Parents may want to consider limiting their children’s consumption of ultra-processed packaged foods not only because these foods can lead to obesity and diabetes, but they may also stunt bone growth. A definitive link between ultra-processed foods and reduced bone quality in the development stage was revealed by a team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The study, led by professor Efrat Monsonego-Ornan and Janna Zaretsky from the Department of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition at the university’s Faculty of Agriculture, was published in the journal Bone Research. This is the first comprehensive study of the effect of widely…
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Nothing says happy birthday like the activity of a baby koala at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Millaa Millaa jumps between branches and spends time with her mother as the zoo celebrates the koala’s first birthday on April 21. Koalas are marsupials and native to Australia. They have several singular characteristics, including six opposable “thumbs,” and a proclivity to sleep all day. Millaa Millaa is the first koala born at the zoo and was roughly the size of a bean when her mother, Bunji, gave birth. Video shows the pair eating eucalyptus leaves and climbing around branches. Zoo director Stephan…
The cat population of England just climbed into history. Video of the functionally extinct wildcat was filmed at Wildwood Trust in the seaside town of Herne Bay in Kent, southeast England. They are the first population of wildcats established outside of Scotland in over two centuries. Wildwood Trust, in collaboration with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Vincent Wildlife Trust , is kicking off a groundbreaking new project to establish the first wild population of the wildcat to suitable habitat outside of Scotland since the 1800s. The project could herald a new chance for this iconic British species. Wildwood Trust will…
A fluffy panda cub can be seen spending quality time cuddling with her even fluffier mum in video taken at Adventure World, a theme park in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. The baby panda named Fuhin, born last November, is seen exploring her cage and spending quality time with her mom. At first, Fuhin doesn’t seem to be up for this adventure, as she’d rather jump around in her pen and try to escape her mother’s embraces. Fuhin manages to get halfway out the cage door, but her mom pulls her back inside. The cub protests, while mom affectionately licks her fur.…
Following a recent flurry of investment activity, New York City is now home to 21 Israeli-founded unicorns — privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more — according to the United States — Israel Business Alliance (USIBA). Each of these companies’ global or U.S. headquarters is based in Manhattan, establishing New York as the city with the second most Israeli-founded unicorns in the world, behind Tel Aviv. “The numbers we’re seeing in New York are unprecedented,” USIBA president Aaron Kaplowitz said. “Despite a year filled with challenges and uncertainty, New York remains a global hub for growth industries that…
BRISBANE, Australia — The government of Queensland, the north-eastern Australian state, will spend more than AUD 1 billion ($0.78 billion) for redeveloping the Gabba into the centerpiece of the 2032 Olympics if Brisbane wins the hosting rights. After receiving state cabinet approval for the bid, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on the Gabba will be the games’ proposed main stadium. The capacity will be increased by 8,000 to 50,000 seats, and a new pedestrian plaza will link the stadium to the Cross River Rail station, which is under construction. “We’ve hosted the Australian Football League here, we’ve hosted cricket here, but for the Olympics,…
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has sparked outrage by indicating in an interview that a rise in rape cases in his home country was due to the way women dress. While explaining his government’s strategy to check the rise in sexual violence in Pakistan, Khan said that “in any society where vulgarity is prevalent, there are consequences.” “This entire concept of purdah [covering up] is to avoid temptation; not everyone has the willpower to avoid it,” he said. “The incidents of rape of women [have] actually very rapidly increased in society.” Khan’s comments have drawn criticism from rights…
BARWON HEADS, Australia — More than a third of the students from Kristie Ainsworth’s Barwon Heads Primary School located in the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria have been diagnosed with cancer or autoimmune diseases. Ainsworth was diagnosed with the blood cancer Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 17. She has told a Senate inquiry into a possible cancer cluster in Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula. “There are so many young people who have died,” she said at Barwon Heads. Ainsworth and many other residents blame their illnesses on the chemicals used in a mosquito spraying program run by the local council since the mid-1980s. She said that the local streets and…
A huge crane, together with firemen operating a powerful winch, joined forces to prevent a truck from tumbling over the edge of a building after it crashed through a barrier and was left hanging precariously on the terrace. The incident occurred in the commune of Caccamo in Palermo, Sicily, last week. A wrong maneuver from the truck driver caused it to plow through the barrier. Its back wheels were left hanging in the air. Firefighters used mobile cranes capable of lifting heavy objects. The teams tied the truck to the mobile cranes and then use the winch to pull it…
In a serendipitous chain of events, a pair of sunglasses that flew off a flier’s face during a dizzying acrobatic stunt somehow fell into her lap when she landed. It wasn’t until that moment that she even realized they were missing. “It was unlikely the falling object would meet us at the same point,” said paragliding instructor Aysenur Katirci, who was on a tandem flight with Tuba Turkseve over the resort village of Oludeniz in the southwestern province of Mugla, Turkey. Video shows the pair enjoying the tandem flight over the Aegean coast when Turkseve’s magnetic clip-on sunglasses suddenly fly…