20/10/17

[Maik]

The great mobile phone rip-off: Millions still being billed for handsets they have already bought

Mobile phone users are being routinely overcharged by the UK's biggest providers, telecoms watchdogs and consumer bodies have warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/19/great-mobile-phone-rip-off-millions-still-billed-handsets-have/

[Maik]

When you die you know you are dead: Major study shows mind still works after the body shows no signs of life

Death just became even more scary: scientists say people are aware they’re dead because their consciousness continues to work after the body has stopped showing signs of life.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mind-works-after-death-consciousness-sam-parnia-nyu-langone-a8007101.html

[Maik]

Snail in the coffin: left-coiling mollusc Jeremy dies after finding love

Gastropod hit headlines after his rare shell orientation prevented him from mating – but eventually found a partner and became a father

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/snail-in-the-coffin-left-coiling-mollusc-jeremy-dies-after-finding-love

 

[Maik]

Drinking alcohol makes you better at speaking foreign languages

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/alcohol-foreign-language-skills-speak-better-drinking-study-finds-a8008341.html

 

[Maik]

EU: Kids' GPS Watches Have So Many Security Flaws They Should Not Be in Stores

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/eu-kids-gps-watches-have-so-many-security-flaws-they-should-not-be-in-stores/

[Bryan-in-Kilkis]

Drinking alcohol makes you better at speaking foreign languages

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/alcohol-foreign-language-skills-speak-better-drinking-study-finds-a8008341.html

 

Been there, done that.  J'étais là, j'ai fait ça.  Da war ich, dass habe ich getan.  Бев таму, го направив тоа.  Ήμουν εκεί κι έκανα εκείνο.  Anyone for a swift sherbet?