Odds and ends

China school allows students to ‘borrow’ marks  http://anynews.lk/s/jn0e 

 Stress and blood clots

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4111656/How-stress-puts-higher-risk-heart-attack-Higher-activity-certain-brain-linked-clotting-aorta.html

 New car battery

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4110348/Samsung-shows-electric-car-battery-charge-300-miles-just-20-minutes.html

Migration from Africa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4103074/The-journey-ancestors-New-model-brings-step-closer-understanding-migration-Africa.html

 Namibian genocide

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4107344/Germany-sued-refuses-pay-reparations-forgotten-genocide-100-000-Namibian-tribesmen-early-1900s-considered-precursor-Holocaust.html

Couch potatoes and Dementia

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4106556/Couch-potatoes-highest-risk-dementia-Skipping-exercise-dangerous-carrying-Alzheimer-s-gene.html

 

 Sri Lankan news

GTF Wants Govt. To Faithfully Implement CTF Recommendations - http://anynews.lk/s/jmjj 

 

Foreigners who invest over USD 300,000 to get 2 to 5 year visa - http://anynews.lk/s/jmph

Odds and ends

Scientific American: The Most Popular Science Stories of 2016.  http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwhvf2-zI

Popular Science: Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV risk. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw7IPFlzM

Smithsonian.com: The Inventor of the Telegraph Was Also America’s First Photographer. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw66XmyzI

LiveScience: Global Warming - Natural vs. Manmade Causes Compared By NASA | Video. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw5eyGiTM

Losing Weight - How The Human Body 'Burns' Fat | Video. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwzuyGiTM

Odds and ends

Alternative to Viagra

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4078402/Scientists-discover-boost-men-no-help-Viagra-new-daily-incontinence-pill.html

Persian architects

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4082022/Stunning-images-Islamic-buildings-Persian-architects-used-science-maths-create-Iran-s-beautiful-ancient-mosques-bazaars.html

Ellis Island refugees

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4080452/Ellis-Island-opened-125-years-ago.html

  
Subcutaneous implant in HIV

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4086960/Under-skin-implant-releases-daily-PrEP-dose-slash-HIV-infection-rates.html

Cosmetic surgery

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4084630/Surgeons-reveal-cosmetic-surgery-trends-set-sweep-2017.html