Spanish cabinet ministers are today discussing plans to introduce a law that would allow women to take up to five days of menstrual leave a month. Draft new legislation – leaked to Spanish media outlets – proposes giving workers who suffer from severe period pain three days of optional medical leave a month, with two […]
A study looking at more than 55,000 pairs of words has found why word pairings like “funk fungus” and “gnome bone” seem to be more amusing than their constituent parts Humans 13 May 2022 By Jesse Staniforth Some pairs of words are funnier than others Shutterstock / fizkes On their own there is nothing particularly […]
There are several ways we can measure the progress of human civilization. Population growth, the rise and fall of empires, our technological ability to reach for the stars. But one simple measure is to calculate the amount of energy humans use at any given time. As humanity has spread and advanced, our ability to harness […]
An effort designed to launch the worlds first ammonia-fueled ship is moving forward with a 246-foot… The Maritime Executive: Maritime News | Marine News
The relatively high intelligence of octopuses may be due in part to high numbers of microRNAs that could let them generate more types of neurons Life 17 March 2022 By Michael Le Page A day octopus photographed near Hawaii David Fleetham/Alamy A study of the activity of RNA, a type of genetic material, in the […]
Boeing has faced a lot of bad press in recent years, and deservedly so. After two Boeing 737 Max crashes killed 346 people, the American aerospace giant was criticised for its “slow” and “defensive” handling of the crisis, and nearly 400 planes were grounded for 20 months following a temporary ban by the US authorities. […]
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Ukrainian soldiers whom Current Time caught up with on February 23 in the Donetsk city of Horlivka — a town on the front line with Russia-backed separatists — said they have noticed a change since Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the separatist entities as independent states. Although separatist fighters have so far not attempted to […]
POPCORN & POLITICS A longtime classic became a sudden firestorm, triggering “book reviews” as yet another hot-point in the 2022 elections. Next stunt: Plundering local library shelves? A lunch meeting at a downtown Rome restaurant recently was staged where the topic of what’s on the shelves of school libraries was up for discussion. It was an […]