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A touching moment was caught on film at an Elephant Sanctuary in Botswana, as Jabu lets his human friend treat his injured eye with an antibiotic ointment. Elephants are so majestic. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/elephant-lays-down-to-let-human-friend-treat-his-injured-eye/
Read MoreJust one trip on magic mushrooms could be enough to experience a long-term increase in mindfulness and openness, according to a new study. Using brain scans, they were even able to pinpoint the serotonin receptor in the brain that appeared to be responsible for these long-term feel-good changes. While only a small study, this new research is one of the first to confirm the long-touted idea that just a single psychedelic experience with magic mushrooms can help to improve peoples’ mindfulness. Reported in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers from Copenhagen…
Read MoreDefining life is hard. Plants, animals, and amoebas certainly fit, but what about viruses or prions? For those who put viruses on the non-living side of that division, things just got a bit awkward with the discovery of hundreds of viruses whose genome resembles bacteria. Bacteriophages are bacteria-infecting viruses. Some have been used in place of antibiotics, but their diversity is so great we’ve barely scratched the surface. Now, a study published in Nature has turned up 351 bacteriophage species with genomes at least four times as large as most members of their class, almost four…
Read More2 in critical condition after stabbing near Falconridge strip mall CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreKelowna considering banning spiked fences after moose dies CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreBCIT grad builds his own site to track COVID-1 9 CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreSince then, cases have been reported across the UK, with the highest number so far seen in London. EASY STEPS: What can I do? PROTECTION: Where are we with a vaccine? GETTING READY: How prepared is the UK? VIDEO: The 20-second hand wash 2. We are in the first phase of the government’s response The government has published its action plan for dealing with the virus, which involves three phases – contain; delay; mitigate – alongside ongoing research. The emphasis is currently on the contain and research phases, officials say,…
Read MoreSunday Scrum: Federal response to the coronavirus outbreak CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreWeve all dreamed of quitting a bad job in dramatic, satisfying ways. Most of us never summon up the courage to follow through with our fantasies, but one TikTok teen has more pluck than the rest of us. TikTok user @mariakukulak documented her recent split from a local Wendys, and people online are in awe. Its not just how it ended, but the entire way she went about the process that drew people in. At the start of the almost minute-long TikTok, Maria explained her intent. Its hard for me…
Read MoreLawmakers move to lift decades-old ban, but the bill would continue to prohibit chanting, mantras and the greeting Alabama could takes steps to lift a decades-old ban on yoga in public schools this week, but would keep a ban on the greeting namaste in place. A bill brought by Representative Jeremy Gray, a Democratic legislator from Opelika, is on the proposed debate agenda Tuesday in the Alabama House of Representatives. If the bill passes with a two-thirds majority, it will then go to the Senate for further debate. The Alabama…
Read MoreShareTweetPin Dear Married Daughter, First of all, I am amazed that I am old enough to be writing this letter. When you were young, and sitting in the grocery cart while we shopped, people would stop me and comment on how cute you were and I would smile and thank them. They would often look at me and say, “Don’t blink. It goes fast.” I felt sorry for them because they were not standing with their with a child, and they had a look of longing in their eyes that…
Read More(CNN)The Bahrain Grand Prix — the second race of the new Formula One calendar — will be staged without spectators due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus. READ: Confusion as Italian sports minister calls for Serie A suspensionREAD: Soccer clash in Germany draws full stadium, despite nearby coronavirus outbreak Bahrain has confirmed 83 coronavirus cases, according to the Ministry of Health, but the country is stepping up its battle against the virus. The statement said Bahrain’s imposed sanctions, which include “social distancing,” have been “extremely successful” in curtailing the spread…
Read More8 people escape chalet fire on Mount Washington unharmed CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreBrace yourself. Election season is here, and the road to 2020s presidential nomination is already paved in cringey political cartoons. Things are getting so bad that the internet can no longer tell when a comic is satirical, heartfelt, or something right in between. Tuesday afternoon, Twitter account Cursed Boomer Images uploaded what appears to be a political cartoon depicting Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Ivanka Trump. In a Facebook post shared with the comic, Klobuchar is seemingly shown wearing a blazer and adult diaper as she devours a miniaturized Trump.…
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