Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library Our skin isn’t just our biggest organ, it is also the one we are most familiar with. We look at it constantly, touch it, wash it, inspect it. And yet, when we think about looking after it, our minds often jump to aesthetics. We are inundated with ads for lotions and potions that promise to enhance our appearance – as if sex appeal is all that matters about this special organ. There are many other reasons to take care of our complexion besides cosmetic concerns, however. According to new research, its condition can have knock-on…
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It was early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Fatima Amiri first heard the gunshots from inside her classroom. She and hundreds of other students had been preparing for college entrance exams at the time, but then the girls began screaming in panic. Amiri swiftly stood up to calm the class down, but when she turned around, she saw a man with a gun deliberately firing at students.“I was afraid; I tried to take shelter under the desks when an explosion happened,” the 17-year-old said.Amiri lost an eye and an eardrum as a result of the explosion. Her jaw was also…
Getty ImagesCraig Wright attending the London High Court in February 2024A computer scientist has been found to have committed contempt of court for falsely and persistently claiming to be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.In March, the High Court ruled Craig Wright was not Satoshi, and ordered him to stop claiming he was. However, he continued to launch legal cases asserting he had intellectual property rights to Bitcoin, including a claim he was owed $1.2 trillion (£911 billion).A judge said that amounted to a “flagrant breach” of the original court order and sentenced him to 12 months in prison,…
Canadian economists believe there could be an unusual solution to the problems befalling the G7 economy: Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The US president-elect might have already threatened a blanket 25 per cent tariff on all exports from its northern neighbour and played a role in the resignation this month of finance minister Chrystia Freeland. But some say a second Trump term is the impetus Canada needs to deal with a severe backlog of structural problems that have left it trailing the US in productivity, growth and wages. William Foster, a senior vice-president in the sovereign risk group at…
David Shapinsky from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsCredit: Via Wikimedia Commons Is it any wonder the ragtag outfit at the Pentagon can’t pass an audit if their lives depended on it? The Department of Defense admitted that they’ve been providing the media with an incorrect troop count in Syria for months, indicating the number is actually more than twice the information they’d been publicly acknowledging. And that’s not even the worst part. “We have been briefing you regularly that there are approximately 900 U.S. troops deployed to Syria,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj.…
Julianne Hough has extended her congratulations to her ex-husband, Brooks Laich, following the announcement of his engagement to Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir.Laich, a former Los Angeles Kings player, and Hough, a “Dancing with the Stars” co-host, tied the knot in June 2017. However, by December 2019, rumors of trouble in their relationship began to circulate after Hough was spotted without her wedding ring. In January 2020, it was confirmed that the couple was “having problems.”Brooks Laich and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdótti’s romance first made headlines in summer 2021, just over a year after Laich and Julianne Hough publicly announced their separation in…
North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday (Dec 27). Zelenskyy, in his nightly video address, said Russian troops were sending the North Koreans into battle with minimal protection and that North Koreans were taking extreme measures to avoid being taken prisoner. “Their losses are significant, very significant. We see that neither the Russian military nor their North Korean overseers have any interest in ensuring the survival of these North Koreans,” he said. “Everything is set up…
Here are the key developments on the 1,038th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Saturday, December 28: Fighting: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill a high-ranking Russian officer and a war blogger, the Interfax news agency reported. Ukrainian forces have killed or wounded more than 1,000 North Korean soldiers Russia has sent to fight them, according to Ukraine and South Korea. “Their losses are significant, very significant. We see that neither the Russian military nor their North Korean overseers have any interest in…
Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record has stood for 40 years, and he does not think it is going to fall this season to Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley.Barkley enters the Eagles’ stretch run with 1,838 yards, leaving him just 268 yards away from breaking the record. He potentially has two games to break it, assuming the Eagles do not sit him in a potentially meaningless Week 18 game. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times this week, Dickerson said he doubts Barkley will get the yardage required to become the new single-season record-holder. Not only that, but he does not…
Searching for a job that doesn’t ask for a college degree?A new report from AI interview firm Final Round AI, based on Glassdoor data, ranked the top 10 professions—from No. 1 commercial pilot to No. 7 hearing aid specialist—that don’t require a traditional degree.Related: These Are the Best Jobs for Every Personality Type, According to a New Report Though becoming a commercial pilot doesn’t require a degree, it is costly to obtain a commercial pilot’s license, which is required to get paid as a pilot. According to Indeed estimates, obtaining a commercial pilot’s license takes anywhere from $55,000 to $100,000.The…