Interesting Links for 25-11-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Britain is one of the world's richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty?

(tags:uk poverty children )

2. Brexit costing the UK up to £90bn in lost tax a year, new analysis shows (People are around £3k per year worse off)

(tags:uk europe OhForFucksSake )

3. Footage of Japan's new train zooming down the track at 310mph leaves spectators speechless

(tags:trains magnets Japan video )

4. Five pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study (0-9, 9-32, 32-66, 66-83, 83+)

(tags:development brain age )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

You know that’s five pivotal ages not four, right?

[andrewducker]

I'm at the stage of life where I can't count.

[andrewducker]

Also, thank you, fixed.

[andrewducker]

Having looked at the BBC's headline I can see where the confusion happened.

[simont]

Ah, yes – four pivotal ages, giving rise to five age ranges. World's oldest cause of off-by-one errors!