Latest articles and news for December 29, 2023
Psychologist's tips: Holidays can be rough – prevent family fights
If you gather with relatives only once or twice a year, then holidays can be rough – especially if you don't get along with your family. There are many movies that show family fights during holidays, and if you want to prevent it, then you have to know some tricks.
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Housekeeping tips: Cleaning a long-time dirty oven
While it's relatively easy to clean the oven after you use it as long as it's not hot anymore, it becomes harder over time. Old stains tend to be stubborn, and it's even harder to clean them if it's sugar, burns, or oil.
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Interior tips: These trends are about to be out of fashion
Trends come and go and if you actually follow them, then you always have to change something. The same happens with interior trends, so if you want your house to look fashionable, then you should stay tuned.
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Tips from an Expert: How to Arrange Relaxation Areas – Home Cinema
The main difference between a home theater and a simple TV is the surround multi-channel sound, which allows you not only to concentrate on the development of the plot, but also to experience what is happening to the characters on the screen.
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Gardening tips: These flowers are mainstream – choose them carefully!
If you want your garden to be unique and a bit exotic, then you have to choose rare and beautiful plants to grow. While some garden plants and flowers are beautiful, they can also be too mainstream - so everyone grows them!
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Pet owner's tips: Make sure your cat's OK when it's outdoors
If your cat loves going for a walk outdoors, then you have to make sure that it's safe. While you can't control your pet's every move, there are still a few things you can do to help.
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Useful Tips: How to Remove Machine Oil from Clothes
You can use plain soap to remove oil and grease stains before washing. It's cheap and has worked well. Wet the stain, scrub it with damp soap, and then scrub it with an old toothbrush.
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A new experiment: Vegan diet improves cardiovascular health – twins prove it
While a vegan diet might be not for everyone, it can actually be quite beneficial - and a new experiment proves it. The newest experiment found that following a vegan diet for just 8 weeks can improve cardiovascular health.
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Psychologist's insights: Why people feel lonelier in winter
Loneliness is like a disease - and some people have to live with it all the time, regardless of how many friends they have. Meanwhile, in winter, lots of people feel even lonelier - but why?
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Housekeeping tips: Cleaning old, dirty tiles – leave no scratches
If you have to clean really old, dirty tiles, then it might feel like you['re free to use anything, because they are already damaged. Meanwhile, if you clean them carefully and leave no scratches, you can make them look new again!
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Ants: Interesting Facts – They Have a Memory
The first ants appeared 130 million years ago. These little ones are as ancient as dinosaurs.
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Interior tips: Preparing your house for many guests
If you're about to organize a huge party and invite many guests, then you need to prepare your house as well. It doesn't only mean to decorate it, but to protect the fragile items and make sure that your guests will get everything they need.
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Good to Know: What is Passive Aggression and What to Do About It
Passive aggression is an attempt to express negative emotions without talking about them openly. This is a pattern of behavior in which a person shows anger indirectly - for example, by loudly slamming a door, using veiled insults or deliberate neglect.
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Gardening tips: Protect your garden tools in winter – tips that work
In winter, you don't have to use your garden tools, but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't take good care of them. To protect them from rust and damage, you should know a few tips on how to keep them safe.
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Pet owner's tips: Making a dog house is easy
If your pet spends a lot of time outdoors, then you can build a dog house for it! While it might seem to be too hard, it actually isn't – you just have to collect materials and tools.
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Butterflies: Interesting Facts - You Didn't Know About This
Peru and the Indian state of Sikkim are considered to be the richest in the diversity of butterfly species.
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Expert Explanation: What is Aphasia
Aphasia is the loss of speech functions that occurs due to damage to the speech center in the cerebral cortex. As a result, a person loses the ability to speak and/or listen to conversations, and in some cases, count, read or write.
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A new discovery: Vitamin D doesn't improve bone strength – it's a myth
A major clinical trial discovered that vitamin D supplements do not improve bone strength or prevent fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. This challenges common beliefs about the effects of vitamin D on bone health.
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Expert Explanation: Why There Is No Appetite – Good to Know
The medical name for loss of appetite is anorexia. But it should not be confused with anorexia nervosa - a mental illness, an eating disorder. A person with this diagnosis may feel hungry, but independently limits food intake.
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Gerbera: Growing and Care
Gerberas grown at home are extremely heat-loving. In spring and summer they should live at a temperature of 24-25 °C, and cold snaps even down to 20 °C are very undesirable.
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