One Sentence Changed My Life: ‘You Have Early-Onset Alzheimer’s’
“In early 2012, I noticed a progressive decline in my memory function.”
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A Serious (and Gross) Reason to Take Your Shoes Off Inside Your Home
Should you have a no-shoes-in-the-house rule?
No dream win for Toomey on return
Jockey Brian Toomey was out of luck on his fairytale return to the saddle after a fall at Perth two years ago left him dead for six seconds, as he had to pull his mount Kings Grey up at Southwell.
Casillas 'seduced' by Porto
Iker Casillas says FC Porto’s “hunger” persuaded him to end his 25-year love affair with Real Madrid and move to the Portuguese club.
Bachasson a name to note
Bachasson looked a name to remember for the business end of the jumps season as he made a winning start for Willie Mullins in the Pet Stop Maiden Hurdle at Sligo.
Schweinsteiger explains exit
German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has released a heartfelt statement and video message explaining why he’s swapping Bayern Munich for Manchester United.
Barzalona swoops on Territories
Territories came from last to first to take the Prix Jean Prat from Jersey Stakes winner Dutch Connection.
How your smartphone distracts you even when you're not using it
How good are you at resisting the pull of the pings emitted by your smartphone on a daily basis? Turns out those alerts can be distracting whether or not we act on them. Academics from Florida State University have found that phone notifications make our minds wander, even if we don’t pick up the handset – we start thinking about what the alerts could be and how we might respond
Running Man of Tech: How to challenge people in Fiji to a cycle race from your garage
I’m going to be sweating forever I’m currently tapping this out in the back of my soon-to-be brother-in-law’s car as he takes me and my (now) fiancée to the airport for a week in New York. I’m sweating buckets because I tried to sneak in a quick interval run before we left, which meant I bolted in through the door with only a few minutes to go to disapproving looks
Explained: 11 tips for owning Twitter
Introduction For a social network with over 230 million users, Twitter can be surprisingly tough to get right. It’s a minefield of what should I tweet? When should I tweet? How often should I tweet? Who should I follow? Who should I unfollow? Who am I allowed to talk to? How does this work? Why am I here? What is the point? Where did I leave my shoe? Has anyone