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Even one drink a day could be shortening your life expectancy

Even one drink a day could be shortening your life expectancy

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , |

Drinking one alcoholic drink on a daily basis could shorten your life expectancy, a new study suggests. The research found that drinking more than 100 grams of alcohol per week — equal to roughly seven standard drinks in the United States or five to six glasses of wine in the UK – increases your risk of death from all causes and in turn lowers your life expectancy. Recommended drinking limits in the United States are currently 98 grams for women and double for men – at two drinks per day – while limits in Italy, Spain and Portugal are...

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ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , , |

Former FBI director James Comey says his belief that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election played a role in the way he handled the investigation into her use of a private email sever as secretary of state. The former FBI director, who was abruptly fired by Trump last year, announced in July 2016 that he would not recommend charges in the investigation of Clinton’s email practices. But in a controversial move, Comey told Congress just days before the election that the FBI was reviewing additional emails in relation to the investigation. In early November, Comey then informed...

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Using laser tweezers, chemists nudged two atoms to bond

Using laser tweezers, chemists nudged two atoms to bond

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , |

It’s the first time chemists have manipulated two atoms to create a compound. For the first time, researchers have played matchmaker between two specific atoms, joining them together to form a molecule. Typically, chemists make molecules by mixing up many constituent atoms, some of which stick to each other to form the desired compounds. In the new, supercontrolled chemical reaction, researchers trapped a single sodium atom in one optical tweezer — a device that snares small particles in a laser beam — and a cesium atom in another tweezer. Both atoms were cooled to less than one ten-thousandth of...

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Mike Pompeo confirms he was interviewed by Robert Mueller

Mike Pompeo confirms he was interviewed by Robert Mueller

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Secretary of state nominee acknowledged he spoke with the Trump-Russia special counsel, but declined to say what they discussed. Mike Pompeo, chosen by Donald Trump as America’s top diplomat, confirmed on Thursday that he has been interviewed by Robert Mueller in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Pompeo was responding to senators during five hours of testimony at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, where he also faced questions over whether, as secretary of state, he would be part of a “war cabinet” that Trump is assembling ahead of potential conflicts with Iran, North Korea,...

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Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Ex-FBI director’s book A Higher Loyalty – seen by the Guardian – calls president ‘unethical’ and compares presidency to a ‘forest fire’ The former FBI director James Comey denounces Donald Trump as “untethered to truth” and likens the president to a mafia boss, in an explosive new book set to bring fresh turmoil to the White House. Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty, out next Tuesday, is published 11 months after he was fired by Trump, who allegedly tried to lean on him to shut down an investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey’s sacking triggered the...

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