17 APRIL 2021 As we get older, many changes happen to our body, we become frail, our hair turns white, and our skin wrinkles. We also become more susceptible to disease and may lose our cognitive abilities. Aging is generally considered an inevitable part of life, but can it be …
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16 APRIL 2021 One of the many benefits of recent bridge improvements is that displays can now be replicated in real time on a hand-held tablet. All kinds of information – electronic log entries, task lists, monitoring the bridge from officers’ cabins, multitasking while in the ship’s public areas, sharing …
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15 APRIL 2021 Nobody ever said parenting was easy, but depending on circumstances, some people can find it much harder than others. In recent years researchers have begun to recognize ‘parental burnout‘ – a condition in which exhausted parents become overwhelmed by their role as primary carers, potentially leading to …
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14 APRIL 2021 Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation (EMC) has announced plans to build twenty containerships of 15,000 TEU capacity each. The order was approved by the Board of Directors of Greencompass Marine SA, a Panamanian subsidiary of EMC. A handful of shipyards from China, Korea, and Japan have …
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PETER DOCKRILL 13 APRIL 2021 It was August 13, 1945, and the ‘demon core’ was poised, waiting to be unleashed onto a stunned Japan still reeling in fresh chaos from the deadliest attacks anyone had ever seen. A week earlier, ‘Little Boy’ had detonated over Hiroshima, followed swiftly by ‘Fat Man’ in Nagasaki. These …
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12 APRIL 2021 With a growing number of states rolling out vaccines to the general public, most US adults could get their hands on a shot by summer, if not sooner. So far, 29 percent of the US population has received a first dose. But until a majority of the country has been …
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