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Challenges That Lie Ahead

Readers Digest Australia

LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

NEWS WORTH SHARING

My Sister’s Laugh • I was crossing a busy street in a strange city when I heard something familiar

SMART ANIMALS • These happy creatures are on a mission to rescue – or be rescued

Why Cats Make Great Pets • Good companions and easy to look after

CHOOSING A CAT TO SUIT YOUR LIFESTYLE

Stress Migraines 7 Steps to Relief • Busy lives can put you under strain that can lead to stress migraines

Teach Your Memory to Perform Better

News From the WORLD OF MEDICINE

Kevin Kwan SOCIETY WIT • Best known for writing Crazy Rich Asians, the Singaporean-born author’s novels are a cultural phenomenon, soaring to the top of bestseller lists and inspiring a hit movie

Real Super Humans • You won’t believe the superpowered feats these men and women have pulled off

How to Build a Better Brain • New research shows that boosting your memory and brain cells doesn’t require technology or special supplements. The simple solution: stick to the basics

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing the Funny Side

THE GREAT TWEET OFF: SELLING AND BUYING EDITION • The folks of Twitter like to keep one hand on their phones, and the other on their wallets.

I Am Almonds… The Health Nut (Only Not)

GLORIOUS WHITE ALMOND GAZPACHO

SEE THE WORLD… …DIFFERENTLY

Loneliness, 2020’S OTHER HEALTH CRISIS • Maintaining regular social connections is essential, not just for our self-esteem, but also our all-round health

LIVING ON MY OWN • “It’s almost like having an empty bubble around you”

WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU’RE FEELING LONELY

LONELINESS RESOURCES • Need to talk? Here’s a list of organisations that can offer a listening ear.

LAUGHTER The Best Medicine

The Real-Life Lord of the Flies • Our expectations are that teenagers washed ashore on a deserted island would soon turn to barbarity. But what if we are wrong?

Before You Flush • We asked doctors for the inside scoop about poop to answer the questions you’d rather not ask

“I DIDN’T KNOW HOW LONG I’D SURVIVE” • With his leg caught in the sharp, whirling teeth of a gigantic corn conveyor and no one around to hear his screams, this farmer grabbed his pocketknife and did the unthinkable

10 GHOST SHIP MYSTERIES … that can’t be explained • These ghost ships aren’t home to phantom sailors, but they are equally mysterious, with crews that seemingly vanished in thin air

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • Humour on the Job

IMPERFECT FIT FOR THE JOB

What You Need to Know About VAPING • There is growing evidence that smoking e-cigarettes could be the next health threat for people young and old

DOES VAPING LEAD TO SMOKING?

Curtain CALL • Olly Mann recounts the joys of a well-packed theatre and wonders when the show will go on

SKYSCRAPERS OF THE WORLD • Why make tall buildings? Because we can. From all around the globe, these structures are feats of engineering marvel

How to measure buildings

10 Surprising Innovations from World War I

SEPARATED BY RELIGION • Balkan wars are still fought in Bosnia, only now in the school system

QUOTABLE QUOTES

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