

Lockdown life is raising new challenges for all of us, but the experience may help people empathise with single parents more, writes single mother and The Mother Edit blogger, Rebecca Cox

With over two million farmers on the platform, WeFarm has an essential place in the food supply chain

California's deal with Bear Mountain Development Co. for coronavirus equipment was one of the state's largest.

For the vast majority of us, broadband has become so commonplace in our professional, personal, and social lives that we rarely think about how much we depend on it. Yet without broadband, our lives would be radically upended: Our work days would look different, we would spend our leisure time differently, and even our personal…

Kevin Kelly explains why the complex interconnectedness of modern technology and society makes disaster relief and system change so challenging.

Our favorite Vietnamese architect builds a giant wall of white planters... again.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

When one tiny home isn't quite enough, how about adding another?

Our always-on devices turn out to consume a lot of power. Do I really need to connect my garage door to the Internet?

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

Outdoor access may be limited these days, but there are still some things you can do.

Gatecrashing bar mitzvahs, quarantine quizzes and climbing Everest indoors – here’s a slew of things to do to stay connected without stepping outside

Lockdown could have seen us wallowing in some pretty unusual hermetic behaviour. Obsessively rearranging your groceries by best-before date. Binge-watching old episodes of Terry and June. Blankly staring at the forks in your cutlery drawer wondering why they have four prongs and not three.

Instead, the past few weeks have shown that being shut away could be making us more connected with each other. Thanks to strong internet networks and an array of digital apps and video communication software, we’re spending more quality time with loved ones, rehabilitating old relationships and forging new ones. Indeed, a recent study by Channel Mum found a quarter of British people now talk with neighbours they previously ignored. In short? Being confined to quarters is helping us rediscover a new sense of community.

Sharing two happy selfies on Instagram, actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas extended Earth Day wishes to during late hours of Wednesday.

In the post, the actor pointed out how the entire humankind on the planet is apart yet connected with each other through Earth.

 

 

 

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We may be apart right now, but Earth keeps us connected. This is our home. Let’s heal Mother Earth together. 🌎 #EarthDay #EarthDayEveryDay

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The 'Quantico' actor posted two pictures of herself on the platform where she is seen wearing a black and white printed floral shirt.

"We may be apart right now, but Earth keeps us connected. This is our home. Let's heal Mother Earth together. #EarthDay #EarthDayEveryDay," she captioned the post.

The 37-year-old actor is currently staying indoors with her singer husband Nick Jonas in the United States.

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The decline in natural resources is very real. The International Water Management Institute estimates that nearly every country south of the 35th parallel will experience economic or physical water scarcity by 2025.

Non-traditional social strategies which include guilty pleasures were found to be effective at fulfilling critical social needs as family connections,

The decline in natural resources is very real. The International Water Management Institute estimates that nearly every country south of the 35th parallel will experience economic or physical water scarcity by 2025.

The Dutch education system and the skills of the Dutch population are very strong overall. But there are concerns that too many people in the Netherlands are not developing the “right” skills to succeed or taking sufficient responsibility for maintaining and further developing their skills in adulthood.

The main hallmarks of the global financial crisis were too-big-to-fail institutions taking on too much risk with other people’s money: excess leverage and default pressure resulting from contagion and counterparty risk. This paper looks at whether the Basel III reforms address these issues effectively and proposes improvements to the current reform proposals.

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Supakhet Saraboon, 35, was discovered sprawled across his bed in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Monday night.

The guest list at her recent wedding was more A-list than an Oscars after-party, the Duchess of Sussex calls her a 'chic badass' and she is rumoured to have set up Harry and Meghan on their blind date

The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood, 80, from Canada, told France24 that those who 'want to suppress women' are the same people who often 'want to pretend there is no climate crisis'.

The practical management of water systems has become detached from the knowledge gained through research, which has made great progress in the last two or three decades. Because critical elements of research have been externalised, the induction of new inter-disciplinary learning has been greatly limited, writes Jayanta Bandyopadhyay.

Recently Darryl D’Monte interviewed the famous physicist Fritjof Capra at the annual meet of Greenaccord international environmental journalists in Italy. Here he reports on Capra’s separate remarks about the environment, along with quotes from his books and blogs.

As an artist who often exploits voyeuristic themes and women's sexuality to sell his movies, RGV should know better that to boil down women's safety to a photo of eight women standing in line to buy their own booze.

भारत में मौजूदा समय में कई वाहन कंपनियां हैं जो अपने वाहनों में कनेक्टेड तकनीक का इस्तेमाल कर रही हैं। इस कंपनियों में ज्यादातर कार निर्माता कंपनियां शामिल है। लेकिन अब इस तकनीक का इस्तेमाल भारत की बाइक निर्माता कंपनी रॉयल एनफील्ड भी करने जा रही है।

According to the recent study by GFK, there are around 41 million hyper-connected consumers in India, with major cities like Delhi and Mumbai reporting the highest concentration of consumers belonging to this segment. The study says that hyperconnected consumers spend

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The Japanese appliances giant plans to launch smart door bells, plugs and switches. This will be followed by side-by-side refrigerators, front-loading washing machines, fans, geysers amongst others covering the entire product portfolio in phases.

The Philips Hue Connected Light Bulbs lets you set the mood—or not—with a digital app to control the color and brightness of the bulbs with just a few swipes.

Werner Herzog's (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) new film examines the technologically connected world we have built.

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