What does palm oil make you think of? If you had asked me that question last week I would have probably said shampoo or soap. But today, this same question provokes a very different answer. Now all that comes to mind are images of desperate, hungry orangutans uprooted from their homes and left to suffer.
World Math Championship An eight-year-old girl from Mexico won a world mental math championship in China. She solved 70 problems in just five minutes, doing all of the calculations in her head. (1) Zury Tlapanco Reyes is from Tampico, Tamaulipas. She is a student of the ALOHA Mental Arithmetic School. ALOHA is a program designed
It’s something that happens a lot with pharmaceutical drugs. You take one to fix or fade this problem or that, and out pops a new issue. When it comes to our health, we need to know the implications of our medicines. Not just what the side effects are, but what the potential interactions are too.
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Birds in the Winter Even as temperatures drop and other animals go to ground, you can still find birds enjoying the winter. This is one of the best seasons to spot them, as feathers of all different colors stand out against the white snow. Whether a bird has bright plumage or a brown tuft of
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If you were raised in a bilingual household, the results of a 2017 study out of the University of Washington (UW) will likely come as no surprise to you. Similarly, if you grew up in a monolingual household and tried to learn a language as an adult, it’s a good bet that this will make
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Fire Destroys Third-Grader’s Home On September 21, 2019, third-grader Daniel Hunt experienced a devastating loss when his family lost their home in a house fire. Fortunately for Daniel, his Tennessee classmates were looking out for him and planning a big surprise. (1) Daniel’s family lost everything in the fire that destroyed their home. His third-grade
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Doctors from Boston University are raising the warning flag on new medical concerns over steroid injections. A study, first released by the peer-reviewed journal Radiology in October 2019, shows 8% of patients that receive a steroid injection in their hips or knees experience complications. The team behind these results spoke to the media to share
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Weaving a home. That’s the name of a project headed up by Abeer Seikaly, an award-winning architect and designer, and the name she’s chosen could not suit it better. These days there is widespread human suffering, and for a variety of reasons like war and natural disasters, to name just a couple. Events like these
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At one time there were estimated to be only a few hundred Florida manatees left. So, in 1973 they were put on the endangered list. And as hoped, their numbers began to flourish once again. It makes sense, then, that if the Florida manatee is out of harm’s way, so to speak, they should be
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Huts for the Homeless Meeting Needs Eugene, Oregon and Walla Walla, Washington are two Northwest cities welcoming a new way to provide housing for people who are homeless. Huts for the homeless provide both shelter and the stability people need to look toward their next steps. (1) The shelters are known as Conestoga Huts because
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