Category: Feature Stories

Heatwaves could become much more extreme in Europe in the future, warn researchers at the General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union currently taking place in Vienna. They expect much longer and more intense heat waves in the coming decades than previously assumed. If you look at a comparison of summer temperatures in Europe from 1980 to 2022, they have risen by around 2.3 degrees Celsius in the months from June to August. Many climate models have underestimated this strong warming. According to Dominik Schumacher from ETH Zurich, this is…

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Washing eggs before cooking them can harm your health under certain circumstances. Find out why here. Washing fruit and vegetables before cooking or eating them is generally considered good hygiene practice to remove any dirt, bacteria, or pesticides on the surface. However, washing all types of food before cooking is unnecessary. Washing some foods can be detrimental to your health. For example, you should never wash chicken before cooking it. This generally applies to all types of raw meat. According to Reader’s Digest, eggs are also one of the foods…

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The big slice with potatoes has again tasted excellent, but you will notice you feel sluggish, tired, and lustful on the way from the canteen to the desk. Now it is good to know what helps against “schnitzel starvation”.Simply annoying: tiredness after eatingThe fact that we get tired after eating is not a sign of illness. Even those who enjoy the best health are not spared from the phenomenon. The stomach needs blood for digestion, which is missing elsewhere. The brain gets less oxygen, and the concentration decreases. While the…

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After analysing letters written by Vlad the Impaler, the prince of Wallachia and the historical figure referred to by the author of Count Dracula, researchers have made a surprising discovery. A gloomy castle in a dark forest in Transylvania, a large cloak, and pointed and bloody teeth—you’ll recognise what these next few lines are about the legendary Count Dracula. The origin of the vampire from TransylvaniaThe famous nobleman from the Carpathian Mountains is considered the archetype of the vampire in modern literature. He comes from the epistolary novel by Bram…

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What if the frequent need to urinate is a constant problem? Dr. Babak Ashrafi from Superdrug Online Doctor has highlighted the possible causes. Most people, especially as they get older, feel the need to urinate more frequently than usual at some point. While there is usually a simple explanation, such as too much fluid intake, some people have noticed the annoying feeling more frequently than normal. What if the need to urinate a lot is a constant problem? Should you accept it, perhaps seeing it as an inevitable part of…

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Fish is a healthy alternative to meat. But does this also apply to tinned fish? How healthy this variant really is and what you need to consider when buying fish. Fish is so healthy that it should be on the menu once or twice a week. There is virtually no difference between frozen fish bought in the supermarket and fresh fish. In the case of frozen fish, the fish fillets or fish have been shock-frozen immediately after being caught. Hardly any nutrients and vitamins are lost. When buying fish, you…

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The number of Catholics worldwide grew to 1.39 billion in 2022. This was an increase of one percent compared to 2021, according to the new annual Church statistics published by the Vatican. The number of members grew primarily in Africa, which rose by three percent to 273 million people. This means that in 2022, around one in five Catholics came from Africa. In Europe, the number remained the same at 286 million. There was an increase of 0.9 and 0.6 percent on the continents of America and Asia. In contrast…

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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), far too few hepatitis cases are diagnosed and treated worldwide. As a result, the number of people who died from viral hepatitis rose from 1.1 million in 2019 to 1.3 million in 2022. 83 percent of deaths were due to hepatitis B, and 17 percent to hepatitis C. There are five different types of hepatitis caused by different viruses, from A to E. Hepatitis B and C, which are among the main causes of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer and to which the…

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If you fill up out of habit but drive a different vehicle at short notice, it can happen that you fill up with the wrong type of fuel. Here we explain what you should do immediately if you are confused between petrol and diesel. It is impossible to fill up with the wrong fuel at modern petrol stations, as the diesel nozzle is thicker and does not fit into the narrow tank opening of a petrol car. If this happens anyway for other reasons, we can help here. Misfuelling: diesel…

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