Building societies launch better-paying branch-based savings accounts

High Street savings comeback: Building societies launch spate of better-paying branch-based accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 Savers wary of running their accounts online have been given a glimmer of hope. Building societies have launched a spate of better-paying branch-based … Read more

Building societies paying up to 1.65% while big banks offer just 0.01%

For canny savers it pays to go local: Building societies paying up to 1.65% while big banks offer just 0.01% By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 Savers can fare much better with local building societies than with the big banks. Building … Read more

Professor warns space exploration will spark totalitarian societies equipped with nuclear weapons

Space agencies across the world are working tirelessly to design the best ships and technologies at a chance to claim a stake of the final frontier for their country. Although it may seem like an act of national pride, a professor from Johns Hopkins University warns that space expansion may lead to the extinction of … Read more

Valuable axes from German burial site suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as thought

Valuable stone axes discovered at a 6,000-year old hilltop burial site in Germany suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as previously thought The two rare weapons were found at a tumulus site west of Frankfurt in the 1880s Experts have linked them to a burial mound recently found at the neolithic site The presence of … Read more

Societies with male majority ‘more stable’ because they keep negative emotions in check

Societies where men are in the majority are ‘more stable’ because they keep negative emotions in check to attract women, research suggests Psychologists have looked into the dynamics of a majority male presence  Research finds men take more risks when outnumbered by women in a group  When women are the majority men more likely to … Read more