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Brainz Magazine •

Grief Hits Us Physically As Well As Psychologically – Here’s Some Tips To Help

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

The rocky road of grief can take a big toll on our physical well-being. I've walked this path myself, especially after the devastating loss of my mother – an irreplaceable friend, a relentless advocate, and the cornerstone of our family.

The emotional storm felt like an unending hurricane, battering not only my heart but every fibre
Brainz Magazine •

Overcoming Guilt – It’s Ok To Thrive After Loss

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Grief is a companion to me now. It will be for my whole life, and this means I feel different emotions every day. One has remained constant and persistent – guilt. It is a hugely complicated emotion that has made me relive and dissect my most painful memories of the past few years since losing my parents and my sister. It has kept me
Brainz Magazine •

To Become A Fearless Leader, You Must Use Your Fear

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

I didn’t realize how much fear dictated my decisions until I faced one of the worst situations you can imagine – losing three of my closest family members one after another. My deepest fears became a reality. But, in the years that have followed, I have had to face that. Actually, fear had always been present in my life and had played
Brainz Magazine •

This Is What All CEOs And Founders Need To Know About Grief

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

I was stunned by impatience. I had lost my mother whose impact on my life was beautiful and constant. In less than 14 months, I was also grieving my sister and my Dad.

In the fog of months after, I was lost within a grief that was so all consuming that I was swallowed by it. I felt that I had lost myself alongside my family and had n
Brainz Magazine •

The Five Lessons I Learned After Losing Three People I Loved

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Grief is like being lost in the woods without a map. When you lose someone you love, in my case my mother, I felt like I walked into a deep, dark forest and then couldn’t find my way out. Her loss was followed rapidly by the death of my sister – a loss intricately woven with anger after decades of resentment and mistrust. And then, ju
Brainz Magazine •

How Becoming An Entrepreneur Saved My Love Of The Law

It was with absolute conviction that corporate lawyer Kate Partridge set out to found her own legal consultancy. She knew it was time to do something disruptive that would give her the career she needed and her clients the service that they deserved.

As a full time corporate lawyer, I was desperately unhappy. The hours and lifestyle were relentless and I couldn’t understand how I could ever have a young family without hugely compromising my hard fought-for career.

Early on, I was surrounded by
Tatler Asia •

“How I Moved on From Domestic Abuse and What You Should Know About This Issue”

Elita Karim found the strength to leave an abusive relationship and restart as a management consultant in Singapore. To raise awareness of a crisis affecting one third of women, the survivor shares lessons from her story, including how to spot warning signs and support others When Covid-19 lockdowns are announced, I think about vulnerable women suddenly stuck at home. I worry about them being abused in what should be their sanctuary and may become their prison. I am a survivor of domestic abuse,
Mutha.Hood •

I AM THE CLUB - ELEANOR.

Eleanor is remarkable. I won’t deny that the first few months of her life were incredibly difficult. It didn’t take me long to realise, however, that she is the biggest blessing we could have wished for because she is our greatest teacher. She is the most amazing little girl and our lives have been completely transformed because of her.

We found out that Eleanor was a baby with Down's Syndrome when she was just 45 minutes old. She had a long stay in the Neonatal Unit but when we finally got to
Schools Week •

A moment of risk and opportunity for women in schools

The pandemic has worsened factors that were already holding women back from leadership positions, writes Sharon Monaghan, but it has also created a chance for real change

A report published by Dr Helen Kelly last November made for bleak reading about the pandemic’s effect on school leaders. Of the 721 surveyed, 70 per cent said there had been times in 2020 when they’d come close to breaking point, and 67 per cent admitted their working life was having a negative impact on their health.

But whi

Travel and culture

Great British Life •

Why foraging in Sussex is growing in popularity

It’s 7am and a tall man is striding across an empty Sussex beach. The sun is shining in an ice blue sky whilst distant waves and a light wind send ripples across the rock pools. Behind him, chalky cliffs topped with sparse grass mark where the South Downs meet the coast. A village once stood at this spot but has long since been claimed by the sea.

Every now and then, the man pauses and crouches down, searching for something specific. This is the first day this year that the tide has been low du

Art, photography, architecture and design

WIRED UK •

Leaf-mimicking solar cell delivers more power than flat designs

Engineers at Princeton University have mimicked the folds and wrinkles of leaves to create a solar cell, which they claim is far more effective than those with a flat surface.

