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Why flights taking more time than before
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Crack in Earth's magnetic field
Earth is such a habitable place, thanks in no small part to the vast magnetic field that surrounds our planet, shielding us from harsh solar winds and cosmic radiation.But scientists have been investigating one of the most powerful geomagnetic storms in recent history, and they’ve discovered...
Strange but true
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Traits of perfect lover/husband/father
The qualities of a good husband are too many to list. Having a beneficial spouse not only makes your life better and more rewarding, but it enriches the lives of your children and even your extended family. It's hard to list everything that goes into a making a man a solid marital partner...
Tips for happiness
You can make your life happier. It is a matter of choice.It is your attitude that makes you feel happy or unhappy.We meet various situations every day, and some of them may not contribute to happiness. However, we can choose to keep thinking about the unhappy events, and we can choose to...
Journo who broke the news of world war 2 dies
Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105.The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong announced her death, calling her a beloved member with...
Start working out now or you may not
What do you do when you’re trying to start a new workout routine?Maybe you’ve been training your entire life and just want a new exercise to keep things fresh. Or maybe you’re getting started with exercise for the first time and don’t know how to start working out. Either way, starting...
This kills viruses, fungus and bacteria instantly
Understanding the difference between bacteria, fungus and virus will help with the diagnosisPlant diseases can be difficult to diagnose. So often, they display the same symptoms as plants that are perfectly healthy, except for stresses imposed upon them by our poor cultural practices. When...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
We are made of stars
The theory that everyone and everything on Earth contains minuscule star particles dates back further than Moby's popular 2002 song "We Are All Made of Stars."In the early 1980s, astronomer Carl Sagan hosted and narrated a 13-part television series called "Cosmos" that aired on PBS. On...
Vitamin C kills cancerous cells
Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is because it has often been used in a way that guarantees failure.Most vitamin C therapies involve taking the substance orally. However, the UI scientists have shown that giving vitamin...
Telescopes get modified to find aliens
A huge telescope in Chile is going to be modified so that it can look for aliens.The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope will be altered so that it can better look for potentially inhabitable and inhabited planets in Alpha Centauri, the star system that is closest to Earth.The...
