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Everything is new in September. From the climate bonus to the blood donation to the beginning of the meteorological autumn, there are some fresh beginnings as of September 1. Climate bonusClimate and anti-inflation bonuses will be paid from now on. Adults will receive 500 euros, children 250. Anyone who has entered a current account number in FinanzOnline or receives benefits through the Pension Insurance Institution will have the money automatically transferred to their account. The 1.2 million Austrians whose details are unknown or who do not have an account will…

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Summer 2022 is the fourth warmest in measured historyWith maximum values of 38.7 degrees in Seibersdorf (Lower Austria), the summer of 2022 has been the fourth warmest in measurement history since 255. “After evaluations of all measuring stations, 2022 and 2015 could also be tied for third place. At the top are still the summers of 2003 and 2019,” reported Alexander Orlik of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). 38.7 degrees: Summer 2022 was hot and dryThis year’s summer was hot and dry, bringing heavy rain and severe…

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The 14er iPhones are presented under the motto “Far out.” Insiders suspect that the new generation will be able to send SMS via satellite. Rumors were already doing the rounds in 2021. This year it will be that time. According to Tim Farrar, a U.S. expert in satellite communications, Apple CEO Tim Cook will make a partnership with Globalstar official on Wednesday of next week, in addition to the 14-series iPhones. The deal: iPhone users will be able to send and receive text messages free of charge in regions without…

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Pope Francis elevated 20 clergies to the rank of cardinals on Saturday. The new cardinals knelt before the Pope, who presented the biretta and cardinal’s ring and assigned each of them a church in Rome. The rite continued with the cardinals’ profession of faith and oath of fidelity and obedience to Pope Francis and his successors. Francis had already announced the names of the new purple bearers at the end of May. Among the new purple bearers are two from Brazil, two from India, one each for Singapore, Nigeria, Ghana,…

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In the past 7,500 years, the Arctic has never been as warm as it is. This is evident from the tree rings of trees. With the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL) collaboration, a study on this topic appeared in “Nature Communications.” As the institute wrote on Thursday, erosion on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic exposed ancient trees. Thanks to their annual rings, they can be dated. This allows a reconstruction of the climate. Currently warmest phase in the Arctic for 7,500 yearsThe chronology goes…

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SARS-CoV-2 got “faster and faster” at triggering Covid-19 as its variants evolved. Chinese biostatisticians have now analyzed 142 studies on the incubation period issue. The result they published in their paper online in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): Between the alpha variants and omicron, incubation time dropped from an average of five days to 3.42 days. “Incubating” a covid infection.Four to five, later five to six days – these were the expert statements at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic regarding the “incubation” of a SARS-CoV-2…

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The payout of the €500 bonus has started. The money comes directly to the account or as a voucher by mail, which is essential now. The “super bonus” will be paid out much earlier than initially planned – 300,000 Austrians will receive it immediately, all others in September. Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler and Finance Minister Magnus Brunner made people sit up and take notice on Wednesday with this hammer announcement. For every adult registered in Austria, there are 500 euros, 250 euros each from the increased climate bonus and…

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There have been no deaths from the monkeypox virus in Austria yet.Most recently, WHO declared the monkeypox outbreak an “emergency of international concern.” No deaths from the monkeypox virus have yet been reported in Austria. Monkeypox cases in Vienna are on the rise.So far, Austria has had no death from monkeypox or a life-threatening course of the disease requiring treatment in an intensive care unit. Only in a few cases, affected people have to be treated in hospitals as inpatients, the Ministry of Health announced Wednesday in response to an…

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Starting in September, not October, the government will pay out the climate and anti-inflation bonuses as initially announced. This is possible because preparatory work for the aid payments in the Ministry of Climate Protection and the Ministry of Finance could be completed “earlier than planned,” according to a dispatch from the Federal Chancellery. As a result, transfers and mailing can start as early as September. The first 300,000 recipients will receive the money as early as August 25. They are a pilot group selected by a random generator in which…

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