What could be simpler than drinking a glass of water? In the UK, when you turn on the tap, you assume what comes out will be drinkable. Indeed, the UN General Assembly recognises access to safe drinking water as a human right. And yet, more than a quarter of the…

The University of the Potomac has released a report based on Google data which reveals the most popular degrees in each country. The report, which covers 181 degrees worldwide, offers insight into the degrees most searched for and, therefore, the most in-demand globally. Read more >>

Contactless technology has been a major contributing factor in the financial technology sector’s growth. According to market data from Juniper Research, it is estimated that contactless transactions will reach $10 trillion in value by 2027. Consumers have indeed become more comfortable with using this type of payment option. But which countries have the highest limits on contactless transactions? Read more >>

A bank fails when it cannot meet its financial obligations to creditors or depositors because it has become insolvent or no longer has enough liquid assets to fulfill its payment obligations. The most prominent American bank failure was Washington Mutual’s collapse in 2008. At the time, it had about $310 billion in assets. The bank failure was caused by several factors, including a poor housing market and a run on deposits in which clients withdrew $16.7 billion within two weeks.

America’s heartland not only feeds metropolitan centers with agricultural products and natural resources but with its people as well. Across the country, seaside metropolitan centers are adding new residents, while rural counties are seeing their populations decrease. Here is the map of U.S. population change by county from 2000 to 2020 created using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more >>

Textspeak abbreviation is about both what you say and how you say it — all rolled into 2–4 plain letters. It’s an efficient labor-saving technology and a powerful ‘new’ form of communication. But where is all this power located? WordTips decided to trawl Twitter to find out which parts of America are using which initialisms the most. WordTips analyzed more than 18 million geotagged tweets across every state and the 50 biggest cities, and then calculated the average number of tweets (per 100,000) that contain common textspeak abbreviations. They also analyzed the usage rate of abbreviations by state compared to the national average to find each state’s most uniquely popular initialism.

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel typical throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, mainly herbivorous rodent. In the British Isles, the species’ specimens have declined drastically in recent years. This decrease is associated with the introduction by humans of the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America.

Your retirement plans might not look quite how they did three years ago. The cost of living has ballooned. Interest has soared. Jobs have been lost or reinvented, and redundancies have forced many into lower-paid work. When COVID-19 struck, some employees took early retirement. With businesses shutting down and revenue…

Every day, the average adult inhales about 11 thousand liters of air. While getting outside and breathing in fresh air has many health benefits, the truth is that not all air is good for you. Airborne pollutants are one of the most significant sources of toxic exposure known to humanity…