Best fixed savings deals: Rates begin to nudge higher

Fixed rate savings deals are on average paying the highest returns seen since December 2020, suggesting they are heading in the right direction. Average fixed rates rose monthly for the first time since October 2020, according to Moneyfacts, while choice grew to the highest number seen this year. The average fixed-rate one year bond rose … Read more

No10 ‘nudge’ unit suggests paper wristbands for those Covid-negative

Britons who test negative for Covid should wear paper wristbands to show they don’t have the virus, Number 10’s nudge unit says Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was sent to watch mass testing in Slovakia Paper wristbands could be used to allow Covid-free people to get back to normal They added incentives for getting swabs needed … Read more

Britons who test negative for Covid should wear paper wristbands, Number 10’s nudge unit says

Britons who test negative for Covid should wear paper wristbands to show they don’t have the virus, Number 10’s nudge unit says Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was sent to watch mass testing in Slovakia Paper wristbands could be used to allow Covid-free people to get back to normal They added incentives for getting swabs needed … Read more

NASA designs necklace that simulates a nudge when a person attempts to touch their face

NASA designs necklace that simulates a nudge when a person attempts to touch their face to help limit the spread of the coronavirus NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is helping people avoid hand to face contact The agency’s wearable omits a pulse when the wearer tries to touch their face It has a proximity sensor and … Read more

Sea lion joins in with surfers and even gives one a helpful nudge with its flipper

Sea lion joins in with surfers and even gives one a helpful nudge with its flipper as he catches a wave off of Australia Photographer Nick Thake, from Perth, Australia, took the images showing a sea lion touching the surfer   Nick, 37, visited North Beach last week hoping to get an image of surf when … Read more