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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

How Micro-pores can Direct Chemical Reactions

So, imagine tiny tunnels and caves. What's the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe a mining rig. Imagine these tunnels and caves are so small that they can only form reactions in a specific way. World top chemists call this as shape-selective catalysis. The chemical reactions that happen here a

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Feb 04 2025CELEBRITIES

Prince Andrew and Epstein: A Friendship That Just Kept Coming Back

In 2019, Prince Andrew was in the hot seat. He had given an interview to the BBC stating his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein had ended by 2010. Andrew had stated he had not communicated with the convicted sex offender after a New York meeting in December of that year. But that wasn't the end of the

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Feb 04 2025HEALTH

The Viral Mystery:Epstein-Barr Virus, Cryoglobulinaemia

Imagine a virus, it's so common that most people have no idea. This is the Epstein-Barr virus. It is called the ""miscast"", because it can cause the "sickies" , or no problems at all. Some people unfortunately get unlucky, by the virus triggers the production of proteins. These proteins a

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Feb 04 2025HEALTH

Brain Bug Busters: A New Hope for Detecting Infections

Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are serious business. They can be deadly and often strike without warning. Doctors are always on the lookout for better ways to detect these infections early. Recently, there's been a lot of buzz about a substance called presepsin (sCD14) found in cereb

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Feb 04 2025HEALTH

Told by machines! patient's gut or her friendly artficial intelligence?

Ever heard of something called patellar tendinopathy? It's a fancy name for an injury in the knee, which is pretty common. Coping with a knee injury like patellar tendinopathy can be a real pain! Patients will go looking for handy information to get themselves better faster. Imagine this

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Trump Talks Tough and then Takes a Breather

Things heated up in the early week. Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum already agreed to step back from imposing tariffs on the other’s goods. This happened in a month after a quick phone chat. Sheinbaum will send 10, 000 troops to the region to halt drugs and illegal

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

A Big Change for Venezuelans in the USA

VENEZUELANA US FRIENDS! BIG CHANGE is on the horizon for Venezuelan people living in the US. It has been announced that their special protection status in the country is coming to an end. It seems that an official has found out that Venezuela is no longer going through the problems it once was,

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Feb 03 2025SPORTS

Tweaking Biking sessions: Fatigued Conceptual Wander

First, picture this: athletes and workers regularly push through multiple exercise sessions in a single day or back-to-back days. These your grouped interval training or a steady pedal session could, potentially, blur the lines of performance and perception. Remember those intense baffled faces of

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Feb 03 2025POLITICS

Trump's Big Threat to South Africa

President Trump recently made a bold statement. He plans to stop all future US assistance to South Africa. This is due to the country’s recent land expropriation policies. Trump fears these laws will allow the government to take land without fair compensation. He thinks South African authorities are

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Feb 03 2025EDUCATION

Classroom Crackdown

In Houston, some school classrooms have a unique twist: a countdown timer. It ticks away in the background. A teacher in a fourth-grade English class uses this timer to keep her students on track. She gives them 10 seconds to log in. And then, she sets the timer for one minute while students read a

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