Category: Feature Stories

Tangerines are in the high season during the winter season. Many remove the white skin – but you shouldn’t!Opinions differ regarding the thin white skin that wraps around the tangerine. Some meticulously remove the threads because they find the whiteness disturbing or even consider it unhealthy, while others advocate eating the fruit with white skin. So what is “right”? Although tangerines contain (fruit) sugar, they are also full of vitamins, trace elements and minerals, and provide your body with essential nutrients, as “Utopia” reports. Among them are vitamin C, B1…

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In a TikTok video, a doctor names 5 body parts that are washed far too rarely and go viral with it.Shower in the morning or in the evening? Once a day, twice, or just a few times a week? When it comes to personal hygiene, everyone has their routine. But there’s one thing everyone should take to heart: washing regularly. According to one expert, however, most of us don’t do this thoroughly enough. Dr. Jen Caudle is a family doctor, professor of medicine and TV health expert who shares tips…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the new Coronavirus variant XBB.1.5. The Corona variant discovered in October is more easily transmissible than any previously known virus variants, World Health Organization (WHO) Corona specialist Maria van Kerkhove said Wednesday in Geneva. Corona variant XBB.1.5 spreads in U.S. and EuropeAccording to available genetic analyses of the virus, it is spreading mainly in the U.S. and Europe and has already been detected in 29 countries. It is a subset of the Omikron variant that has been circulating since late 2021. A…

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather agency warns that a geomagnetic storm could hit Earth in the coming days. The solar storm is said to result from coronal mass ejections (CMEs), a solar flare that ejects plasma. According to Spaceweather.com, this is a geomagnetic storm of category G1, i.e. a mild solar storm. Among other things, weak fluctuations in the power grid and satellites can be disturbed. The northern lights can often be seen as well. CME hurled in our direction in DecemberSpecifically, a slow-moving CME is…

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Remdesivir was one of the drugs given to former U.S. President Donald Trump for his Covid infection. Early on, as of July 2020, it proved effective against Sars-CoV-2, but because it is a drug that must be administered daily via an infusion, it is rarely used in practice. However, Chinese experts have now developed a form of this drug suitable for swallowing: the remdesivir derivative VV116. According to these study data, it should be similarly effective in this form as the combination drug Paxlovid. The study data were published in…

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More and more people find their lives too stressful. They wish they had more time for themselves and their loved ones. At the turn of the year, many resolve to make changes in their lives. Some want to eat a more balanced diet and consciously lose some body weight. Others want to be more active in sports or stop their unhealthy vices. But they give up their good intentions too quickly and fall back into their old ways. So that it does not come only so far, one should tackle…

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What to do for your health? In 2023, this will undoubtedly be an essential topic again regarding New Year’s resolutions. That’s why we have five particular keys for you that will be particularly good for your health next year and are still easy to implement, even with little time. Do 20 minutes of sport twice a week – It doesn’t always have to be a marathon. Twice a week for 20 minutes of exercise is enough to be much healthier and can be done even if you don’t have much…

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The bathroom, especially the toilet, is not exactly the cleanest place in a home. After all, we go there to relieve ourselves. That’s why dozens of bacteria per square centimetre cavort there. That may seem like a lot, but your toilet isn’t the biggest offender when harbouring microbes and bacteria – there are even dirtier places in your home. Curious about which ones they are? Read on to find out. But be warned: you’ll never look at your home with the same eyes again. Cutting BoardsYou use your cutting board…

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Wherever there are many different animals and plants, there are also many languages. This has been especially true since humans settled down around 12,000 years ago. With hunter-gatherers, the influence of the environment was less pronounced, as researchers now report. There are currently still around 7,000 languages worldwide. Today, this diversity is threatened with a fate similar to that of biodiversity: if only a few speakers remain, sooner or later, the language will disappear altogether. The study“Environmental factors drive language density more in food-producing than in hunter-gatherer populations,” Proceedings of…

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