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You’ve heard that using screens before bedtime can mess with your sleep, but new research suggests the problem is even more serious. Reading from an iPad before bed not only makes it harder to fall asleep, but also impacts how sleepy and alert you are the next day, according to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. …

In the recent past there seems to be a rush by sections of the media and top government officials to embrace Israel as a bosom pal. An article in the once prestigious Daily Mirror claimed the Sinhalese were related to the Jews through the ten headed King Ravana who lived 5000 years ago. It was not the absurdity of the …

So far there is no vaccination or at least a cure for Ebola. That's why all what we can depend on are prevention mechanisms. Prevention includes decreasing the spread of disease from infected monkeys and pigs to humans. This may be done by checking such animals for infection and killing and properly disposing of the diseased bodies if the illness …

Stories and images have been doing the rounds on social media sites claiming that Israel has changed it’s barcode from 729 to 871 (or other numbers like 500) in order to fool people looking out for the 729 barcode. This mistaken belief stems from a misunderstanding of how barcodes work. A barcode only tells you which country a company is …

Dozens of Spanish film stars, directors, musicians and writers, led by Oscar winners Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have denounced Israeli incursion into Gaza. In an open letter published on Tuesday, they described Israel’s actions as "genocide." They also called on the European Union to "condemn the bombing by land, sea and air against the Palestinian civilian population …