Swiss school closures cut Covid spread: study

Switzerland’s decision in the spring to shutter schools was one of the most effective measures in reducing mobility and thus also transmission of COVID-19, a study showed Sunday. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ETH, determined that the closure of Swiss schools last March was responsible for cutting mobility by more than a fifth. “School closures […]

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Vanessa Kirby Watched Stranger in Labor to Portray Home Birth in Pieces of a Woman

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1zLKbMAZNGI Vanessa Kirby did her homework in preparation for her latest heartbreaking role. In Pieces of a Woman, the 32-year-old actress stars as Martha, a pregnant woman who loses her baby during a botched home birth. The more-than-20-minute-long sequence depicts her labor pains leading up to the tragic moment, as the rest of the movie shows her grieving process and […]

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Aphantasia: The inability to visualize images

Researchers have uncovered distinct differences between people who can create visual images in their mind and those without this ability. They found more proof that ‘mind-blindness’ is a legitimate condition. The inability to voluntarily form mental images was first described in medical literature by Francis Galton in 1880. People with this condition experience difficulty picturing scenes or objects in their […]

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