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Follow 5 Simple Factors to Live about a Decade Longer

Follow 5 Simple Factors to Live about a Decade Longer

Researchers have found 5 ways to help you to live about a decade longer.  They studied 125,000 people for about 30 years, checking their health records, what they ate, how they exercised, and if they smoked.  They were asked to ...

Why Iranians Flee On False Passports

Most analysts do not believe the two Iranians who used stolen passports to board the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight were terrorists. So why were they on the plane? The most probable reason being... they were simply hoping to find a ...
Does Planet Nine Exist

Does ‘Planet Nine’ Exist?

Scientists say there may be a ninth planet out past Pluto at 8 billion miles from the sun.  Since its not within the gravitational pull of three of the big planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune it may go out ...

Horror over baby murder

Changchun, China The senseless killing of an infant has plunged China’s social media sites into another round of soul-searching. The baby was in a car stolen outside a grocery in northeastern China, and the carjacker admitted to strangling and burying ...
Teen Depression On The Rise

Teen Depression Becoming More Common

Researchers did a survey of about 170,000 teens and found out that 6% of the boys and 17% of the girls suffered some episodes of teen depression.  The number has risen from 4% of boys and 13% of girls since ...
U.S. debt

How U.S. debt went out of control

How did the U.S. debt get so high? The crucial turning point came back in 2001, said Lori Montgomery. At the time, Uncle Sam was actually running surpluses, and “the outlook was so rosy” that forecasters were predicting the U.S ...
The World’s Healthiest Hearts

The World’s Healthiest Hearts

In the rain forests of Bolivia, the Tsimane people say that they have the healthiest hearts in the world.  This is due to their diet of complex carbohydrates like rice, plantains, and corn with an addition of wild game and ...
Two individuals ziplining across a cable with clouds in the background.

Zipline Injuries

The more ziplining becomes popular the more injuries are soaring.  A study shows that the rise between 2009 and 2012 rose about 50% where kids under the age of 9 rose about 45% of that number.  Most of the injuries ...

Planes disappear in Germany

Bratislava, Slovakia At least a dozen planes briefly disappeared from Central European radar screens on two occasions last week, and nobody knows why. Air traffic controllers in Slovakia, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic reported that radar information on positions ...
Thai Officials Close Bangkok Schools Due To Toxic Dust

Thai Officials Close Bangkok Schools Due To Toxic Dust

The Ministry of Education announced that due to high levels of air pollution that they are closing schools in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.  Private schools are not required to close but are recommended to do so for the health of ...