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The forgotten war heroes who left their own countries to help others – and were never thanked
It may come as a surprise that many who fought to save Europe from nazism and fascism in the Spanish civil war and second world war were regarded in their own time as enemy aliens, undesirables, criminals and terrorists – in the words of one of them, Arthur Koestler, “theContinue Reading
Eight ways to quit smoking in 2021 – what the science says
Image Point Fr/Shutterstock Lots of people are greeting the new year with plans to quit smoking. The good news is, there is more evidence than ever on the best ways to boost your chances of success. Below we cover the different methods that science suggests are worth a shot. 1.Continue Reading
Long COVID: who is at risk?
fizkes/Shutterstock For most people, infection with SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – leads to mild, short-term symptoms, acute respiratory illness, or possibly no symptoms at all. But some people have long-lasting symptoms after their infection – this has been dubbed “long COVID”. Scientists are still researching long COVID.Continue Reading
How we cook changed during lockdown – and we can learn from this for life after the pandemic
oliveromg/Shutterstock Before the pandemic, we were cooking less and less. Research suggests that a decline was underway in home cooking, cooking skills and confidence in a number of countries including the UK to the USA, Canada and Australia. Public health agencies were increasingly promoting cooking from scratch because of itsContinue Reading
SETI: new signal excites alien hunters – here’s how we could find out if it’s real
Parkes radio telescope. CSIRO/wikipedia, CC BY-SA The US$100m (£70m) Breakthrough Listen Initiative, funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, has identified a mysterious radio signal that seems to come from the nearest star to the Sun – Proxima Centauri. This has generated a flood of excitement in the press and amongContinue Reading
Don’t compromise dairy performance by underestimating mycotoxin contamination
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Confident Tyson Fury Says He Will Knock Out Anthony Joshua Inside Two Rounds | Boxing News
Tyson Fury said on Monday he can knock out fellow British world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua inside two rounds due to his recent form. WBC belt holder Fury said following Joshua’s past two bouts — a unanimous points decision over Andy Ruiz Junior in December 2019 and a ninth-round stoppageContinue Reading
Five tips to help you keep exercising this new year
Try choosing exercise you enjoy. Andrey_Popov/ Shutterstock Exercising more is one of the most common new year resolutions people make. But more than a quarter of people fail to keep their resolutions, and only half maintain some of them. But if that still sounds daunting, here are five tips thatContinue Reading
China’s new civil code has angered feminists – the Chinese Communist Party is now trying to appease them
China’s first ever civil code came into effect on January 1 2021. Replacing a raft of other laws covering issues from marriage, to inheritance, adoption and property, it has binding authority over all civil disputes. A unified civil code has been on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political agenda sinceContinue Reading
Angioplasty On Sourav Ganguly’s Two Other Coronary Blockages To Be Done At A “Later Stage” | Cricket News
The nine-member medical board of Woodlands hospital, where former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is admitted, concluded after their meeting on Monday that angioplasty on Ganguly’s two other coronary blockages, LAD and OM2, will be done at a later stage. A special ‘Sourav Ganguly Lounge’ has beenContinue Reading