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Some people ‘genetically wired’ to avoid some vegetables
Image copyright Getty Images Hate eating certain vegetables? It could be down to your genes, say US scientists who have done some new research. Inheriting two copies of the unpleasant taste gene provides a “ruin-your-day level of bitterness” to foods like broccoli and sprouts, they say. It could explain why some people find it difficult …
People Now: All About Robyn Crawford Breaking Her Silence on Whitney Houston in New Memoir – Watch the Full Episode
People Now: All About Robyn Crawford Breaking Her Silence on Whitney Houston in New Memoir – Watch the Full Episode | PEOPLE.com Top Navigation Close View image People Now: All About Robyn Crawford Breaking Her Silence on Whitney Houston in New Memoir – Watch the Full Episode this link is to an external site that may or may …
BREAKING NEWS: Police identify 2 people found dead in Sterling home
STERLING – Police have identified the two 24-year-olds found dead Sunday in a Sterling home, both with single gunshot wounds to the head. Police said the bodies of Brittney L. Long of Sterling and Duane J. Briggs of Freeport were found around 6:40 p.m. Sunday in a home in the 800 block of First Avenue, …
‘Great Pumpkin Blowout’ lets people explode pumpkins with Civil War era technology
WINNABOW, N.C. (KGO) — Halloween has come and gone, so what better way to get rid of your pumpkin than to make it explode. That’s exactly what the Great Pumpkin Blowout in Winnabow, North Carolina is for. People brought their pumpkins to the Fort Anderson State Historic Site to blow them up with the technology …
Meth 2.0 is killing people faster than opioids with its ‘Breaking Bad’ levels of purity
A new ‘Methamphetamine — stronger and cheaper than previous versions, and referred to as Meth 2.0 — has taken hold of the United States. As the opioid epidemic has started to show signs of subsiding across the US, the more pure version of methamphetamine which has emerged has solidified its place as America’s drug of …
Derek Owusu: ‘Mental health issues that people find scary aren’t being talked about’ | Books
Derek Owusu was born in London in 1988. His new book, That Reminds Me, is published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books and is a novel-in-verse that explores identity, belonging, his experience of growing up in foster care, and his mental breakdown last year. Owusu edited the anthology Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space (2019) and …
Climate change: Sea level rise to affect ‘three times more people’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Heavy rain on a high tide flooded Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok in 2011 Millions more people will be at risk of coastal flooding from climate-driven sea-level rise later this century. That’s the conclusion of new research conducted by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit news organisation. It finds that …
‘Design is the layer between people and technology’ – user experience tips from Giles Colborne, author, ‘Simpl
Giles Colborne is the CEO of UK-based experience design consultancy cxpartners, and the author of Simple and Usable: Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design. Giles is also a keynote speaker and masterclass leader at the upcoming DesignUp 2019 conference in Bengaluru, for which YourStory is the media partner. See our earlier coverage of DesignUp 2018 and …
Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’
Image copyright Getty Images Narcissists might have “grandiose” delusions about their own importance and an absence of “shame” – but psychologists say they are also likely to be happier than most people. An ongoing study of narcissism by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast has found such people might infuriate others but are less likely to …
BREAKING: Two people dead, at least 14 others shot at Texas A&M Commerce party
GREENVILLE, Texas (KETK) – There has been a mass shooting near Texas A&M Commerce at a homecoming party. The Hunt County Sheriff’s office has said there are two people dead, at least 14 others shot. The shooting took place early Sunday morning. The gunman is still at large as of 5 AM. No description of …
