Category: Feature Stories

Thanks to significant medical innovation, a baby has been born in the United Kingdom with three parents! This achievement means that newborns will no longer inherit mitochondrial diseases. Although something like this has happened in the past, this is the first time in the history of the United Kingdom that a child has been born with three parents. Two mothers and one fatherThis was made possible by a DNA test; the child was created from the DNA of three people. The UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has confirmed this.…

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Sweating is a natural process of our bodies, but it can be a real problem for some people. It can be annoying and uncomfortable, but sweat can also give off a foul odor, becoming a real obstacle to social and work relationships. Fortunately, there are effective remedies for defeating malodorous sweat. Effective remedies to defeat malodorous sweatSweating is a natural process of our body, but it can be a real problem for some people. It can be annoying and uncomfortable, but sweat can also give off a foul odor, becoming…

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Towels, for example, are used almost daily – and should therefore be washed regularly. Washing machines consume a lot of energy and water, but the appliance is essential for hygiene reasons. But do towels, bed linen, jeans, and the like have to be washed as often as you think? A washing machine consumes around 60 to 100 liters per wash cycle. Particularly in times of energy crisis, one should think twice about whether a piece of clothing can be worn a second time before it ends up in the dirty…

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In Austria and most European countries, more and more children are growing up with more than one language – and already, at preschool age, they usually reconcile the different languages through play. Parents can provide their children with targeted support for multiple language acquisition. What is multilingualism?Multilingualism means more than having acquired foreign language skills at school. On the other hand, to be considered multilingual, one does not have to be equally proficient in two or more languages. This view used to prevail in academia. Today, multilingualism means that people…

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Mother’s Day is always on the second Sunday in May—a welcome occasion to take a closer look at this Day. Mothers’ Day is celebrated worldwide, but not in the same way everywhere. There are differences in many countries as far as the date is concerned. How this special Day is celebrated also varies from country to country. We have taken a closer look at customs and traditions for Mother’s Day worldwide! WHERE DOES MOTHER’S DAY COME FROM?As far back as ancient Greece, celebrations were held in honor of Rhea, the…

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Certain types of disinfectants are not said to be without health risks, several scientists: warning as part of a new study. The health crisis has radically changed our relationship with health, viruses, and bacteria. We remember it well: the successive lockdowns triggered a run on masks and hygiene products. Today, many restaurants have a bottle of hydroalcoholic gel next to the front door, and cleansing wipes have also become popular. Scientists, however, explain that these are often not used correctly and that some of the substances they contain can lead…

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According to a study, the recent extreme heat in Spain and other countries in the western Mediterranean region is most likely due to artificial climate change. It has made record temperatures around 40 degrees in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Algeria at least a hundred times more likely. Parts of southwestern Europe and North Africa were gripped by extreme heat a few days ago, with maximum temperatures of up to 41 degrees recorded in the region, according to the international research network World Weather Attribution (WWA) report). Such heat at the…

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Slowly but surely, the era of hard drives is ending. If the chief development officer of flash storage specialist Pure Storage has his way, that end won’t be creeping along for long but will come more suddenly than expected. Shawn Rosemarin predicts that no more hard disks will be sold after 2028. However, the decisive factor is not the falling price per GB in the consumer sector. Here, the price difference between HDD and SSD is already so slight that people are happy to pay a bit more for the…

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An automated telescope in the U.S. sounded the alarm in 2020. Astronomers think the reason is a supernova or a star crashing into a black hole. But apparently, something else fell into a black hole – with unprecedented consequences. About eight billion years ago, a large cloud of hydrogen crashed into a supermassive black hole – triggering the most energetic explosion ever observed by astronomers. The burst of radiation was ten times more powerful than any known supernova and lasted for more than three years, scientists led by Philip Wiseman…

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