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Problem with E-cigarettes
Health officials are warning people to stop using e-cigarettes, as the number of illnesses related to them continues to rise in the...

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Dec 14, 20221 min read


Doctors operate without electricity
Despite Kyiv’s blackout, doctors in Ukraine performed open-heart surgery on a 14-year-old boy. Russian missiles rained down on the...

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Dec 13, 20221 min read


People trash many clothes
Every day, people throw away millions of pieces of clothing. Once they throw them away, they don’t usually think what happens to them....

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Dec 12, 20221 min read


Young people lose hearing
British scientists published a study about people 12 to 34 years old. The study said that more than 1 billion of them had hearing...

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Dec 9, 20221 min read


World’s first intestine transplant
A one-year-old Spanish girl named Emma became the first intestine transplant recipient. When she was just one month old, doctors...

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Dec 7, 20221 min read


Anime festival
Thousands of cosplayers and anime fans gathered at the annual Anime Festival Asia (AFA) in Singapore. The festival was held for the first...

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Dec 6, 20221 min read


The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system of 2,500 reefs and islands. They stretch over about 248,000 square...

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Oct 17, 20221 min read


Men vs Women
A study carried out by Washington State University asked 122 men and women to take a maths test and then guess how well they had done....

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Oct 13, 20221 min read


New rules for Swiss same-sex couples
Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage; it was one of the last countries in Western Europe to change the laws. Last September (2021),...

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Oct 10, 20221 min read


Children and Screens
The World Health Organisation issued new guidelines on physical activity and sleep for children under 5 years old. The guidelines overall...

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Oct 6, 20221 min read


Hobbies are great
According to the magazine ‘Psychology Today’, a hobby is important for people for many reasons. Firstly, it gives you structured time....

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Oct 5, 20221 min read


Tortoise takes a walk in Tokyo
An elderly Japanese man and his giant African pet tortoise Bon-Chan have become an Internet sensation after pictures of them walking...

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Oct 3, 20221 min read


Dangerous cereal
In 2015, when Harry Long from Melbourne, Australia, was 16 and on holiday with his family in Malaysia, he experienced an excruciating...

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Sep 29, 20221 min read


First Aid in Acid Attack
Acid attacks are on the rise in the UK. This could be because people can easily buy an acid unlike a large knife or a gun. It is legal to...

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Sep 28, 20221 min read


How to cool cities
In many parts of the world, heatwaves are more and more common, and they affect millions of people. Cities are becoming too hot, and...

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Sep 26, 20221 min read


Japanese city wants more tourists
For more than a millennium, Kyoto was Japan’s capital, until the 19th century, when the title relocated to Tokyo. Millions of tourists...

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Sep 19, 20221 min read


Pain in the chest
A 20-year-old Swiss man was admitted to the Cantonal Hospital in Winterthur with a case described as "unusual" in the journal Radiology...

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Sep 15, 20221 min read


Strongest robot in the world
Fanuc Corporation, a Japanese company, has created the strongest robot in the world. The company hopes that it will redefine factory...

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Sep 12, 20221 min read


Dentist disaster
While having a routine filling at the dentist, 60-year-old from Illinois breathed in at just the wrong moment and inhaled the inch-long...

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Sep 8, 20221 min read
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