Riots in Spain over new government mandate
Spain’s new conservative government approved sweeping Labour market reforms as part of a drive to revive a sick economy and solve Europe’s worst unemployment nightmare…a jobless rate of nearly 23 per cent. The plan is to encourage companies to hire more people by cutting government mandated severence packages and offering tax breaks for taking on … [Read the full story]
A wee whisky
The creation designer James Gilpin, the biomedical tipple – named “Gilpin Family Whisky” – is created using the high-sugar urine produced by elderly diabetes patients, including Gilpin’s own grandmother. Gilpin – who is himself diabetic – filters the urine using the same processes used to purify water, removing the sugars in the process, which are … [Read the full story]
