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Some blind individuals see using echoes: study
May 25, 2015
Some blind individuals see using echoes: study
As scientists discover ways to transfer sensory elements such as sight and sound across bone, converting one to the other…
Study: High altitude may boost babies’ risks for SIDS deaths
May 25, 2015
Study: High altitude may boost babies’ risks for SIDS deaths
Lofty living may make babies vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome, according to a Colorado study that found higher risks…
Battle ropes become popular go-to fitness tools in gyms
May 25, 2015
Battle ropes become popular go-to fitness tools in gyms
Battle ropes, the thick and heavy ropes that look as if they could tether a ship to shore, have become…
Liver transplant expert: 15 million Egyptians have hepatitis C
May 25, 2015
Liver transplant expert: 15 million Egyptians have hepatitis C
Liver transplant expert Dr. Mohamed Negm said there are 15 million Egyptians infected with hepatitis C.
Egypt sees encouraging signs against widespread practice of female genital mutilation
May 25, 2015
Egypt sees encouraging signs against widespread practice of female genital mutilation
According to the Egypt Demographic Health Survey of 2014, awareness against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has slightly improved…
Official: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
May 25, 2015
Official: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
Seventy percent of poultry farms are unlicensed and bird flu has become endemic in Egypt, said President of the General…
In North Korea, men call the shots, women make the money
May 25, 2015
In North Korea, men call the shots, women make the money
North Korea is a militarized, male-dominated society, but it is women who are making the money as the insular nation…
Renault makes concessions to striking workers in Turkey
May 24, 2015
Renault makes concessions to striking workers in Turkey
French car giant Renault has offered a cash payment to striking workers in western Turkey where a wage dispute has…
Afghan weddings: bigger, fatter and hard to tame
May 24, 2015
Afghan weddings: bigger, fatter and hard to tame
With a burst of confetti, dancers clap and twirl around a garland-bedecked groom as Afghanistan's wedding season kicks into high…
‘Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash killed in car crash
May 24, 2015
‘Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash killed in car crash
Nobel prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, famously portrayed in the movie "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife Alicia…