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Leave Left-Handers Alone!
Many parents believe that the “habit” of their children to do everything with their left hand is a whim that should be stopped. These people are greatly mistaken. Left-handedness is one of the options for the normal development of the body, it is due to structural features of the human brain and is determined at genetic level. The modern world was...
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Pregnancy: Mystical Condition Full of Superstitions
Pregnancy has long been regarded as a mystical condition, since in the understanding of our ancestors, a pregnant woman carried two souls in her body, living on the border between two worlds - our own and beyond. Therefore, many magic rituals and superstitions were devoted to this condition, and some of them survived until our days
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When Kids Become Adults…at Seven
A recent study shows that in the United States of America, the number of girls reaching puberty by the age of seven has doubled in the last decade. Scientists are still investigating the reasons, but early conclusions point towards obesity and the ingestion of chemicals which mimic the female hormone, oestrogen.
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Religion: Convergence of Cultures or Clash of Creeds?
With the beginning of Ramadan, the Ninth Month of the Islamic Calendar, come hot debates, as to whether Moslems should be allowed to slit the throats of sheep in public, to make the call to prayer (Adhan) in non-Moslem communities, to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.
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Friend For Rent Is Friend Indeed
“Friend for rent” is nor a joke neither a quotation from anti-Utopia. This is a modern reality. Services like “friends for rent,””temporary wives” and even “pet per hour” have penetrated Russia. The essence of the 21st century is “everything is for sale.” We will help you fool yourself and others - just pay on time! As it turned out, there are even...