27 MAY 2025 A few years ago, a social media trend challenged people to see if they could stand up from the floor without using their hands. Now, it’s all about how long you can balance on one leg while brushing your teeth. These quirky “tests” promise to tell us …
Read More »THESE 3 COMMON SPICES COULD BE INTERFERING WITH YOUR MEDICATION
25 MAY 2025 A sprinkle of cinnamon on your porridge, a pinch of turmeric in your curry, or a dash of ginger in your biscuits – these popular spices are kitchen staples around the world. For centuries, spices haven’t just been used to flavor food but also valued in traditional …
Read More »END OF THE UNIVERSE COULD COME ‘MUCH SOONER’ THAN WE THOUGHT
24 MAY 2025 A new calculation of the end of the Universe suggests that the end of all things will come a lot sooner than our previous calculations indicated. Once the Hawking-like radiation emitted by everything in the Universe is taken into account, the functional end of the Universe is …
Read More »THIS DRUG REDUCES SYMPTOMS BEFORE A MIGRAINE STRIKES, STUDY SHOWS
23 MAY 2025 A migraine drug called ubrogepant doesn’t just reduce the severity of a migraine attack – it also dials down the non-headache symptoms in the prodrome: the hours leading up to the main event. That’s the conclusion reached after a large clinical trial tested hundreds of migraine patients …
Read More »SHINGLES VACCINE CAN REDUCE RISK OF STROKE AND HEART ATTACK, STUDY FINDS
22 MAY 2025 A new study highlights a perhaps unexpected way to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease: getting vaccinated against shingles. Cardiovascular disease – involving the heart or blood vessels – is by far humanity’s leading cause of death. It kills about 18 million people globally each year, mostly …
Read More »USCG RESCUES TWO MARINERS MISSING FOR MORE THAN 100 HOURS
17 MAY 2025 The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting a successful conclusion to an intensive search and rescue mission that had been underway for four days after a small boat was reported overdue. The 47-foot vessel named Lucky Harvest was finally located more than 100 miles west/southwest of Guam. Authorities …
Read More »WITH 90-DAY TARIFF WINDOW, IMPORTERS RUSH TO GET CHINESE GOODS
17 MAY 2025 Following the newly-announced pause on the White House’s 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods, many American importers are rushing to pay a lesser amount and get their goods into the United States now, avoiding the risk that the levy might go up again in future negotiations with Beijing. Many …
Read More »AGING VESSELS, MANNING, AND TRAINING ISSUES AFFECT SEAFARERS’ HAPPINESS
11 MAY 2025 While crew satisfaction has stabilized, the latest edition of the Seafarer Happiness Index highlights the strains from aging vessels, safe manning issues, and a lack of training among the key concerns of seafarers. The quarterly survey run by The Mission to Seafarers, in collaboration with Idwal and …
Read More »MEN TEND TO FALL IN LOVE FASTER THAN WOMEN, NEW STUDY SHOWS
13 MAY 2025 It sets your heart racing, it puts butterflies in your stomach, and is a non-stop distraction for your mind – but that feeling we call love is something men fall into more quickly than women, according to new research. A team of researchers in Australia and New …
Read More »SOME PROFESSIONS HAVE MUCH LOWER RATES OF SUICIDE. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?
12 MAY 2025 One reason teachers have a low suicide rate may be that they find meaning in their jobs. (StockPlanets/Getty Images) Where you work affects your risk of dying by suicide. For example, loggers, musicians and workers in the oil and gas industries have much higher rates of suicide …
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