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Daylight saving time starts on Sunday, March 26, 2023

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On the last Sunday in March – i.e. this weekend – the clock will be turned again. The hands will jump from 2:00 to 3:00 in Europe – although the change between normal and daylight saving time should already have become obsolete. After the topic caused a stir in Europe a little more than four years ago with a proposal from the EU Commission, it has become quiet again: a changeover to only summer or winter is not in sight. Indeed, the ball is still in the court of the…

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1,000 children die every day due to dirty drinking water

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Dirty drinking water and a lack of sanitation infrastructure are endangering the lives of many adolescents worldwide, according to the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF. “Every day, over 1,000 children under the age of five die worldwide from diseases caused by dirty water, lack of sanitation and poor hygiene,” UNICEF said Monday in New York. In total, 190 million children are at risk in ten African countries, according to UNHCR.The situation is most difficult in the West and Central African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali,…

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The 8 best-known myths about fasting

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Although fasting is as old as humanity, numerous myths still surround ascetic renunciation.Since the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2023, many people have started to fast until Good Saturday- April 8, 2023. Many people want to do without meat, alcohol or sweets. While with some, a religious conviction is behind it; others want to lose weight. But is fasting suitable at all for losing weight? Check out these and other theories. “Fasting means not eating anything.“Fasting is often associated with abstaining from solid food. Therapeutic fasting…

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Is sweating at night unhealthy?

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If you wake up more often with sweats or sweat more than usual at night, you might want to get this clarified.Sweaty nights – even though you’re alone in bed? If you often have to deal with sweaty sheets, you know it’s insanely uncomfortable, exhausting and tiring. However, if you regularly sweat profusely at night, there could be an underlying health problem. There is a wide range of possibilities here, but which one is the real reason? If it doesn’t happen often, an expert explained to “Glamour,” it shouldn’t be…

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17 degrees on Monday: this week’s temperatures rise to 21 degrees

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The weather shows its friendly and mild side in the new week. At the beginning of the new week, a foothill of the Scandinavian low “Gerson” quickly moves off to the east. From the west, the high “Kali” gradually influences the Alpine region’s weather pattern. The weather thus calms down permanently. In addition, Austria moves into the forefield of a new, powerful low-pressure complex near the British Isles in the latest week. The current thus turns to the southwest, and significantly warmer air masses of Mediterranean origin are brought into…

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World Happiness Report: Austria lands in eleventh place

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The global perception of happiness has not changed despite crises. This is the result of the World Happiness Report, published on Monday. According to the report, Finland has the happiest population for the sixth time in a row, while Austria is eleventh. This result was achieved last year. “Average happiness and our country ranking have remained remarkably stable over the three Covid 19 years,” said researcher John Helliwell, who worked on the report. Behind the northern EU country of Finland, Denmark and Iceland take the other top spots by some…

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NASA warns – asteroid could hit Earth

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NASA warns of a possible asteroid impact on Earth. Clarity about it could be in a few weeks, according to official data. According to the U.S. National National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a recently discovered asteroid could hit Earth. But those who now assume the worst can be cautiously given the all-clear. Because the impact would not take place until the year 2046. However, NASA describes the possibility, however his apocalyptic scenario, as “very small.” The asteroid, named “2023 DW,” was discovered in February and has a diameter of…

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Spring is here: Flowering starts one to two weeks earlier

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Spring plants are beginning to bloom one to two weeks earlier than the average in the past decades. This is because January and February were almost consistently too mild, explains Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG). Therefore, many plants’ development started significantly earlier than in an average year. For example, forsythia and dirndl are already blooming in many places at lower altitudes. The flowering of the apricot has also already begun, as in the Wachau, in the Vienna area and northern Burgenland around the Leithagebirge. “This means that the development of the…

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Vienna on TIME Magazine’s list of top travel destinations for the first time

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Vienna is the first destination in Austria to make it onto TIME Magazine’s list of “World’s Greatest Places.” Since 2018, TIME Magazine has been selecting a list of the “World’s Greatest Places.” This year, Vienna also made it to the top 50 destinations. What makes Vienna a top travel destination for TIME Magazine?In its citation, TIME Magazine praises Vienna as a “classical city, modernized” and highlights those developments that have made the federal capital the world’s most livable city in various rankings. These include, for example, bicycle and pedestrian friendliness,…

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