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Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk  © Reuters/Dominique Patton FILE PHOTO: Workers move young pigs at a farm in Guangxi SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemicContinue reading “Chinese warn of potential new human pandemic risk”

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP Can You Change Your Circadian Rhythm? Home  Sleep Topics Can You Change Your Circadian Rhythm (Sleep Rhythm)? This content was created by the National Sleep Foundation Reflecting the sun’s natural movement in a 24-hour orbit around the earth, your body’s circadian rhythm has a 24-hour cycle. Over the course of those hours, yourContinue reading “Can you change your Circadian or Sleep Rhythm”

Search form SearchTODAY IN HISTORY A.J. Hackett bungy jumps from Eiffel Tower on 26 June 1987 and creates a new tourist activity. A.J. Hackett during his bungy jump from the Eiffel Tower (www.ajhackett.com) The speed skier and bungy pioneer planned the 110-m leap meticulously. His dozen-strong team hid on the tower overnight and Hackett jumpedContinue reading “A.J. Hackett bungy jumps from Eiffel Tower”

Search Australian Associated Press A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling $US1.4 billion ($A2.0 billion) went to dead people in the United States’ coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called economic impact payments were sent to taxpayers as part of the $US2.4 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted in March. The GovernmentContinue reading “US sent $2bn in payments to dead people”

ABC News ABC Radio National /  By Jane Lee and Julie Street for Late Night Live The first time Roger Michel smelled the Magna Carta, it didn’t make much of an impression on him. The founder and executive director of the UK’s Institute for Digital Archaeology had just inhaled a range of other important books, including an incense-heavy central African gospelContinue reading “Bottling the smells of the Magna Carta, Iliad and Shakespeare for a whiff of history”

express Magazine Advertisement Opinion BLAISE CLOTWORTHY: MY SEXUALITY AND MY MENTAL HEALTH Warning: This blog contains triggering content, reader discretion is advised. JUNE 24, 2020 Blaise Clotworthy discusses his experiences around mental health and sexuality, and why he is taking part in the NZAF’s ‘Sweat With Pride’.   One in five Rainbow youth in Aotearoa haveContinue reading “Sexuality and Mental Health…”

Confidence weakens when you are unable to decide what to do. You look to others for your decision. Never think that what will happen if your decision is wrong? You will make a mistake once,then learn from it and become stronger. Making mistakes is better than not making a decision. This is the first conditionContinue reading “Being confident and decisive…”

by Richard Knowler Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution.Contribute Now Former All Blacks hooker Dennis Young, a talented tap dancer in his youth, later used his lightning-fast feet to bamboozle opponents in scrums around the world. Young died in Christchurch on Sunday agedContinue reading “From tap dancing to All Blacks, Dennis Young was one of a kind”