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Shady Tree Trimmers Are Tricking Elderly Homeowners Into Cutting Down Fit Trees, Here’s What You Need to Know

Shady Tree Trimmers Are Tricking Elderly Homeowners Into Cutting Down Fit Trees, Here’s What You Need to Know

Have you had a knock on your door or maybe a note in your mailbox saying that the trees in your garden are perilous and need urgent work? Maybe you are a little worried about the trees that seem to be getting bigger every year and you think, “Well, they can’t do any harm […] […]

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a key role in Gaza

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a key role in Gaza

A miniature group of children in the Gaza Strip sit on a lavender and white blanket around a miniature tray of drinks, singing “Happy Birthday” to a newborn girl. Like children her age all over the world, she wears a sweatshirt with prints of Elsa and Anna, characters from “Frozen”; unlike most children, she is […]

Why are there so many of them and how can you protect your crops?

Why are there so many of them and how can you protect your crops?

Cabbage whites – Pieris outside – are among the most common garden visitors in southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white with black dots on its wings: females have a pair of black spots, while males have a single spot on each forewing. But their velvety green caterpillars are voracious beasts on […]

How to develop reading habits in students

How to develop reading habits in students

In the dynamics of education, cultivating a steady reading habit is vital for academic purposes. Reading is the cornerstone of learning. Because it involves acquiring knowledge from books or notes. Interpreting written text is the best and most conventional source of acquiring knowledge. This guide will answer the question of how to develop reading habits […]

Federal court finds insufficient evidence Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. What does the science say?

Federal court finds insufficient evidence Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. What does the science say?

The Federal Supreme Court class action lawsuit was dismissed this week after Judge Michael Lee ruled there was not enough evidence to prove the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Plaintiff Kelvin McNickle, currently at the age of 41He developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using glyphosate (the energetic ingredient in Roundup) in his family’s plant care business for […]

Combined workouts can lend a hand you stay fit with virtual friends during the pandemic

Combined workouts can lend a hand you stay fit with virtual friends during the pandemic

Sales of technology-based exercise equipment and fitness devices have increased exploded in the USA as people try to maintain their exercise program without going to the gym. Purchases range from uncomplicated dumbbells and outdoor bikes to internet-connected devices like a Peloton exercise bike or a Tonal digital exercise machine. There are exercise video games like […]

Lift bulky or lighter weights with high reps? It all depends on the goal

Lift bulky or lighter weights with high reps? It all depends on the goal

So you want to lift weights but don’t know where to start. You scroll through your Instagram feed looking for tips—but all you see are fitness influencers who preach the idea that you either lift bulky or don’t bother. It’s a little scary and discouraging, right? But like most things exercise and health related, it’s […]

Grip strength improves in children, but other measures of muscle performance deteriorate

Grip strength improves in children, but other measures of muscle performance deteriorate

Physical fitness in children refers to their ability to perform physical activity. Their level of physical fitness is critical not only for success in sports and athletics, but also for good health. Aerobic exercise – the ability to deliver oxygen to the body’s gigantic muscles during sustained physical activity such as running, cycling or swimming […]

Do we really need to exercise five times more than we’re told?

Do we really need to exercise five times more than we’re told?

For decades, public health guidelines around the world have recommended that adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week. This is roughly equivalent to 150 minutes of moderate activity per week or 75 minutes of vigorous activity. That is why many were surprised, and perhaps even horrified, […]