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Not only do people pick their noses

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 admin

Mammal specialist Anne-Claire Fabre encourages further study of why the animal does this and how picking its nose has changed over evolution.That humans occasionally pick their noses is not uncommon. But at least twelve primate species also regularly stick their fingers up their noses, according to a Swiss mammal specialist. Also, she says booger eating is not so unhygienic but is even beneficial in some cases. Disgusting and unhygienic: this is how people judge nose-picking and turn away in disgust when they catch others doing it. However, the behavior is…

New “planet killer” could collide with Earth

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 admin

An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid about 1.5 kilometers in size that, in the worst-case scenario, could collide with and devastate Earth in the distant future. 2022 AP7 is the giant asteroid “discovered in the past eight years that is potentially dangerous to Earth,” the Noirlab research group said. 2022 AP7 “crosses Earth’s orbit, making it a potentially hazardous asteroid,” said study lead author Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science. However, he said, the danger is low because the asteroid typically crosses its orbit “very…

4,179 new Corona infections were reported Tuesday

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 admin

On Tuesday, 4,179 new Corona infections were reported by AGES, bringing the seven-day incidence down to 388.1 and reducing active Corona cases by 2,490 to 53,333. No deaths were registered, but hospitalizations stagnated: 1,889 people were hospitalized with corona, four more than the previous day. One hundred people are cared for in intensive care units; this number increased by two from the last day but decreased by five within a week. Corona vaccination offer is expanded in Vienna.Due to the high demand, Vienna is expanding the deadline-free Corona vaccination offer…

Tropical storm “Nalgae” kills at least 98 people

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 admin

Since the end of last week, a storm has been ravaging large parts of the Philippines. Nine hundred thousand people had to leave their homes; dozens are still missing. Authorities fear even more deaths.Tropical Storm Nalgae in the Philippines has left nearly a hundred people dead – and authorities fear more victims will still come. As of Monday, 98 people had died, and 63 were missing, the Southeast Asian island nation’s disaster management agency said. That figure, however, does not include dozens of residents of one village who probably fled…

All Saints’ Day: What does it mean anyway? The holiday at a glance

November 1, 2022October 31, 2024 admin

All Saints Day is a holidayAll Saints Day is on November 1, so it falls on Friday in 2024. In Austria, All Saints’ Day is considered a public holiday. It has a high religious significance but is lived out to varying degrees. All Saints Day Meaning – What is All Saints’ Day, and why do we celebrate All Saints’ Day?All Saints Day is a Catholic Solemnity and thus has special significance in the Catholic faith. The name suggests that it is about all the saints. This is precisely the reason…

2,798 new Corona infections were reported Monday

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 admin

Two thousand seven hundred ninety-eight new Corona infections were recorded in Austria on Sunday. The Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) announced this on Monday. On Sunday, 2,798 new Corona infections were recorded in Austria, AGES reported Monday. The number of new cases was thus below the average of 5,295 recorded over the past seven days, and the number of active cases fell to 57,967, down by 5,264 from the previous day. As of Monday morning, 1,885 people were in the hospital, down by 97 from the number reported…

Vignettes will be more expensive in 2023

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 admin

Bad news for motorists! Vignette prices will be adjusted by 2.8 percent to the Consumer Price Index in 2023. Drivers will have to dig deeper into their pockets for the vignette in the future.According to legal requirements, vignette tariffs will be adjusted annually to the harmonized consumer price index (HICP) and increased by 2.8 percent for 2023. Thus, the annual vignette for passenger cars will cost 96.40 euros next year and for motorcycles 38.20 euros. As always, the new vignette will be available in the last days of November at…

Filipino Marian devotees joined the Procession of Lights in Vienna

October 31, 2022 admin

On Sunday evening, October 30, 2022, an Illuminated Procession took place at the grounds of the Pfarre Herz Jesu, Töllergasse, in Vienna’s 21st District, marking the end of the Rosary month, October. The parishioners and other friends from other parishes and devotees of Our Lady of Manaoag participated in the procession of lights.“As a parish, we pray the rosary tonight,” said parish vicar Fr. Josef Giggenbacher in his welcome prayer. “I am truly pleased that you have found your way here today. With our prayers, we take our intentions before…

A skyscraper-sized asteroid hurtles past Earth

October 31, 2022November 1, 2022 admin

By cosmic standards and quite close for its size, an asteroid hurtled past Earth on Tuesday, All Saints’ Day. Estimated to be up to 740 meters, the near-Earth object is slightly smaller than the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. Christened 2022 RM4, the asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object. Those that pass within seven million kilometers of Earth and have a diameter of more than 140 meters are considered “potentially hazardous.” Requirements met by 2022 RM4, according to NASA: The shortest distance at which the asteroid…