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Brain Function Declines After Retirement
Brain function could decrease in seniors after retirement. If you are looking forward to a more leisurely retirement after years of working you may need to think about this. It’s been researched that when the working brain becomes the retired ...
TOXIC HAZE IN BIRLING GAP, UK
While sunning themselves on the Birling Gap Beach, some tourists noticed that there was a haze coming across the beach. As it reached them, they started coughing and choking. They told the authorities that it smelled like chlorine. The people ...
Acknowledging Beijing’s Pollution
The smog which suffocates Beijing has gotten so bad that the Chinese media has concluded that something must be done. Poor visibility has led to canceled flights and highway closings. The level of particulates in the air topped 35 times ...
Asteroid Deflection Mission Launched By NASA
NASA has initiated the DART mission, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. It was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California to study the effects of asteroid deflection as a method to save the Earth from future devastating collisions by ...
Smoking Causes Schizophrenia in Newborns
In a study of women who smoke and their pregnancies they determined that there is a large possibility that the infant may have develop schizophrenia. Researchers found that if the women smoked cigarettes or used smokeless tobacco this could also ...
How Russians differ from Ukrainians
Kiev is putting Moscow to shame, said Yulia Latynina. Even after riot police beat up protesters last week, 1 million Ukrainians took to the squares to protest their president’s foreign policy. By contrast, Moscow, a city four times as large, ...
The Deafening Silence On Gun Control In America
There is a deafening and horrific silence in the USA about the problem of gun control, Piers Morgan told the Today program, responding to US radio host Alex Jones' defence of guns. "The product of this demented attitude is you ...
WHAT’S THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR COUNTRY?
A BBC poll surveyed more than 26,000 people around the world to rate their perception of 16 countries and the E.U. Here's the ranking for nations viewed as “mainly positive.” ...
Do You Have a Powerful Handshake?
When John F. Kennedy was running for president, he commissioned a study to find out the most effective handshake. A firm handshake shows that you are assure of yourself, but not with a crushing handshake. If you have a limp ...
Selfies Are Killing People
Records show that about 73 people have died from taking selfies and in that 76% were men. People don’t pay attention to what they are doing or what is around them when they are taking these selfies and end up ...
