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  Relaxnews With the summer getaway just around the corner, Booking.com has given a selection of great destinations for families thinking of heading to Asia and Oceania. Here’s some food for thought for families still in search of the ideal vacation location. The accommodation booking giant has delved into its 91 million user reviews, gauging the opinion of experienced family …

  Madrid / DPA Work will begin in 2018 to build the largest radio telescope in the world. The Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, half located in Australia and the other half in southern Africa, will eventually become the world’s biggest single scientific instrument. Scientists hope to use the SKA to find answers to major astrophysical questions such as how …

  Larry Kim / TNS You’ve probably heard of models, celebrities, and others winning massive endorsement deals for including product placement or mentions in their Instagram posts. Wouldn’t that be crazy — earning millions for wearing awesome clothes, or posting pictures of yourself drinking beverages you probably would have been enjoying anyway? That’s obviously not a viable business plan for …

  Gelsenkirchen / DPA Standing on a cherry-picker 20 metres above the ground, his mouth covered by a mask, Den Geffert spray-paints graffiti on the concrete wall in front of him with quick, practised movements. It’s a big project — the air-raid shelter exterior is almost as big as two tennis courts turned on their sides. But Geffert, who goes …

  John Boitnott / TNS In businesses across the country, cubicle walls are coming down. New companies eliminate walls from the start. Employees can quickly scan the immediate area and locate fellow team members who are hard at work alongside them. By eliminating the need to send emails or wander the office searching for people, organizations are sure that teams …

  Havana / DPA The brand-new red cars are immediately conspicuous in Havana’s run-down streets. For decades, outsized 1950s-built US sedans have been among the dominant cars in Cuba and tourists love them. But at the sight of the sleek new Audis, many Cubans stop and wave to the German drivers in their half dozen vehicles. Audi’s new SUV, the …

  Michael Pryor / TNS From Zappo’s holacracy to all the startups touting their “flat org chart,” the backlash against management is getting out of hand. Many people see management as the opposite of “doers.” They think management sits around all day in their fancy corner offices, collecting accolades for work they didn’t even do. Yes, bad managers exist, but …

  Lisa Abeyta / TNS I recently had the opportunity to attend the Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas, both as a speaker about our mobile platform for cities as well as to learn about the latest innovations within the smart cities industry which spans a broad range of technologies and initiatives aimed at improving the efficiencies, security and …

  Mexico City / DPA Tiny veteran cars, plastic wrestling figures, trains, rag dolls, a horse carousel slot machine and a giant shark are just some on instantly lovable toys found in a one-of-a-kind Mexican museum. Located on the same street where its founder, collector Roberto Yukio Shimizu, grew up, the Mexican Antique Toy Museum collects the little playthings that …

  Amanda Pressner Kreuser / TNS For one reason or another, you’re itching to quit your job. Maybe you’ve maxed out your growth at your current company, you want to explore a totally new field, you’re feeling stifled by a new supervisor, or you’re ready to start your own business. The call for independence can be a pretty strong one, …