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UAE Will Be The First Nation In The World To Formalize A Work Week That is Shorter Than 5 Days. This Comes When The UAE Adopts A 4.5-day Workweek, Beginning Jan 1, 2022, With Weekends To Comprise Friday Afternoon, Saturday, And Sunday. The Change Is Expected To Boost Work-Life Balance/Enhance Social Wellbeing, While Increasing Performance.

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Scotland Wants To Trial A 4-Day Work Week To Boost Worker’s Happiness & Productivity. Scotland Will Model The Trial After Iceland, One Of The Countries, Which Includes Spain, Japan, New Zealand, To Have Undergone A Trial And May Be Exploring A Permanent Switch. Scotland Workers Will See A 20% Work Hours Reduction Without Change In Wages.

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A New Species Of Venomous Spider That Can Live For 20 Years Was Discovered In Florida Zoo. The Spider, A Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider, Said To Look Like A Shiny Black Small Tarantula With A Bee-Like Sting, Spends Their Entire Life In The Same Burrow–The Females For 20 Years And The Males For Typically 7 Years Before Leaving To Mate.

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The First Global Study Conducted BY WHO And ILO Showed That Long Working Hours Resulted In The Death Of 745,000 People, In 2016, From Stroke And Heart Disease. And That More Than 55 Hours Work Week Was Associated With A 35% Higher Risk Of Stroke And 17% Higher Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease, Compared With 35-40 Hours Work Week.

One Of The World’s Rarest And Critically Endangered Toad, Atelopus Varius, Was, For The First Time, Bred In Captivity. Scientists, Were Able To Mimic, In Captivity, The Natural Conditions That Are Similar To Where The Toads Lives In The Central American Rainforests Of Panama And Costa Rica, Such As Lighting, Temp., And Water Levels.

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A Rare Bee Species, Native To Queensland, Australia, Which Has Not Been Seen In 100 Years Was Re-discovered After An Attempt To Verify Its Extinction. The Bee Species, Pharohylaeus Lactiferus, For Which Nothing Is Known Of Its Biology, Is Said To Be Struggling To Survive Due To, For Example, Habitat Loss, Wildfires, And Climate Change.

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One Of Britain Largest Spiders, The Great Fox-Spider, Thought To Have Gone Extinct, Was Spotted In The Ministry of Defence Training Ground In Surrey. The Spider, A 5cm Wide Arachnid, Was Last Spotted 27 Years Ago On Hankley Common In Surrey. The Great Fox-Spider Is A Night Time Hunter And Is Known For Its Speed, Agility, And 8 Black Eyes.

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Though Not Unheard Of, The Viral Video That Many Have Labeled “Scary And Frightening,” Shows A Spider (Suspectedly A Pink Toe Tarantula ) From A Beam, Eating And Holding An Entire Bird In Its Front Legs. Pink Toe Tarantulas, Found In S. America, Are Active Predators That Live On Trees And Feed On Rodents And Small Mammals.

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The First Generic Powerful Blood Thinner, Eliquis (Apixaban), Has Been Approved By The U.S. FDA On 12/23/19. Eliquis Helps Reduce Risk Of Stroke In Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Or AFib And Also Prevents Blood Clots In Veins Deep In The Body And In lungs. This Generic Will Improve Access To Lower-Cost, Safe And High-Quality Drug.

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Another Cool Animal Inspired Innovation. This Ant And Spider Inspired Metal Is So Water Repellent, It Refuses To Sink Regardless Of How Damaged It Is Or How Often It Is Forced Into Water. The Metal Could Lead To Building Unsinkable Ships And Wearable Flotation Devices, And Even Electronic Devices That Can Survive Long Term In The Ocean. Cool!

A 1997 To 2013 Data From The Clinical Study Of Over 6,000 British Adults, Between Ages 45 To 69, Indicates That Folks Who Live Within Places Completely Or Partly Covered By Trees, Grasses, Shrubs Or Vegetation (Green Spaces) Are Less Prone To, E.G, Obesity, Hypertension And High Blood Sugar, Which Are Conditions That Increase The Risk Of, E.G,…

Although Controversial, A New Study Is Indicating That Heart Attacks And Strokes Could Be Reduced By More Than Half By Giving Inexpensive Generic Drug Called Polypills To Folks, Btw Ages 50-75, From Poor And Middle-income Countries. Polypills Comprises Cholesterol-Lowering Statin, Two Blood-Pressure Drugs, And A Low-Dose Aspirin.

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A Recent Study Of 80,000 Postmenopausal US Women Over An 11.9 Year Period Is Confirming That Drinking 2 Or More Artificially Sweetened Diet Beverages A Day Could Lead To An Increased Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke And Early Death In Women Over 50. The Result Is Relational As It Hasn’t Being Determined How Diet Beverages Cause This.

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Excess Body Weight, In Addition, To Having Other Ramifications Has Also Been Linked To A 4% Cause In Global Cancers Worldwide. The Result Is Based On Data Collected In 2012. But What May Be Most Troubling Is That Not A Lot Of Folks Are Aware Of The Relationship Between Obesity And Cancer.

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The Biggest Spiders In The World Do Not Build Webs To Trap Their Prey. They Rather Hunt Their Preys, Hence Their Name, The Huntsman Spiders. These Fast Spiders Are Distributed In The Warmer Climates Of The World. The Giant Spider Was Discovered In A Cave In Laos In 2001.

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Probably Common Knowledge That Men Lose More Weight Than Women When Placed On The Same Diet Regimen. And This, According To Studies, Is Due To Men’s Higher Metabolic Rate, Muscle Mass And The Fat Type Burnt, Whether It’s Subcutaneous Fat Or Visceral Fat, In The Mid Section, Which Also Encourages High Metabolism.

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A 20 Year Study May Have Indicated That Women Who Get Treated By Women Physicians, In The Emergency Room, Are 5.4% More Likely To Survive A Heart Attack Than When Treated By Male Physicians Because, Speculating, Female Physicians Could Better Follow Clinical Guidelines. The Gender Matching Doesn’t Apply To Men. Really!?

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Ireland Is In The Process Of Making History, People. The Country, In A Bid To Combat Climate Change, Has Passed A Bill In The House Of Representatives, Which Would End, In 5 Yrs, Public Investments In Non-Renewable Fossil Fuel Energy. The Bill Is Expected To Easily Pass Through The Senate. Lets See Who Follows Next!

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The Limit To How Long We Can Live, According To Some Scientists, Has Not Been Reached. This is Because The Mortality Rate, Which Sky Rockets Amongst Folks In Their 70s And 80s, Flattens Out Among The Oldest People. The Oldest Person That Ever Lived Was Jeanne Calment, A French woman, Who Died At The Age Of 122.

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A Recent Study Has Indicated That 99% Of Toddlers, Ages 19 to 23 Months, Are Taking About 7.5 Teaspoons of Added Sugar/Day Via Their Diets. This Is More Than The Sugar In A Candy Bar. Sugar, As One Gets Older, Has Been Said To Be Responsible For Health Complications, E.G, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, And Obesity.

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