World’s Tallest Man Meets World’s Smallest

By SUSANNA KIM For the first time ever, the tallest living man met the shortest in London today. Sultan Kosey of Turkey, 31, measures 8-foot-3. At the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day, he met Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 74, from Nepal. At 21.5 inches, Dangi is the shortest man in history. He weaves Nepalese garments

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World’s Tallest Man Meets World’s Smallest

By SUSANNA KIM For the first time ever, the tallest living man met the shortest in London today. Sultan Kosey of Turkey, 31, measures 8-foot-3. At the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day, he met Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 74, from Nepal. At 21.5 inches, Dangi is the shortest man in history. He weaves Nepalese garments

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Ebola drug clinical trials to start

By Tulip Mazumdar Global health reporter Ebola healthcare workers are trained on ways to treat infected patients at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 12 November 2014 The rate of transmission of Ebola remains intense, the WHO says Clinical trials to try to find an effective treatment for Ebola patients are to start

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Geldof announces Band-aid charity single to be re-recorded in the fight to combat Ebola

LONDON (AP) — Stars including One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith and Coldplay’s Chris Martin have signed up to re-record charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” with proceeds going to the battle against Ebola. Bob Geldof, who founded the Band Aid movement behind the original 1984 recording, said Monday he had been inspired by

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An age-old Ethiopian Teff grain may be ideal for the modern age.

The Jerusalem Post If you hail from Ethiopia, then teff is no stranger to you. In fact, it is the stuff that the local staple bread – injera – is made from. The 4,000-year-old teff, or by its botanical name Eragrostis tef (literally meaning “the grass of love”), is an annual grass indigenous to the

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It May Be Possible To Prevent HIV Even Without a Vaccine

By Alice Park @aliceparkny “We’re removing the doorway that HIV uses to get into cells” (Time)- Natural immunity is the most reliable way to protect yourself from viruses, bacteria and parasites. And the best way to acquire such immunity, in most cases, is to expose your immune system to the bug in question—either by getting

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For aid to Ethiopia’s autistic, the numbers don’t add up

By Michael Igoe Men and women on the steps of the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. A deeply religious nation, Ethiopians ascribe much of what happens in life — such as having a child who displays behavioral differences — to God’s will. Photo by: A. Davey / CC BY A church

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When it comes to Ebola, there are five kinds of people

By SOPHIE KAMYA, M&G Donald Trump has demanded that Obama apologise to the American people over Ebola, and has called him a psycho. CRISES tend to expose people’s true character and the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has done just that. The Clueless/Out of touch: US televangelist, John Hagee believes Ebola is God’s punishment for

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