New research indicates that children who receive antibiotics before their first birthday are significantly more likely to develop asthma by age 7. The study, published in a peer-reviewed journal, reports that children receiving antibiotics in their first year of life were at greater risk for developing asthma by age 7 than those who did not.
At the time, the Soviet news agency TASS called Reagan’s visit to the Wall “openly provocative, war-mongering.” But listen closely to a recording of it today: the speech sounds as much like an invitation as it does a challenge. In the speech, Reagan would call on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, but that language was opposed strongly…
The legislature is currently considering a draft law that would prohibit mistresses. Tucked within a bill called “Women’s Rights Protection Law,” the provisions would prohibit married people from “building love nests” and from “cohabiting” with non-spouses.
With more than a billion people now sharing just 100 surnames, Chinese authorities are considering a landmark move to try to end the confusion, state media reported Tuesday. Guan Xihua, a household registration officer with the Beijing public security bureau, said the lack of variety caused trouble in daily life and the new regulation would slash repetition.
Menus in Beijing, China are confusing English speakers. “Weird and wonderful English on Beijing — like “pee soup”, “complicated cakes” and “grass with fishy smell” — are part of the city’s charm,” says Theo Theodopolopodis, a Greek businessman who has been living in Beijing for two years. “If we sanitize everything, what happens to local flavor?”
