Despite all the improvements in work over recent decades, there is still an ingrained attitude that happiness lies outside work; that we are waiting for the weekend.
The rhetoric about longer working hours also needs to be put in perspective. The average working day has increased in length over the last two decades, but by just one minute and forty-two seconds.
Chasing his dream to turn a barren sandbar into homes for birds and animals, Jadav Payeng, forest man of India, began to plant trees. Decades later, the trees have transformed into a lush forest covering 550 hectares of land.
Chasing his dream to turn a barren sandbar into homes for birds and animals, Jadav Payeng, forest man of India, began to plant trees. Decades later, the trees have transformed into a lush forest covering 550 hectares of land.
Scientists once thought that after childhood, much of the brain became set in stone. Findings in the past few decades have proved that it remains more moldable than previously thought, even as we age.
Scientists once thought that after childhood, much of the brain became set in stone. Findings in the past few decades have proved that it remains more moldable than previously thought, even as we age.
Nelson Mandela is being remembered across the globe following his death at age 95. He became an icon for racial equality during a decades-long struggle against South Africa's apartheid system.
Chasing his dream to turn a barren sandbar into homes for birds and animals, Jadav Payeng began to plant trees religiously. Decades later, the trees have transformed into a lush forest covering 550 hectares of land.
NYC lost one its quintessential characters -- the enigmatic Joe Ades died at 75. He spent decades selling $5 vegetable peelers at Union Square and other locations around town.
Resistance to antibiotics poses a "major global threat" to public health. The World Health Organization described a "post-antibiotic era", where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades.
Resistance to antibiotics poses a "major global threat" to public health. The World Health Organization described a "post-antibiotic era", where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades.
Resistance to antibiotics poses a "major global threat" to public health. The World Health Organization described a "post-antibiotic era", where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades.
Resistance to antibiotics poses a "major global threat" to public health. The World Health Organization described a "post-antibiotic era", where people die from simple infections that have been treatable for decades.
Nelson Mandela is being remembered across the globe following his death at age 95. He became an icon for racial equality during a decades-long struggle against South Africa's apartheid system.
Nelson Mandela is being remembered across the globe following his death at age 95. He became an icon for racial equality during a decades-long struggle against South Africa's apartheid system.
The Motown record label was one of the major shapers of American popular music in the 1960s. And there was no Motown act during that decade more successful than the modish female vocal group the Supremes.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
Ransoms are fueling militants' clout in West Africa. One faction that has seized northern Mali is estimated to have amassed as much as $90 million over a decade from Western countries seeking the release of their citizens.
“I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!” There’s some confusion on the stage. District 12 hasn’t had a volunteer in decades and the protocol has become rusty.
After decades as an also-ran in the American whiskey market, Japanese whiskey is on the ascent. The embrace has been nudged along by the fact that you can finally buy Japanese whiskey here.
After decades as an also-ran in the American whiskey market, Japanese whiskey is on the ascent. The embrace has been nudged along by the fact that you can finally buy Japanese whiskey here.
The Cambodian government is convinced two life-size 10th-century statues, that have anchored the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Southeast Asian galleries for nearly two decades, were looted from a jungle temple.
“I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!” There’s some confusion on the stage. District 12 hasn’t had a volunteer in decades and the protocol has become rusty.
But it’s a hollow day, and even with all that I start daydreaming about food. Particularly the decadent dishes served in the Capitol. The chicken in creamy orange sauce. The cakes and pudding. Bread with butter.
Opera star Joan Sutherland died on October 10th at the age of 83. Her career spanned four decades. Tenor Luciano Pavarotti called her "the greatest coloratura soprano of all time."
Opera star Joan Sutherland died on October 10th at the age of 83. Her career spanned four decades. Tenor Luciano Pavarotti called her "the greatest coloratura soprano of all time."