It’s not just good manners to cover your cough. Doing so helps reduce the spread of germs including the highly contagious influenza virus. The flu and some other infections are spread through microscopic water droplets expelled from an infected person, commonly through …
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By Kevin Zhang Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the Democratic Progressive Party, the ruling party of Taiwan, after facing a multitude of local election losses on Saturday, in which voters elected officials from the opposition Nationalist Kuomintang party …
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Radiation and radioactive materials are part of our environment. The radiation in the environment comes from both cosmic radiation that originates in outer space, and from radioactive materials that occur naturally in the earth and in our own bodies. Together, these are …
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By Kevin Zhang Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes had been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors of her blood testing start-up company that was once valued at over $9 bn USD. The former Silicon Valley CEO had falsely claimed …
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We’ve come a long way with vehicle safety. Up until the early 1950s, many cars didn’t come with a seatbelt at all. Even though Texas laws require car drivers to wear their seatbelts at all times, many people ignore this safety precaution, …
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By Kevin Zhang Divers have found a large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than 30 years after the tragic explosion killed seven people. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center announced the finding …
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Though it may seem harmless, rubbing your eyes is something many of us do from time to time. Doing so feels good because it stimulates tear flow and eye lubrication, which offers relief for dry eyes and helps remove dust and other …
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