Quitting smoking may have a quick pay off for people with asthma. A single smoke-free week may be all it takes to start seeing improvements in asthma patients’ lung function, researchers report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. “In smokers with asthma, improvement in lung function occurs as early as one [...]

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After its brief breakdown last month, the Hubble Space Telescope’s main camera is gathering science data again. The Advanced Camera for Surveys stopped functioning after power supply problems, but engineers were able to switch to a backup power system and get it back online. This image was one of the first taken after the camera [...]

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When you’re trying to make the most of limited exercise time, the last thing you want to do is waste effort on exercises that don’t pay off. Exercise physiologist and fitness consultant Joseph Warpeha says there are two types of exercises we should avoid: Those that can easily lead to injury, and those that don’t produce [...]

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1899 – NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital 1944 – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian football player was born 1947 – Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was born 1954 – Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany was born 1994 – Brazil Capture their Fourth Would Cup beating Italy in a penalty kick [...]

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Good heavens, I never thought it possible. When the water bed was unveiled I thought this was the best that could happen but, going through ohgizmo.com I saw this floating bed. It is held up in the air with the aid of magnets and carries up to 900 kilos but, will I want to sleep in a [...]

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Dressed up and ready to go. Jumped out of the house and got into the bus to take me to my new office. Reached the bus stop and put my hands into my pocket to see the address of the office. Oh my God it is a different paper I took. Oh my God!!! What [...]

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Hello, my name is Temitope Patrick Oke, a 400 level student of the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science. I was born on the 7th of September in the year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and eighty one. My phone number is 08025399777 and my e-mail address is okepatto_2003@yahoo.com. Let me tell you [...]

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