The new $1.35 million Pagani Huayra.
With most cars you can simply get in, start the engine, and drive off. But with the new $1.35 million Pagani Huayra, you’d better add checking the flap positions to your pre-drive checklist.
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Experts say that a ‘minimum’ distance of 50 yards should be maintained between petrol stations and housing.
Living within 100 yards of petrol stations can damage your health, according to a new study. Researchers found that air in the immediate vicinity of garages is often polluted and can harm local residents.
Half a billion adults are obese worldwide.
More than half a billion adults are clinically obese in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980s , doctors warned on Friday . Nearly one in nine of all adults — are clinically obese, according to research by a team from Imperial College London , Harvard and the World Health Organisation (WHO ).
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Researchers find possible cure for Type I diabetes.
Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that suppressing a single hormone may eliminate the need for insulin injections and may make the condition completely asymptomatic.
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Critical thinking skills not a guarantee.
A post-secondary education won’t necessarily guarantee students the critical thinking skills employers have come to expect from university grads, says a recent study.
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1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer.
One in eight women will now develop breast cancer as rates have risen over the past decade, according to new figures. The number of middle-aged women contracting the disease has increased particularly sharply, with lifestyle factors partly to blame.
Working mothers have less time to prepare more nutritious meals
Children whose mothers work are six times more likely to be overweight, research shows. They believe that a diet of fatty ready meals and snacks eaten unsupervised after school is causing them to pile on the pounds.
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Fresno is the drunkest city in the U.S.
Men’s Health has announced its list of drunkest cities in America and Fresno, Calif. is at the top, USA Today reported.
Boston was the least drunk city in America.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit trade organization, offers tips on securely surfing the Internet at public hotspots and elsewhere.
It’s the digital equivalent of mooching a cup of sugar, only without asking. Some 32% of respondents to a recent national survey admitted borrowing a neighbor’s unencrypted Wi-Fi connection. That’s nearly double the 18% who said they borrowed Wi-Fi in a 2008 poll.
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You don’t have to worry about bringing everything crashing down if you accidentally forget to turn off your phone before takeoff.
No one wants their plane to crash, and no one wants to cause a scene during a flight. So, diligent passengers that we are, we turn off our gadgets when we’re told to. But no one’s dying if you don’t.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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