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741 Meet Hamako Mori, The World’s Oldest Gaming YouTuber

A Japanese woman has recently managed to build an online cult following her video game skills on her YouTube channel. Wh...
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740 Why You Should Drink Milk Before Hitting The Sack

Drinking milk before bedtime has become a habit in many households. For most, they do this because they believe that mil...
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739 These companies plan to make working from home the new normal. As in forever.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many companies to embrace work-from-home solutions. For some, the transition may sti...
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738 The science of gossip (and why everyone does it)

People feed off gossip. It's one reason why, in the 1960s, the National Enquirer swapped the gory, gruesome headlines th...
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737 The life-saving medicines inspired by animals

These days, many of us are more likely to think of wild animals with a source of human illness rather than cure. But lik...
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736 What Travel Could Look Like After Coronavirus

Many aspects of life will likely never return to normal after COVID-19, but here's how flying will be changed forever be...
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735 To Learn Faster, Neuroscientists Now Say Study Somewhere New

What can you do if you need to remember, or better yet memorize, something important? According to new research publishe...
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734 Why Drink Lemon Water During Coronavirus Quarantine

Keeping yourself healthy, active, and running is all the more important in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus. O...
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733 ‘We have nothing to hide’ — Why Dutch people don’t mind you peering into their homes

For many visitors to the Netherlands, one of the great discoveries when wandering through the streets of Amsterdam or ot...
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732 Buddhist Diet: How It Works and What to Eat

Like many religions, Buddhism has dietary restrictions and food traditions. Buddhists — those who practice Buddhism — fo...
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731 13 Tiny Changes That Will Make Your Home Instantly Happier

When your space is piled with clutter or doesn't reflect your personality, it can be hard to feel truly at home. Here ar...
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730 The seven stones of simpler living

How to live a lighter, healthier, more sustainable life. There's something deeply satisfying about stacking stones. It's...
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729 The Bright Side Of Covid-19: Seven Opportunities Of The Current Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has a lot of dark sides. Around the world, people get ill and die, schools close, the healthcar...
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728 9 Powerful Life Lessons from 100 Year Olds

Watching videos of centurions, you start to see a theme – they all seem content. That might be shocking to younger peopl...
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727 Is fasting good for you?

For some people, fasting is a way to cleanse the body of toxins. For others, it's a religious or spiritual practice. Whi...
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726 Coronavirus will change the grocery industry forever

The outbreak of coronavirus is pushing Americans to buy their groceries online, a development that could have a lasting ...
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725 How to choose clothes that will last

Fast fashion refers to clothes that quickly go from the catwalk to the retail stores to capitalize on fashion trends. It...
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724 How Social Media Sensationalism Is Fueling Stress Around Coronavirus

The coronavirus is spreading, and so is the panic-inducing media coverage. As Neal Rothschild and Sara Fischer write in ...
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723 4 Key Benefits of Online Meetings

Regardless of the industry you work in, there's bound to be a moment - once a month, or perhaps even once a week - when ...
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722 Understanding the tradition of wet markets

Fresh food markets — where people can buy fruits and vegetables and sometimes seafood and meat — are popular in many pla...
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721 The health benefits of a random act of kindness

Studies have shown that putting the well-being of others before our own without expecting anything in return -- or what ...
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720 Effective Ways To Boost Your Immune System Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

With all the tips being thrown at us on how to prevent exposure from coronavirus (and viruses in general) this season, i...
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719 Reasons Why You Should Have A Health Journal

If you have started 2020 with a resolve to improve physically and mentally, then it is a must that you have a health jou...
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718 Gingko biloba trees guard a secret fountain of youth

As humans age, our bodies start to slow down and get creaky. But the same doesn't happen with the ginkgo biloba tree. It...
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717 Traditional Handwashing vs. Dishwashers: Which Is More Effective?

Washing all of the dishes manually or using the dishwasher? In this day and age, washing dishes by hand is still surpris...
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716 What is climate change? A really simple guide

Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet. Human activities have increased carbon-dio...
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715 Japan to amend laws to help elderly work until 70

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved bills to urge businesses to let employees work until age 70, as the country seeks to exp...
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714 Disruptive Trends for 2020

Emerging technologies catalyze disruption. But 2020 promises to be especially extra turbulent. Election year dynamics, c...
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713 Do Face Masks Really Protect You From Getting Sick?

Over the weekend, three new cases of the Wuhan coronavirus were confirmed in the United States: two in California and on...
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712 Should I Eat Canned Tuna?

3/5 experts say yes. It’s not the sexiest fish in the sea. But tuna—even once it’s caught, frozen, thawed, cooked, chopp...
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711 Does Comfort Food Really Comfort Us Or Are We Just Emotional Eating?

You are sad, angry or feeling anxious. You go straight to the kitchen to find some sweets as your “comfort food” but not...
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710 Scientists Map 13 Key Emotions Triggered By Music

Whatever country you come from and whatever music you like, the music you want to listen to over and over again triggers...
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709 Visit museums or art galleries and you may live longer, new research suggests

A trip to the theater, museum or art gallery could help you live longer. And the more often you get that culture fix the...
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708 Food Trends That Are Coming In 2020

Thanks to man’s ever curious mind and penchant for always trying new things, each year always comes with new food trends...
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707 YouTube’s top earners: Eight-year-old Ryan tops list with $26m

An eight-year-old boy who reviews toys has been named as the highest earning YouTuber, for the second year in a row. Rya...
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706 Volcano tourism in the spotlight after New Zealand eruption

The deadly eruption of a New Zealand volcano has drawn a spotlight on how active volcanoes draw crowds of tourism each y...
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705 Eye Yoga: Best Exercise To Keep Your Eyes Healthy, Relieve Stress

Eyes serve as the body’s camera that allows you to see and put things into memory. But just like the devices we use, the...
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704 Why Cold Weather Makes Us Sick

The public is slowly gearing up to protect themselves from the cold weather since the winter season is coming and temper...
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703 What’s the Story of Thanksgiving Day in the US?

Americans love it. It started small. European settlers organized a feast in November of 1621 to celebrate a successful h...
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702 What Is a Digital Detox?

A digital detox refers to a period of time when a person refrains from using tech devices such as smartphones, televisio...
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701 It’s Official: We Should All Stop Working on Fridays, According to Microsoft

This is a big milestone for any company thinking about making Friday an official day off. According to findings at Micro...
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700 This Japanese hotel room costs $1 a night.

The catch? You have to livestream your stay When 27-year-old Tetsuya Inoue began running Asahi Ryokan -- a hotel in the ...
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699 Japan ‘glasses ban’ for women at work sparks backlash

Wearing glasses at work has become an emotive topic in Japan following reports that some firms have told female employee...
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698 The planet is getting so hot, we’ll soon be wearing air conditioners

"Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850...
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697 7 uncanny facts about crows

Intelligence runs in the crow family, a diverse group of more than 120 bird species. And, as with most genera, crows and...
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696 How to find a hobby (and why you should)

"Hobby" seems like a word from another time. The dictionary defines it as "An activity done regularly in one's leisure t...
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695 Foods That Give You A Bad Mood

Food can affect our moods. Having your favorite meal can make you the happiest person on the planet, but failing to eat ...
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694 Why not wearing shoes does a body good

It turns out, after all these millennia, Mother Nature still makes the most functional footwear. Science just took a ver...
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693 Hypersonic ‘space plane’ promises four-hour London to Sydney flights by 2030s

Flight times from London to Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s, should a hypersonic rocket engine being developed ...
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692 Self-Care Is Not Selfish

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), self-care is “what people do for themselves to establish and maintain ...