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Current Event belangermiraWhy being left-handed matters for mental health treatment
Treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of the population, according to a radical new model of emotion in the brain. Since the 1970s, hundreds of studies have suggested that each hemisphere of the brain is home to a specific type of emotion. Emotions linked to approaching and engaging with the world – like happiness, pride and anger – lives in the left side of the brain, while emotions associated with avoidance – lik...
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Puan, world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan, dies aged 62 in Australian zoo
Zookeepers have paid emotional tribute to the world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan, “a grand old lady” who died at a Western Australian zoo on Monday. Puan was given to Perth zoo in 1968 and is believed to have been born in Sumatra 1956. At 62 years she lived well beyond her typical life expectancy and was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest verified member of her species in 2016.
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Chadwick Boseman gives his MTV award to Waffle House hero
"Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman gave his award for playing a superhero to a real hero. The actor was accepting the MTV Movie & TV Award for best hero in a movie when he invited James Shaw Jr. to the stage. Shaw is responsible for stopping the gunman in a deadly shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee in April that killed four people.
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7 days ago
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Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why. One morning this past September, Kiarra Boulware boarded the 26 bus to Baltimore’s Bon Secours Hospital, where she would seek help for the most urgent problem in her life: the 200-some excess pounds she carried on her 5-foot-2-inch frame.
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7 days ago
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Nasa fears its Mars rover is dead after battling a dust storm the size of North America
Nasa's Opportunity rover may be dead on Mars, engineers fear. The little robot has been travelling over the planet for the last 15 years, but has lost contact with its team on Earth. They fear that the rover might never wake back up, and its mission could come to an end. Opportunity ran into problems in recent days when a Martian storm that is covering a quarter of the planet swept over the rover. That blotted out the Sun's light, leaving it unable to charge its batteries.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis belangermira
Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test
Affluence—not willpower—seems to be what’s behind some kids' capacity to delay gratification.
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3 weeks ago
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White House slaps 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods
On Tuesday, the White House said the administration would proceed with its proposal to impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from China, and place new limits on Chinese investments in US high-tech industries. The decision comes after top administration officials have tried to dampen fears of a trade war.
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1 month ago
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Since the Brexit vote, the number of Brits becoming German citizens is soaring
As the UK’s divorce from the European Union creeps closer, some Brits are cementing their ties to the bloc. Germany has been a preferred sanctuary, with a 162% jump in UK citizens acquiring citizenship in Deutschland last year. Some 7,493 British became German citizens, up from 2,865 the year before, according to the latest data from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office. In 2015, the year before the UK held a referendum on EU membership, only 622 acquired German passports.
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'I am not a racist,' says lawyer behind racist New York cafe rant
It’s a dance as old as time. First comes the racist outburst filmed by a passerby and shared across the world, then comes the sheepish Twitter apology and the promise that a piece of unedited footage doesn’t reflect the “real me”. Aaron Schlossberg, who became the most villainous man in New York last week after he verbally abused workers for speaking Spanish in a midtown Manhattan restaurant, has finally commented on his outburst.
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1 month ago
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Kansas Police No Longer Allowed to Have Sex With People They Pull Over
Police in Kansas are finally going to have to stop having sex with people they pull over for traffic violations.
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1 month ago
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Why Now Is The Best Time To Invest In Cryptocurrencies
Whether one should invest in cryptocurrencies or not has been a hot topic as of late. Being such a young asset, the market tends to be extremely volatile, filled with stories of extreme success or massive failure. The question is really about making an informed decision consisting of probability, timing, and if the investment profile fits the investor. For those who have been living under a rock for the last year, just Google “bitcoin success story” and you can read about the kid who made a ...
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1 month ago
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Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as young tech talent leaves for Silicon Valley
Canada’s best and brightest computer engineering graduates are leaving for jobs in Silicon Valley at alarmingly high rates, fuelling a worse “brain drain” than the mass exodus by Canadian doctors two decades ago, according to a new study. The study, led by Zachary Spicer, a senior associate with the Munk School of Global Affairs’ Innovation Policy Lab at University of Toronto, found one-in-four recent science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) graduates...
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1 month ago
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How a Medieval Society Withstood Nearly 60 Years of Drought
The Uighurs of the Central Asian steppe survived by trading with their neighbors, rather than warring with them.
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1 month ago
That makes him smart!
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1 month ago
Current Event belangermira
600+ Bitcoin Users Seek Lawsuit Against Bitcoin.com & CEO Roger Ver
Bitcoin.com is undoubtedly a prized domain in the Bitcoin space. It’s likely that anyone interested in finding out about the world’s first, and most valuable, cryptocurrency will instinctively type it into their browser or immediately see it as a top result in a Google search. In fact, when Googling “buy bitcoin,” the first result is buy.bitcoin.com.
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1 month ago
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Deputies have no confidence in sheriff who presided over Parkland school shooting
More than 500 deputies in Florida have voted that they no longer have confidence in the sheriff who presided over the Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and staff. Jeff Bell, president of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association, said Thursday that out of 628 votes, 534 Broward County deputies cast a ballot to say they "no longer have confidence" in Sheriff Scott Israel. Ninety-four people voted for Israel, Bell said.
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1 month ago
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These women should of said something sooner so there wouldn't have been so many victims.
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1 month ago
Current Event belangermira
Several pedestrians hit by a white van that fled scene, Toronto police say
Toronto police say a white van has struck several pedestrians in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area.
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1 month ago
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Royal baby: It's another boy for Kate and William
For Kate, the wait is over. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth Monday to a healthy baby boy -- a third child for Kate and Prince William and fifth in line to the throne.