Jesus, the Alpha & the Omega
A quarter of the world’s population across 17 countries are living in regions of extremely high water stress, a measure of the level of competition over water resources, a new report reveals. Experts at the World Resources Institute (WRI) warned that increasing water stress could lead to more “day zeroes” – a
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Some patients that become unresponsive following a significant brain injury retain a degree of ‘hidden consciousness’ and are more likely to make a recovery, neurologists at Columbia University have found. The team used specially designed computer software to analyse standard electroencephalography (EEG) data collected from 104 unresponsive patients to search
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Philippians 2: 1 – 3: 21. Life’s lessons are ideally learnt when it is facilitated through observation of a behavioural model before us, with its outcome clearly delineated for our appraisal. In the Epistle to the Philippians, like in many of his Epistles, the Apostle Paul purposefully singled out exemplars
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What’s the cheapest way to get my Windows laptop swept and cleaned out of malware etc? There are two obvious ways to clean a Windows laptop, and both of them are free. The first is to run a number of anti-malware programs to find and remove the bad stuff. The second is
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The climate crisis is damaging the ability of the land to sustain humanity, with cascading risks becoming increasingly severe as global temperatures rise, according to a landmark UN report compiled by some of the world’s top scientists. Global heating is increasing droughts, soil erosion and wildfires while diminishing crop yields
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Established on 2 December 1980, Alaska’s Kobuk Valley National is home to the largest active sand dunes in the Arctic.”Now we were alone between fringes of spruce by a clear stream where tundra went up to the sides of mountains,” wrote John McPhee in Coming into the Country. The Kobuk Valley
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M6, also known as the Butterfly Cluster, is a bright open cluster located in the southern constellation Scorpius. Its other designations are NGC 6405, Collinder 341, Lund 769, Melotte 178, OCL 1030, ESO 455-SC030, Lac. III.12. It lies in the direction of the galactic centre, at an approximate distance of 1,600 light-years
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WISHING ALL MY SINGAPOREAN READERS A BLESSED 54th NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION
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Bawk Nu Awng hasn’t been home since 2011. All three of the villages where she spent her childhood have been destroyed. “War hit wherever my family lived,” she said. “I feel like it is my responsibility to engage in all matters related to peace.” Now aged 21, Bawk Nu Awng,
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A blood test that can detect signs of Alzheimer’s as much as 20 years before the disease begins to have a debilitating effect has been developed by researchers in the US. Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis in Missouri believe the test can identify changes
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July 2019 may have been the single hottest month in recorded history, preliminary data from the World Meteorological Organization shows. Global average temperatures from July 1 to July 29, 2019, met and possibly even surpassed the previous record for the hottest month ever, which was set in July 2016, U.N. Secretary-General
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Forget counting sheep and drinking warm milk, an effective way to tackle chronic insomnia is cognitive behavioural therapy, researchers have confirmed. The authors of a new study say that although the therapy is effective, it is not being used widely enough, with doctors having limited knowledge about it and patients lacking access.
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Efforts to create human-animal chimaeras have rebooted an ethical debate after reports emerged that scientists have produced monkey embryos containing human cells. A chimaera is an organism whose cells come from two or more “individuals,” with recent work looking at combinations from different species. The word comes from a beast from Greek
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There are few more satisfying feelings than turning on your out-of-office reply and starting your well-earned vacation. If you’re like most worn-out workers, you have a few ideas on what you need from your break. You plan to destress, have fun, reconnect and create priceless memories. For many people vacation
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