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Lots of folks dread the thought of speaking to crowds. They often try to avoid having to do so. However, sometimes it is unavoidable. If you would like to become better at speaking in public, take a look at this piece. When speaking in public, make sure that what you have to say is engaging, […]
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Social media abuseIt’s much more than a gripe, yes. Manchester United announced shortly before English football’s social media boycott that online abuse aimed at their players had increased by 350% since 2019. It’s a staggering rise and speaks to the lack of moral and social responsibility taken by the big tech companies in properly rooting […]
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Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, University of Oxford and University of Copenhagen have shown that elevated levels of lipids known as ceramides can be associated with a ten-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Treatment with liraglutide could keep the ceramide levels in check, compared with placebo. The results have been published in the […]
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Bitcoin was heading on Friday for its worst week since February, while dogecoin leapt by a quarter, as the latest tweets on cryptocurrencies from Tesla boss Elon Musk sent the digital coins on a wild ride. Bitcoin is down about 13% this week, and was last up 1.6% at $50,503. It has slumped over a […]
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Reducing the aviation industry’s carbon footprint isn’t an easy task, but a UK company hopes to lower carbon emissions that come from flying by up to 90% through the use of commercial airships for traveling between cities. The Airlander 10, created by Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), uses four combustion engines and offers a 75% reduction […]
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Over the past year, we’ve seen our fair share of DIY beauty disasters, from botched brow tints to home hair dye fails. But one woman’s home brow wax went so disastrously wrong that her poor eyelashes were forced to pay the consequences. TikTok user Amanda, who goes by the name ilikechicfilasomuch, took to the video […]
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The turf and its betting rings have been an irresistible attraction to many colourful and controversial characters over the last three centuries and Barney Curley, who died on Sunday at the age of 81, deserves to be remembered as perhaps the greatest gambler of them all. The Yellow Sam coup in 1975, when Curley arranged […]
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Has your heart ever started to race at the thought of an upcoming deadline for work? Or has the sight of an unknown object in a dark room made you jump? Well, you can probably thank your amygdala for that. The small almond-shaped brain structure is central to how we perceive and process fear. As […]
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Honda Motor Co on Friday reported a rebound to profit for the fourth quarter, helped by cost cuts, but warned semiconductor shortages and higher raw material costs would curb growth in the current year. Its forecast for operating profit of 660 billion yen ($6.04 billion) in the year that began on April 1 was short […]
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Despite increased competition from the likes of AMD and Apple, Intel remains the world’s number one semiconductor company in terms of revenue. Chipzilla was the only name in the top 15 that saw a year-over-year decline (-4%), but its $18.676 billion sales figure was still over two billion dollars more than what second-place Samsung managed. […]
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