Makeup & Skincare

40 YEARS LATER: THE LOSS OF THE MARINE ELECTRIC

06 SEPT 2023  At midnight on February 12, 1983, the 605-foot cargo ship Marine Electric was sailing northward 30 miles off Virginia’s eastern shore, plowing slowly through the gale-force winds and waves stirred up by a winter storm. An able-bodied seaman relieved the watch and peered forward, noticing for the first time …

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS MAY BE FAILING IN THE TROPICS AS TEMPERATURES SOAR

03 SEPT 2023 Forests, it’s often said, are the lungs of Earth. Tall trees stretch skyward to find sunlight, sucking water up from their roots and carbon dioxide in through their leaves to photosynthesize. Like any chemical reaction, this elemental exchange works best within an optimal temperature range, outside of which …

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JAPAN PUSHES THE BUTTON ON FUKUSHIMA WATER DUMP, DESPITE BACKLASH

02 SEPT 2023 ​Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday (24th August, 2023), prompting a furious China to ban all seafood imports from its neighbour.​ The start of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of water over several …

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RO-RO CARGO SHIP FOR EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY “UNFURLS” ITS SAILS

29 AUG 2023  Canopée, which is being called the first hybrid industrial vessel equipped with collapsible wing sails, is ready to begin commercial service for the European Space Agency’s Ariane program. The 5,500 dwt Ro-Ro was fitted with its unique sails last month and has completed sea trials as it …

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TWO MISSING AS JAPANESE CARGO SHIP CAPSIZES IN COLLISION WITH CONTAINERSHIP

27 AUG 2023  A small Japanese interisland cargo ship capsized after colliding with a Greek-managed containership while transiting the busy Kii Channel in southeastern Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard is reporting that three crewmembers were rescued and transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, while a search is ongoing for …

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HAS THE WAR IN UKRAINE CHANGED THE ODDS OF A CROSS-STRAIT CONFLICT?

26 AUG 2023  U.S. defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control over the breakaway province – which has been beyond Beijing’s control since the founding of the People’s …

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BOXSHIP COMPLETES TRIP FROM UKRAINE AS TURKEY WARNS RUSSIA ON INTERVENTION

23 AUG 2023 The first international ship to break out of the Ukrainian seaports on the Black Sea arrived in Turkey around midnight on August 17 without incident. Ukrainian officials were calling the Black Sea transit a breakthrough while Turkey said it had warned Russia about further approaches to merchant …

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SCIENTISTS REVEAL THE 2 BEST EXERCISES TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

21 AUG 2023 If you were told to do more exercise to lower your blood pressure, you might think you’d need break out you running gear or hit the weights. But one of us (Jamie) recently published research that found exercises that you hold in a static position, such as planks and …

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MICROWAVING ‘SAFE’ PLASTICS CAN RELEASE BILLIONS OF PARTICLES, SCIENTISTS WARN

20 AUG 2023 Billions of nanometer-wide particles can be released from plastic containers into the food they’re holding when they’re microwaved, a new study reveals. A team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US ran experiments using baby food containers made from polypropylene and polyethylene, which are both approved as safe to use …

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SHORTEST WORKOUT EVER: 3 SECONDS OF EXERCISE 3 TIMES A WEEK GROWS MUSCLE 08 August 2023

19 AUG 2023                         Bicep curls aren’t the only way to strengthen your arm muscles. A recent study demonstrates an effective alternative technique that achieves results after just three seconds of working out three times a week. That’s just 36 seconds of weight work over the course of a month, according …

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