Article Published by: bbc.com Smallpox was a terrible disease. “Your body would ache, you’d have high fever, a sore throat, headaches and difficulty breathing,” says epidemiologist René Najera, editor of the History of Vaccines website. But that wasn’t the worst of it. “On top of that, you’d get a...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Is it an asteroid? Could it be “space junk?” A strange object in space dubbed asteroid “2020 SO” will today be captured by Earth’s orbit and become, for a short while, a “mini-moon.” It’s not a “doomsday rock” and it poses no danger, but...
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Article Published by: traveloffthepath.com Mexico and the Dominican Republic are the top destinations for Americans looking to escape the cold this winter. Travel Off Path polled our community of readers and found that over 78% of Americans looking for a warm getaway this winter will visit either...
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Article Published by: espn.com Cory Sandhagen, like many other UFC fighters, wasn't able to go to his gym early this year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, the bantamweight contender was home, working striking techniques on an inanimate "body opponent bag." One of...
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Article Published by: space.com Europe's new telescope studying alien planets has created its first detailed portrait of a world, and it's a weird one: hot and tilted around a warped star. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, nicknamed CHEOPS, in December; the spacecraft...
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Article Published by: bbc.com Putting play before work may seem irresponsible, but experts argue that this counterintuitive move might actually make you more productive in the long run. Mozart was out drinking one day when his friends became uneasy. It was 3 November, 1787 in Prague and...
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Article Published by: fieldandstream.com Our expert weighs in on some misconceptions about how to live through real-life survival scenarios. Spend enough time in the outdoors, and you’re bound to wonder how you would handle a true survival scenario. Could you gather and forage enough food? Could you...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin prices have declined over roughly the last 24 hours, falling back after reaching a recent high of more than $12,000 yesterday on CoinDesk. After dropping to as little as $11,217.45 earlier this morning, the digital currency has been trading between $11,200 and...
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Article Published by: cnn.com Cork, Ireland (CNN Business)Global honey bee populations are in decline, putting the world's food supply under pressure. But new technologies could help beekeepers counter the threat. You might think of beekeepers as mere honey producers, but they are part of a growing trade...
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Article Published by: space.com It's like somebody put Jupiter under a blacklight. A new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the solar system's largest planet in surprising pastel hues. The image, captured on Aug. 25, combines data in ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light to give researchers a...
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