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Blue Origin completes first space flight with wheelchair user

Blue Origin completes first space flight with wheelchair user

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at about 9:15 a.m. ET, and the capsule landed...

thebrunswicknews
Dec 20, 2025
technologytoplifestyle
Singaporeans who grew up in the 80s and 90s often display these 9 behaviors as adults

Singaporeans who grew up in the 80s and 90s often display these 9 behaviors as adults

From hoarding plastic bags like precious treasures to code-switching between languages mid-sentence, the generation that grew up watching Under One Roof carries deeply ingrained behaviors that reveal a fascinating psychological portrait of Singapore's transformation from kampung to metropolis.

siliconcanals.com
Dec 14, 2025
Lifestyle
The hidden emotional cost of being a “successful” Singaporean

The hidden emotional cost of being a “successful” Singaporean

Behind Singapore's gleaming success stories lies an epidemic of high-achievers crying in private, scheduling panic attacks between meetings, and discovering that checking every box on society's checklist only leads to an expensive kind of emptiness.

siliconcanals.com
Dec 14, 2025
Lifestyle
These 10 “broke” habits are why you feel stuck, even if you make good money

These 10 “broke” habits are why you feel stuck, even if you make good money

The invoice hit my account on a Friday afternoon. Five thousand pounds for a project I'd completed two months earlier. I should have felt relief. Instead, I felt the same tightness in my chest I'd had when I was living paycheck to paycheck in my twenties. That's when I realized something uncomfortable: I'd escaped being ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 13, 2025
Lifestyle
8 phrases highly intelligent parents use that build real confidence instead of entitlement

8 phrases highly intelligent parents use that build real confidence instead of entitlement

I watched a kid at a coffee shop throw a full-on tantrum because his mom wouldn't buy him a second pastry. He was maybe eight years old, screaming about how unfair it was, how all his friends got whatever they wanted, how she was the worst parent ever. Her response? “You're so smart and special. ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 13, 2025
Lifestyle
7 habits people mock as “stingy” that self-made millionaires swear by for building wealth

7 habits people mock as “stingy” that self-made millionaires swear by for building wealth

I remember my dad coming home from the factory with his packed lunch container, the same one he'd used for years. My mum would carefully save plastic bags, reuse aluminum foil, and plan meals around what was on sale at the supermarket. Growing up working-class outside Manchester, I watched my parents get mocked for these ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 11, 2025
Lifestyle
People who remain vibrant and energetic in their 70s usually avoid these 9 common habits

People who remain vibrant and energetic in their 70s usually avoid these 9 common habits

My grandmother ran a small bakery for forty years. She retired at seventy-two, not because she had to, but because she wanted to travel. At seventy-five, she was hiking in national parks. At seventy-eight, she was still cooking elaborate meals for family gatherings without breaking a sweat. Then there's my friend's dad, who retired at ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 11, 2025
Lifestyle
9 things successful people do before 8am that average people do after 9pm

9 things successful people do before 8am that average people do after 9pm

I used to believe mornings didn't matter all that much. Roll out of bed whenever, grab coffee, check my phone while still half-asleep. The day would unfold however it was going to unfold, right? Then I started interviewing founders and executives for articles, and I kept noticing this pattern. They'd mention something they did at ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 10, 2025
Lifestyle
7 pieces of boomer financial advice that actually make zero sense in 2025

7 pieces of boomer financial advice that actually make zero sense in 2025

I was having coffee with my sister last week when she mentioned our mum had called her up, worried sick. Why? Because my sister had just put down a deposit on a flat without saving the traditional 20%. “She kept saying I was being reckless,” my sister told me. “That I should wait until I ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 9, 2025
Lifestyle
7 morning habits that separate highly successful people from everyone else

7 morning habits that separate highly successful people from everyone else

For years, I thought my body waking me up at 6:45 AM without an alarm was just a quirk. Then I started interviewing people who'd built careers and lives they genuinely loved, and I noticed something. Almost all of them had figured out how to work with their mornings instead of fighting against them. These ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 7, 2025
Lifestyle
I interviewed 40 successful people and the same 8 habits appeared in almost every conversation

I interviewed 40 successful people and the same 8 habits appeared in almost every conversation

Success often looks mysterious from the outside.We assume people achieve great things because they’re unusually talented, exceptionally disciplined, or naturally confident. Some people imagine success comes from luck. Others think it’s the result of opportunity or privilege. But after interviewing 40 genuinely successful people—entrepreneurs, creatives, executives, athletes, and even a few retirees who built fulfilling ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 5, 2025
Lifestyle
9 signs a person has a lot of money in the bank, even if they seem lower-middle-class

9 signs a person has a lot of money in the bank, even if they seem lower-middle-class

I had a friend back when I was running my consultancy who drove a car older than most of my client relationships. Dressed like he shopped wherever was closest to his flat. Lived in a neighborhood that nobody would call aspirational. Then one day over coffee, he mentioned he'd just bought his third rental property. ... Read more

siliconcanals.com
Dec 5, 2025
Lifestyle