Articles from ‘elocal magazine’

When you get a cold, the first thing that comes to mind is that it is caused by the cold weather. But what if you develop a cold when the weather is hot? While the winter season typically brings along coughs and sneezes, summer colds are more common than you can imagine. If you’re suddenly suffering from a runny nose, cough, or throat pain this season, don’t panic! We’ve got expert-backed home remedies that can help. · What causes summer colds?…

On November 24, 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson was looking for something very specific in the gravel-strewn landscape of northeastern Ethiopia. A year earlier, Johanson and a colleague had made a thrilling discovery in the very same region—a perfectly preserved knee joint from an ancient human that walked those hills 3.4 million years ago. That was nearly a million years older than the oldest known human fossil at the time. · But a…

ÇHas tuna been cancelled? Unfortunately, for all of us who enjoy a regular tuna and cucumber baguette, tuna pasta salad or a steaming baked potato piled high with tuna mayo, the latest evidence is that mercury levels in one in two cans of tuna tested at random are higher than the recommended levels, with some environmental groups calling for tuna to be banned completely. · “It has always been recommended to limit tuna due to mercury,” says…

An estimated 35 million new cancer cases by 2050 would mark a 77 percent rise in the global cancer burden. · Approximately 2 to 8 percent of cancers worldwide are related to workplace exposures. This highlights a growing concern: the presence of carcinogens in our environment. · The increase in cancer rates globally has been linked to prolonged exposure to environmental contaminants. These contaminants disrupt normal cellular processes, leading…

We have all come across this type of headline: "Fatal car crash — cops say driver was using mobile phone"  · Mobile phones have become indispensable, yet their impact on road safety remains insufficiently examined, particularly the distractions associated with maladaptive mobile phone use.  · Defined broadly, maladaptive practice occurs when excessive use adversely impacts work and social relationships. · It refers to several phenomena…

According to a statement released by the University of South Florida, Davide Tanasi and his colleagues have identified evidence of hallucinogens in a 2,000-year-old mug shaped as the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god or guardian demon. It had not been known if such mugs were used in daily life, or if they were reserved for religious purposes or in magic rituals. “For the first time, we were able to identify all the chemical signatures of the…

27 November 1849 · The formidable Ngāti Toa leader had dominated Te Moana-o-Raukawa – the Cook Strait region – from his base at Kāpiti Island for nearly 20 years. · Te Rauparaha spent the last year of his life at Ōtaki. By this time his influence had declined, in part because of the humiliation of his imprisonment by Governor George Grey in 1846. He had had eight wives in the course of his life, and 14 children, some of whom survived him. Te…

Astronomers have clocked a cosmic collision at 3.2 million km/h (2 million mph). A new instrument has spotted a galaxy crashing through a group of others at incredible speeds, creating a shock wave that’s changing the region completely. · Stephan’s Quintet is a structure made up of five galaxies in close proximity to each other in the sky, which was first discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1877. But it’s not quite as peaceful as…

Most people who want to get from Vientiane to Vang Vieng take the bus. The small, secluded town is a two-hour ride from Laos’s capital and surrounded by picturesque green mountains and the slow-flowing Nam Song river. · The views are breathtaking and, years ago, before Vang Vieng became a mainstay of the so-called Banana Pancake Trail, a popular backpacking route spanning Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, people stopped here to swim in the…

If you were born somewhere between November 30 and December 18, chances are the sun was in the constellation Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer. Therefore, your “sign” should be Ophiuchus. But, of course, Ophiuchus is not an official constellation of the zodiac, nor will you find it in horoscopes. Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer is a large constellation that you can spot near the southern horizon from the Northern Hemisphere during July, August and…