How strong your grip is says a lot about your health

Grip strength declines with many health conditions. Lars Hallstrom/ Shutterstock The human hand is remarkable. Not only does it allow us to throw, grab, climb and pick things up, it can also be a measure of health. Using hand-grip strength – which assesses the amount of force a person canContinue Reading

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IPL 2020: MS Dhoni’s animated reaction from behind the stumps led to umpire change his decision.© Twitter Harbhajan Singh found a funny side to the incident from Tuesday when during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on-field umpire Paul ReiffelContinue Reading

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The scale of US election spending explained in five graphs

The amount of money spent on US elections eclipses the annual total economic output of some small countries. The total spending by candidates, political parties and independent campaign groups in the 2016 race was US$6.5 billion – comparable to the GDP that year of Monaco, Kosovo or Liechtenstein, and moreContinue Reading

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IPL 2020, RCB vs KXIP: Chris Morris bowls during his side’s fixture against Chennai Super Kings© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore presently seem top have the best bowling attack in IPL 2020. While Navdeep Saini and Isuru Udana hade been doing well, with Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar manning the spinContinue Reading

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The Caribbean’s case for reparations: Part II · Global Voices

Reparatory justice: ‘The greatest political movement of the 21st century’ The slave trade triangle; photo by Ben Sutherland on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. The text reads: “During the 1700s Britain was the leading slave-trading nation. A half of all Africans transported across the Atlantic into slavery were carried in BritishContinue Reading

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