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388 ViewsEd Dwight could have been the only black astronaut in the 1960s – but politics got in the way. In 2024, at the age of 90, he finally got his chance to go into orbit. Humanity has entered a new age of space tourism. For a minimum of $450,000 (£360,000), people with deep pockets…
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147 ViewsBlackheads are one of the most common forms of acne. Although people who have oily skin are more vulnerable to blackheads, anyone can get them.They form when pores become clogged with a combination of dead skin cells and excess oil (sebum) from your sebaceous glands. “The good news is that there is a cornucopia…
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12 ViewsAmerica’s foreign aid agency could see its staff slashed from about 10,000 to fewer than 300 globally as the Trump administration makes major cuts to government spending. All but a handful of essential staff are already set to be placed on administrative leave at midnight on Friday, including thousands based abroad. An online notice…
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49 ViewsIn their new paper, researchers led by Pellegrino Musto, a scientist working at Italy’s National Research Council in Pozzuoli, first simulated the egg-cooking process using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). CFD is the science of using computers to predict how liquids and gases flow based on the physical laws governing them, such as conservation of…
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401 ViewsScientists have cracked the perfect way to boil an egg – astonishingly, it takes half an hour. It is one of the undisputed facts of life that it is notoriously difficult to cook a perfectly boiled egg. Breakfasts can often be disappointing affairs when, after cracking the shell and dipping your toasted soldier into…
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22 ViewsThe Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. More than 47,550 people have been killed and 111,600 injured in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. Most…
387 ViewsIsrael’s defence minister has told its military to prepare a plan to “allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to leave to do so”, in line with President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over the territory and resettle its 2.1 million Palestinians elsewhere. Israel Katz said Gazans should have “freedom of…
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196 ViewsWhen Tom woke up to mysterious, scratchy bites every morning, he thought he had bed bugs—possibly from the homeless shelter he lovingly ran. But no matter how much he and his wife Clara treated their home and the shelter, the problem persisted. One night, Clara noticed something horrifying in Tom’s hair. As she screamed,…
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445 ViewsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US lawmakers at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, days after appearing with Donald Trump at the White House The visit came as Trump is later expected to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court later on Thursday for targeting the US and allies such as Israel,…
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