A larger asteroid is expected to come comparatively close to Earth on Saturday evening. The celestial body will be only about 168,000 kilometres from our planet at its nearest point, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The moon is more than twice that distance from Earth. The flyby can be observed with binoculars or a telescope. While asteroids fly by Earth occasionally, Saturday night’s event is rare. The recently discovered celestial body, 2023 DZ2, is about 40 to 100 meters across. According to the U.S. space agency NASA, it…
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BSA Officers for 2023-2024 Elected
Vienna, 19 March 2023 – At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, 19 March 2023, Bikol Society Austria (BSA) elected its Officers for 2023-2024 as follows: President – Maria Zelda “Marizel” Rojas Vice President – Nelia “Ning” Lobrigo Secretary – Sarah Jozelle Rojas Treasurer – Noemi Callo Auditor – Roselie “Rose” Decena PRO – Audrey Tzakovski Also chosen to be Hermana Mayor for 2023 were Lolita Kaszuba and Nelia “Ning” Lobrigo. Lolit Kaszuba, Ning Lobrigo, Noemi Callo, Marizel Rojas, Sarah Jozelle Rojas, Audrey Tzakovski, Rose Decena BSA is a…
Read MoreXBB.1.16 “Arcturus” on the rise – how virologists assess the variant
WHO expert warns against new corona variant “Arcturus.” The whole world must be seriously worried – so dramatically, an Indian researcher warned about the Corona variant XBB.1.16. It also bears the name “Arcturus.” Is the excitement justified? How dangerous is it? It is named after the brightest star in the northern sky: Arcturus, the new omicron subvariant XBB.1.16. However, the expressions of some researchers are darkening with their appearance. That’s because this variant has caused infection rates in India to rise 281 percent in 14 days – and death rates…
Read MoreLights out for the climate: March 25 is “Earth Hour”
Earth Hour” has become one of the world’s largest climate and environmental protection campaigns in recent years. On Saturday, March 25, the lights will be turned off for one hour for the climate for the 17th time. “Time out for the earth”: when “Earth Hour” will rise in 2023.Setting an example in the face of the climate crisis by turning off the lights in households and public buildings for one hour originated almost 20 years ago at the Australian branch of the environmental protection organization WWF (World Wide Fund for…
Read MoreFee for Austrian Television ORF (GIS) – new fee for all is now fixed
After years of discussion, the time has finally come: the GIS-Aus is coming, and instead, there will now be a household levy. The coalition is in agreement. The end of the GIS fee was already considered decided, but negotiations between the ÖVP and the Greens on the concrete design of the new budget levy were still going on until the very end. Instead of the GIS, the household tax will now be fixed. It must be paid by all four million households, regardless of whether they consume ORF or not.…
Read MoreAfter a disbursement error, 200,000 pensioners will get an additional payment
Although the government had fixed a bonus for pensioners, those with small pensions were paid too little. This is now changing. On March 1, the federal government launched a new cash bonus – this time for the 1.8 million pensioners in the country. They were to receive a direct payment of up to 500 euros as emergency aid against the enormous price increases. The cost is part of the 2023 pension increase, which raised incomes on a socially graduated basis. For recipients of a compensatory allowance (minimum pension), this should…
Read MoreTemperature drop by 20 degrees – winter comes back
The temperature plunged by almost 20 degrees. Now it’s going to get uncomfortable once again! Meteorologists are predicting a significant drop in temperatures over the next few days. While almost summery 21 degrees were still measured in Linz on Thursday, it’s going steeply downhill in the next few days. On Friday, it starts; in the morning, some clouds move across the country, but it remains dry. Temperatures will once again become spring-like. At noon, it can be a very mild 14 to 20 degrees. The temperature will drop hourly in…
Read MorePollen season has started: new app aims to help allergy sufferers mitigate the effects
“With quite a bit of force” and “earlier than usual,” the pollen season has started this year. Allergy sufferers are suffering more and more from the consequences of climate change. A new app aims to help them mitigate the effects. The intensity of the burden can not yet be predicted, emphasized the Austrian Pollen Warning Service of MedUni Vienna and the information platform Interessensgemeinschaft Allergenvermeidung (IGAV ) on Tuesday. The reason for this is climate change, which confuses plants and affects people with pollen allergies and asthma. Higher temperatures change…
Read MoreFatty and Sweet foods affect the activity of the brain
Many people find it hard to keep their hands off chocolate, potato chips and chips. As a new study shows, fatty and sweet foods strongly activate the reward system in the brain. That’s how the unhealthy preference develops, it says. “Our tendency to eat foods high in fat and sugar, the so-called Western diet, could be innate or develop due to obesity. However, we think that the brain learns this preference,” says first author Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research in Cologne, explaining the study’s…
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