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Is choosing food and medicine based on naturalness a good idea?
Most of us love natural things: the taste of raw fruits and vegetables, the warmth of the sun on our skin, the sounds of waterfalls or waves at the beach. Some of us pay handsome sums of money to take vacations near parks, wildlife, and bodies of water. There is good reason for this attraction to nature. For example, exposure…
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Scientists discover how the uterus knows when to push during childbirth
Successful childbirth depends on the uterus producing steady, well-organized contractions that move the baby safely through delivery. Hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin play a major role in controlling this process. For years, however, researchers have also suspected that physical forces involved in pregnancy and birth, including stretching and pressure, contribute in important ways. New research from Scripps Research, published…
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The trans youth athletes in the US fighting for their rights: ‘Playing is an act of resistance’ | US news
The US supreme court on Tuesday is considering state laws banning transgender athletes from school sports. The cases were brought by trans students who challenged bans in West Virginia and Idaho barring trans girls from girls teams. The outcome could have wide-ranging implications for LGBTQ+ rights. A total of 27 states have passed sports bans targeting trans youth while more…
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‘We were tricked’: How one woman lures foreign men to fight on Russia’s front line
Flames lick around the edges of Omar’s passport. “It’s burning well,” an unseen woman says in Russian in the video. Omar, a 26-year-old Syrian construction worker, had been deployed for about nine months on the front line of Russia’s war in Ukraine when the clip arrived on his phone. He knew the woman’s voice. It was Polina Alexandrovna Azarnykh, who…
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Scholar Dr M Manzoor Alam passes away at 80
Dr M Manzoor Alam A Muslim scholar and chairman of the Institute of Objective Studies, Dr Muhammad Manzoor Alam passed away in Delhi on Tuesday, January 13, at the age of 80. Dr Alam was born on October 9, 1945, in Rampur, Madhubani district of Bihar, and earned his doctorate in economics from Aligarh Muslim University. He had an illustrious…
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Marie Harrison, Bayview Activist, Fought for Community’s Health
On May 16, 1998, the federal government used 600 pounds of explosives to destroy Marie Harrison’s home, Geneva Towers, the largest residential implosion in California history. It was one of three detonations that rattled her community and inspired her life’s work. The second came on June 18, 2008, when her activism helped light the fuse to implode San Francisco’s old…
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Stablecoins or Bitcoin Salaries? How Regulation Is Shaping Pay Choices
What is crypto payroll? Crypto payroll refers to paying employee salaries using blockchain-based digital currencies. Employers may use crypto payroll instead of traditional fiat currency or alongside it. You can set up crypto payroll in several ways: Full crypto salary: Employees receive their entire pay in digital assets. Partial or hybrid salary: Part of the salary is paid in fiat…
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The Full X-Men Movie Timeline & Viewing Order Explained
When a movie is successful, it gets sequels. When those sequels are successful, we get reboots. When those reboots are successful, we get sequels to the reboots. When the reboot trilogies or quadrilogies are successful, we get spin-offs. It goes on and one. And of any film franchise, this continuous series of revitilization is most applicable to X-Men. These movies…
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The hidden health risk of taking weight loss drugs – and what to do about it
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know…
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‘I made the biggest mistake’: the young Yemeni men lured into the Russian army with empty promises | Yemen
The first time I heard Hussein’s mother’s voice, it wasn’t anger that came through the phone, it was exhaustion. “There are rumours that he burned to death,” she said to me. “How do you think that makes me feel as a mother? Where are you, Hussein? I’m looking for you. Please my daughter, help me.” Her 28-year-old son had left…
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