Death in old age is rarely called untimely- a long pfe is thought to be a full one. But with the passing of a young person, one assumes that the best years lay ahead and the measure of that pfe was still to be taken.History denies this, of course. Among prominent summer deaths, ...
This is likely associated with the fact that some referents were living in nursing facilities and also with the fact that it is not uncommon for older people to rarely leave the house in rural parts of Japan. By contrast, those over the age of 60 in the study who responded to the ...
Our guest today is Charlie Hamilton, a photographer who spent a month and a half in the Amazon. He’s going to share with us the challenges and responsibilities of his work. Charlie, the Amazon people have rarely seen people from outside, and you look so different. How do you approach ...
People who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found. Researchers used frequent telephone interviews to track the sleep hab...
The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
In today’s classrooms, students who cheat are rarely caught. There are no formulas written on the insides of hands or students looking across the aisle, or whispering answers to their classmates. Today’s students use smartphones, ...
People who are asymptomatic are still infected. The virus is in their bodies, but they have no visible symptoms, or really mild symptoms. That’s very different from what we’re talking about here — somebody who doesn’t get infected at all. But it’s been really difficult for researchers...
Chinese students rarely get the time or chance to use their imagination. Right from the day they enter school they are pushed into a culture of exams and more exams. Teachers and parents teach them that education is all about passing these exams with flying colors. And to pass those exams,...
If you suspect that you've been infected with parvovirus B19, talk to your doctor. They'll conduct a physical exam, ask about any symptoms you've been having, and ask about the medications you're currently taking. Testing beyond this exam is rarely done as most infected people are asymptom...
(合并), then all of their stars start orbiting a common center. The black holes at the galaxies’ centers should come together, too. Galaxies are colliding all the time, so we should be able to find lots of black hole pairs. But that’s easier said than done—astronomers rarely find ...