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THE HUMAN BRAIN: It could be defined as the “manager” that controls and regulates the majority of brain and body functions. From vital functions like breathing, hunger, or thirst, to superior functions like reasoning, attention, and memory. It is responsible for making sure all of these conscious and subconscious functions are being carried out.
Nigerian health officials have declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. Travelers to Nigeria should avoid contact with rats, especially rat urine and feces, and keep their accommodations or campsites clean.
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY: Lagoon Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope. Nearly 3 light-years wide, the colours map emission from ionized gas in the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the nebula is a star forming region about 5,000 light-years distant in the constellation Sagittarius. Hubble’s remarkably sharp, close-up view reveals undulating shapes sculpted by the energetic light and winds from the region’s new-born stars.
NASA has selected LJT & Associates, Incorporated of Columbia, Maryland, to provide support services to the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA has redesignated its Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia, as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility, in honor of the West Virginia native and NASA "hidden figure."
Human Nature shares three stories from the past week that you should know about.
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IMAGO DEI: The Nguni tribes represent nearly two thirds of South Africa’s black population and can be divided into four distinct groups; the Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas, and the Ndebele people of the Northern Province and Mpumalanga.
Exercise normal precautions in Solomon Islands. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Solomon Islands: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security messages and make it easier to locate you in an emergency. Follow the Department of State on Facebook and […]
Exercise increased caution in Saudi Arabia due to terrorism and the threat of missile and drone attacks on civilian targets. Do not travel to: Within 50 miles of the border with Yemen due to terrorism and armed conflict. Terrorist groups continue plotting possible attacks in Saudi Arabia. Terrorists may attack with little or no […]
THE FLAG OF PARAGUAY: The flag of Paraguay was adopted in 1842. Its design, a red–white–blue triband, signify independence and liberty. The emblem on the obverse side is the national coat of arms of Paraguay: a yellow five-pointed star surrounded by a green wreath of palm and olive leaves tied with ribbons of the colour of the stripes, and capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY. The emblem on the reverse side is the seal of the treasury: a yellow lion below a red Phrygian cap on the top of a pole (symbolising courage) and the words Paz y Justicia (“Peace and Justice”).
Latest update: Terrorism section - addition of information about raids carried out by authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia on 15 February
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WORK OF ART: American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired to paint the American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, along with “the kind of people I fancied should live in that house.” It depicts a farmer standing beside a woman who has been interpreted to be his sister. The figures were modelled by Wood’s sister Nan Wood Graham and their dentist Dr Byron McKeeby. The woman is dressed in a colonial print apron evoking 19th-century Americana, and the man is holding a pitchfork. American Gothic is one of the most familiar images in 20th-century American pop art scene.