3 Good Things: Pay transparency, an amusing airport, fetal food


Closing the pay hole

It’s only a few digits, however they matter: California has handed a legislation that may require employers with greater than 14 staff to reveal wage ranges in each job posting. That goals to slim the pay disparity between white and nonwhite staff, and between women and men. One purpose these pay gaps have continued is that candidates hardly ever know what their friends are being paid — however that gained’t be such a problem after the legislation takes impact Jan. 1.

Singapore thinks huge

Lengthy referred to as the “world’s greatest airport,” Changi in Singapore is about to have a development spurt — an enormous one. The Terminal 5 growth, delayed by the pandemic however now aiming to open in a few decade, will double the scale of this journey hub. That is the airport that introduced us a 40-meter indoor waterfall and a butterfly backyard, to not point out a swimming pool and an 11-screen IMAX movie show, so I can hardly guess what might be included in Changi 2.0. We should always all attempt to plan some lengthy layovers within the 2030s.

Carrots for the fetus, please

Fetuses reply to the style of meals, independently of how the pregnant ladies really feel about an merchandise. A examine utilizing ultrasounds and capsules of powdered meals discovered that fetuses at 32 to 36 weeks’ gestation would smile after the pregnant ladies swallowed carrot capsules or frown after kale capsules. The capsules dissolved solely after they reached the small gut, so the ladies weren’t tasting the meals and affecting the fetuses’ responses. The idea is {that a} girl’s weight loss program throughout being pregnant may form a toddler’s meals preferences for all times. Who is aware of? For now, it’s fascinating sufficient to be taught that fetuses don’t like kale.

And yet another …

Our honest state has an exquisite autumn, and the Los Angeles Occasions has helpfully rounded up dozens of the way to take advantage of it: “43 greatest California experiences so as to add to your fall bucket listing.”