Should I drop my private health insurance during the pandemic?

Apr 30, 2020 08:41 am UTC| Life Health

Many Australians, especially those experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19, are asking whether they can afford to keep their private health insurance. Others dont know if they should drop or downgrade their...

Empty pews take a financial toll on many US congregations

Apr 30, 2020 08:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

As some 350,000 American churches and other houses of worship scramble to meet the spiritual and increasingly material needs of their members remotely, they are doing so on a tighter budget than usual. Thats because...

Four video games to boost your mood

Apr 21, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Life

In her book How Games Move Us (2016), computer games researcher Katherine Isbister writes that her friends and colleagues believe that gaming might numb peoples emotions. Given the possible connection between games and...

How to celebrate Easter under lockdown

Apr 11, 2020 04:36 am UTC| Life

With churches closed and annual pilgrimages cancelled, Christians across the world are wondering how to give thanks to God this Easter. And not just Christians think also of Chreasters. Do you attend church only at...

Why Canadians and Americans are buying guns during the coronavirus pandemic

Apr 09, 2020 04:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in gun sales. Estimates based on background checks show that an estimated 2.6 million guns were sold in the United States in March. That is an 85 per cent increase over the same...

Homeschooling during coronavirus: five ways to teach children about climate change

Apr 08, 2020 12:57 pm UTC| Life

Schools around the world have closed in reponse to the COVID-19 pandemic, so many families are finding themselves thrust into homeschooling. Parents are figuring out how to teach their children subjects like mathematics...

Social distancing and exercise: are active video games the solution?

Apr 04, 2020 07:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The social distancing measures and self-isolation initiated by the coronavirus pandemic has left people looking for new ways to exercise at home. Could active video games (AVGs) such as Pokemon Go and the recent hit Ring...