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A psychotherapist explains why some adults react badly to young climate strikers

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Young climate strikers I spoke to recently are confused and distressed about the things adults are doing. It’s not just inaction during the worsening climate crisis that bothers them, but the increasingly bizarre criticism many older people throw at striking schoolchildren, in the media and elsewhere. In the absence of any meaningful attempts to restrain […]

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NASA InSight’s ‘Mole on Mars’ working again after 7 months of troubleshooting- Technology News, Firstpost

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tech2 News StaffOct 21, 2019 09:22:02 IST NASA’s latest robot on Mars – the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander – appears to have freed itself from a sticky situation some 225 million kilometres from home. The mission’s engineers are confident there’s hope for an important instrument on the lander – dubbed “the mole”– to resume

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Scientists are baffled by a mysterious yellow blob with ‘720 sexes’

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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A zoo in Paris has got scientists scratching their heads after revealing a strange organism known only as the ‘blob’. The living organism appears to be a slimy mould, but experts say it acts like an animal.

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Headspace co-creator Andy Puddicombe talks meditation and mindfulness

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Andy Puddicombe trained as a monk and now runs Headspace (Headspace) Andy Puddicombe is a former Buddhist monk who became the co-founder of Headspace – a guided meditation app that boasts 60 million users around the world. Even if you’ve never heard of or seen Andy, his voice is instantly recognisable to anyone that’s used

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Juul Pulls Pods, Roll-Royce Builds a Flying Lab, and More News

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Today’s news will make youths mad and commuters glad. But first, our daily cartoon: Just hear the lab rat out. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s Headlines Juul, under heavy fire, pulls fruit-flavored pods

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Neanderthal, Denisovan DNA Found Near Autism Genes in Modern Humans

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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. One of the most interesting questions of hominin evolution is exactly how much of our vanished cousins remains in us. Between 1-4 percent of the modern human genome is derived from Neanderthals everywhere but sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, between 4-6

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Prolonged exposure to blue light may speed up ageing, study warns

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Scientists have studied the effects of blue light on fruit flies (Getty Images/Cultura RF) Continued exposure to the blue light emitted from smartphones and computer screens could speed up the ageing process. Experiments on common fruit flies has shown prolonged exposure to this light spectrum impaired their mobility and caused their brain cells to deteriorate.

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Juul, Under Heavy Fire, Pulls Fruit-Flavored Pods From US

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In its latest effort to appease regulators, electronic-cigarette maker Juul said Thursday it would stop selling its creme-, fruit-, berry-, and mango-flavored pods in the US until the products have been reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration. The company will, however, continue to sell its popular menthol-based flavors, including mint. Juul has faced

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