In a report published in the journal Nature Photonics, the team claims that their design is capable of producing 47 percent more electricity than comparable solar cells without these topographical quirks. The wrinkles and deep folds, they say, "guide and retain light within the photo-active regions of photovoltaics".

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Shi-Ling Bridge
WIRED UK •

Biomimicry in architecture and the start of the Ecological Age

Michael Pawlyn believes in biomimicry -- the study of natural structures and processes in order to help solve man-made problems.

The architect has founded his own architectural firm based on its tenets, just published a book with RIBA on the practice and has spoken at TED on its virtues.

The book, Biomimicry in Architecture, not only gives examples of where biomimicry has been used, but also answers some of the issues that naysayers raise. These include how you could tackle water purification,
WIRED UK •

The UK's first amphibious house to be built on the banks of the Thames

The UK's first amphibious house is to be built on the banks of the River Thames.

Work will start on-site later this year for the 225 sqm home, which is set just 10m from the edge of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire. It will be built on fixed foundations but if the site floods, the house is designed to rise up and float.

The firm behind the design is Baca Architects. "The upper part of the house is a lightweight timber construction that rests on a concrete hull," the company explained," crea

Science and technology

Metaphysic Medium •

What data do we use and how?

What data do we use and how?

It is a human trait to ignore things we don’t think concern us personally. This is especially true of technology. If it’s not something we use every day, such as autonomous vehicles, it may pique our interest for a few minutes but we often just move on. When that technology comes into common usage, it is shocking how many of us still don’t really understand its possibilities (and dangers). We tend towards shrugging acceptance instead of an interrogation.

But we nee
WIRED UK •

Why didn't Britain win the race to the Moon?

The British space effort has been quiet in its successes. Space industries in the UK have a £6.5 billion annual turnover, employ 68,000 people and, even in these times of recession, are expected to grow at a rate of 5 per cent each year until 2020, according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. In fact, the department makes the bold claim that the UK is now second only to the USA in the space science sector.

What Britain's space programme lacks is glamour – it has never put a
Medium •

How AI-Generated Content will impact writing

In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift wrote about The Engine. This wonder of wires and paper could mechanically generate random strings of words, which were then used (by humans) to create sentences.

The book was published in 1726.

This is often pointed to as the earliest reference to a word processor or computer, but it also reads like an accurate description of AI word generation.

In simplest terms, technology is designed to make life easier. Text generation — whether responses to technical
WIRED UK •

Irrigation system can grow crops with salt water

A British company has created an irrigation system that can grow crops using salt water.

The dRHS irrigation system consists of a network of sub-surface pipes, which can be filled with almost any water, whether pure, brackish, salted or polluted. The system can even take most industrial waste-water and use it without the need for a purification process.

The pipes are made from a plastic that retains virtually all contaminants while letting clean water through to the plants' roots.

It was desi
- Jumpstart Issue 9 (January/February 2016) •

Fintech Innovators champion Hong Kong as Asian hub

Financial Technology or FinTech is a relatively new term for centuries of innovation. The ATM, credit card and online banking are all technologies we take for granted. FinTech is now booming, its sweep is wide and it is innovating in the limelight. Startups are talking about their visions, whether to industry peers, universities or to the press, and governments and the traditional financial institutions are listening and engaging with them.
WIRED UK •

How to fight jet lag with science

So, you've arrived at LAX in time for lunch, but your body thinks that it's bedtime in London. Jim Waterhouse, professor of biological rhythms at Liverpool John Moores University, shares some of the more scientific approaches to combatting the gruelling effects of jet lag after a long-haul flight -- although common sense is also an essential tool.

You can gradually adjust your body clock before flying. If travelling west across eight time zones, go to bed an hour later and get up an hour later
WIRED UK •

Geneticists discover the 500-year-old yeast that gave us lager

Geneticists have discovered the wild yeast that is believed made possible cold-temperature fermentation -- and the creation of the first lager beers.

class="Apple-style-span">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/17/1105430108), researchers from Portugal, Argentina and the USA, have announced the discovery of a yeast, which they claim travelled across the Atlantic in, possibly, the belly of a fruit fly or on a piece of wood, to fuse with a d