What are your greatest assumptions about success? Is it all about making money, money, and more money? While success is just a relative statement, the truth is, our jobs occupy about 80% of our daily lives. We are so busy with our 9-5 jobs that many individuals put almost no effort into obtaining new skills. Worse still, many employees have …
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99-year-old style icons and plush dresses: you want to see this expo about eternal youth
Have you already seen all the museums in Utrecht and would you like to do something cultural in another city? Then we have a good tip: the exhibition Youthful tremor at Kunsthal Rotterdam. What immediately strikes you here: You see beaming people everywhere. Kids marvel at the costumes their peers wore centuries ago and enthusiastically show off the designer dresses …
Read More »If you think hard enough, science will make you believe in God
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Read More »How the United Nations Climate Panel is keeping everyone on their toes
The United Nations IPCC Climate Panel was established in 1988. The first report was released in 1990. The report to be released next Monday is the sixth. The panel operates by consensus, so that no country can further question the findings. Washington suffered one of the hottest summers in living memory in 1988. It was around 36 degrees when James …
Read More »Tips for not getting hacked – faces of science
What if you get hacked and how can you prevent it? I got this question in response to the new Your Data and You theme from NEMO Kennislink. While the scientific literature on hackers and their practices continues to grow, I also learned a lot about it through case studies. So I recommend two of my favorite cybercrime podcasts in …
Read More »Gulf Stream threatens to stop, with icy consequences
In the Atlantic Ocean, relatively warm surface water moves from the equator to the North Pole, where it cools and flows (because cold water is heavier) back to the equator through the bottom. The current of the Atlantic Ocean is called this circulation. And it passes through our European coasts in the form of the Gulf Stream, a continuous stream …
Read More »50 years ago, NASA launched a rover on the moon
The Apollo 15 mission began 50 years ago, on July 26, 1971, with a revival of space exploration. We take a look at the expedition which saw new challenges in the conquest of space, from the time astronauts spent on the lunar surface to the use of the first LRV lunar vehicle. In September 1970, Nasa announce the end Apollo …
Read More »Can yellow teeth become white? 5 home remedies for whiter teeth
Especially with age, teeth can look more yellow or dark. As the enamel wears out, the yellow dentin beneath it becomes more visible. If you want to whiten your teeth, you have different options for the usual methods. Please be careful about whitening at home as you may damage your teeth if you use the products improperly or for a …
Read More »longer earth days allowed for oxygen growth
Small hills and “fingers” like those on carpets are caused by gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide rising below. A study published on Monday proposes and tests the theory that long, continuous daylight began to produce strange bacteria that used to produce so much oxygen that most of life as we know it is possible. (Phil Hartmere, Noah Thunder Bay …
Read More »Brazil Faces a One-Two Punch of Drought and Burning Season
Brazil is facing droughts of epic proportions, the likes of which haven’t been seen in the country for close to a century. The fallout has resulted in rising economic inflation that has left policymakers scrambling to find a solution while President Jair Bolsonaro’s political future hangs in the balance. Worse, Brazil has suffered close to 524,000 pandemic-related deaths as a …
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