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Feb 12 2025FINANCE

Scams and Seniors: What Puts Older Adults in Trouble?

Ever wondered why some older folks fall for scams? It's not just about them as individuals but the risks they take. Imagine this: a senior citizen enters random sweepstakes or picks up every unknown call. This puts the individual in a potential dangerous situation. This risky behavior gives

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Feb 12 2025CRIME

Famous Writer's Close Call: A Look Into a Brutal Attack

Salman Rushdie, a well-known author, was getting ready to speak to a big crowd, but things took a sudden and violent turn. He noticed someone rushing towards him on the stage. This person had a frightening look in his eyes. The person struck Rushdie in the face and neck, leaving him with a lot of

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Feb 12 2025HEALTH

EMA: You Don't Have To Be A Superhero To Track Healthy Habits

EMA sounds fancy, but it's not rocket science. It's just a cool term for beating or testing yourself to be healthier I guess, by catching yourself in real-time as you do any of the things you do. The topic speaks about smart research. That study decided to check how good people were at tracking th

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Feb 12 2025EDUCATION

Mine Safety: Improving Fire Detection with Smart Sensor Placement

Imagine being a miner deep underground. You are surrounded by darkness and the threat of fire is always present. You want to know that any fire will be detected as early as possible. Traditional fire sensors in mines might not be doing the job as well as they could. Mine fires are serio

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Feb 12 2025TECHNOLOGY

Revolutionizing Face Recognition: Privacy-Preserving Technology

Face recognition uses lock down" lock down" information about people. This wasn\\t good news, we need a better way. It\\s never a breeze to use homomorphic encryption. The HE_FaceNet scheme is equipped with some amazing shutters. It looks at the multimedia without actually seeing it. HE can'

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Feb 12 2025HEALTH

Abuse in the Community: New Report on Nigerian Teens

South-West Nigeria is home to serious issue. Most teens have survived abuse since turning 12. A worryingly high fraction of the population, 69. 4% are impacted. This alarming fact was just one of many uncovered. The issue is more severe for boys than girls. The reality is that higher rates

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Green Glow: Biomass Macrocycles and Phosphorescence

Scientists are on a roll to make sustainable, high-performance materials. They are working on materials that can emit light for a long time even at room temperature. These are called organic ultralong room temperature phosphorescence, or OURTP, but that's a mouthful. So let's call it "glow in the d

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Time Twist: How Our Minds Play Games with Time

Intuition is common in our experience. It is our internal gut feeling about things and has a massive role in our impulses. But it seems that intuition is connected to how we perceive time. Or rather, how we mess up our perception of time. You see, when we feel happy, sad, or meh, our brains can mak

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Feb 11 2025CELEBRITIES

Kendrick Lamar Shocks Super Bowl with Bold Moves and Hidden Messages

Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at the Super Bowl was a spectacle that kept viewers on the edge of their seats. His performance didn’t hold back from addressing controversial topics, such as the ongoing legal battle with Drake over the “Not Like Us” track, which includes serious allegations that Drak

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Feb 10 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Showdown

You know how they say, "All eyes were on Kendrick Lamar" for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. There was a lot of buzz around whether he would perform "Not Like Us, " the song that many thought had a knock-out effect on the rap world. It was a song that won him a lot of awards. Lamar built suspen

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