There is more to Christmas than the date. Here’s a look at what you need to know about the most popular Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. 1. The real date of Jesus’ birth is not known. 2. Christmas is celebrated December 25th in Nigeria and many other countries. 3. Christmas is celebrated
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Are you really in charge of your appetite and weight? It might seem a strange question, but new research suggests that we may not choose our own diets. Instead, the billions of bacteria in our guts drive us to consume the nutrients that they need to survive. We need gut bacteria to help digest our
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Sleep is anything but a waste of time. While many people think of catching ZZs as the body “shutting off” until morning, nodding off actually activates a complicated process that helps you feel rested and healthy the next day. Scientists divide sleep into four stages — each full sleep cycle takes about 90 minutes to
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It turns out that our brains do way more when we snooze than was once thought — and a new study suggests we can even identify and categorise words while we’re sleeping. “We show that the sleeping brain can be far more ‘active’ in sleep than one would think,” study co-author Sid Kouider, a cognitive
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Natural food may be healthier than processed, but some can have strange effects on our bodies. A British graduate chemist and secondary school teacher has created a number of infographics to explain the unexpected chemistry behind some foods – revealing why coffee tastes bitter and chocolate is toxic to dogs. The anonymous blogger started publishing his
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We all know that a good scratch will get rid of an itch – only for it to come back with a vengeance. Now scientists claim to have finally worked out exactly why scratching always makes us itch even more. Research indicates that scratching causes the brain to release serotonin, which intensifies the itch sensation. The
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Have you ever listened to a recording of your own voice and thought, “Whoa. Do I really sound like that?” Well, it’s time to face the music. You really do. As it turns out, there’s a simple explanation for why your voice sounds so different (likely higher) to you than to other people — check
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We all know that the Earth is round – well, except maybe you’re a member of the Flat Earth Society. . But have you ever wondered what our planet would be like if it were more like a plate than a ball? Would things look any different for us? Would people really fall off the
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Skimping on sleep and staying up late could indicate you’re headed for a negative spiral of persistent worry and negative thinking, according to new research from Binghamton University. The researchers asked 100 students to complete several questionnaires and two computerized tasks to gauge repetitive negative thinking (RNT) by measuring how much the subjects worried, ruminated
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There’s no question that science has gone a long way toward solving some of nature’s deepest mysteries — everything from finding what black holes are made of to why zebras have stripes. But there are still many scientific mysteries yet to be solved. And you’ll learn about 10 of them in the video (above)
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