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The viral 75 Medium challenge claims to be a friendlier alternative to the 75 Hard. So what do experts reckon?
As we've touched on, the 75 Medium is a viral health and wellness challenge that sits in between its big and little sisters, the 75 Hard and the 75 Soft. All three challenges have a set of rules, or ...
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7 Smart Tips to Reach DAF Donors — and Raise More
H. Daniel Heist, assistant professor of public administration and nonprofit management at Brigham Young University, worked with his colleagues to interview 46 fundraisers last year for a recently ...
I Had To Trick My Mum Into Assisted Living – And I Still Feel Guilty
She was set on staying in her home but resisted the in-home care we set up – I suspect because of what it represented: a loss ...
Engineers invented an ultra-hard concrete alternative made of fungus and bacteria
A new fungi-based concrete alternative could finally give the construction industry the game-changing material it has been ...
Granular systems, such as sandpiles or rockslides, are all around you − new research will help scientists describe how they work
It’s extremely difficult to see how forces in a pile of sand are distributed between individual grains – a new experimental ...
Scientists observe how blobs form crystals and discover a new crystal type
Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don't always grow in a straightforward way. New York University ...
Two astonishing singers make Schumann’s Romantic brilliance blaze, plus the best of April’s classical and jazz concerts
Along with world-class pianist Gerold Huber, Christian Gerhaher and Julia Kleiter took the Wigmore Hall audience on a musical ...