Many factors are at work here — Why do we have such high expectations of how productive and energetic we should be? Partly, it is due to our exposure to social media which projects relentless positivity. Nobody can be lethargic or down as this just does not get you followers or friends. Of course, we all have…

How soon will an app be available? — While watching an Italian TV talk show last night, I listened to a biologist and journalist, Barbara Gallavotti, who was being interviewed. She spoke about how researchers at MIT were developing an app that could tell whether a person was an asymptomatic COVID-19 case or whether they were free of…

Dyslexia is often neglected and stigmatized — There are many myths and legends about dyslexia. You sometimes hear that kids just need to try harder at reading or that the main problem is that they reverse letters so that “b” becomes “d” and so on. In reality, only about 10% of kids with dyslexia have the problem…

It seems that teachers and parents are more worried about the sexual harassment of teens than the teenagers themselves. They are right to be worried as I will try to explain in this article. The sad fact, revealed in an Ofsted report in the UK shows that the whole sexual…

We are relying too much on body language — Have you seen those crazy videos? The ones that decode people’s body language while they are being interviewed. The experts call it the science of body language. Yes, of course, we all express fear, anger, and laughter by using facial expressions and other body movements. But these experts have gone…

Why are managers performing so badly? — I always expected my boss or manager to be an inspiring leader. Maybe I was expecting too much. In many cases, they left me wondering how on earth they had got where they were. There were a few glorious exceptions, thankfully. These were the tough leaders who led by example…

Sons and daughters can benefit enormously in the long term — I know I am biased because my mother was a working Mom. But I believe the skills we had to learn were invaluable as we grew up and later on in adulthood. Is there any evidence for this? I was very happy to read the Harvard study which confirmed my…

Politicians and experts are talking too much — I have reached breaking point. Every time I turn on the TV, there is a talk show and they are talking about you know what. That virus thing. I will not even mention it! There will be variations on what virologists, epidemiologists, immunologists, and politicians think now. …

The war with COVID-19 on the racing track — Here we are in one of the coldest places on the planet to watch the Special COVID-19 Vaccine Winter Olympics in January 2021. I am your host Robbie Jab for to-day. Yes, we are ahead of you because we have used our time machine. We are particularly excited for the…