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The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the “glittering swarm” of stars of the globular cluster NGC 6440.The cluster is located in the constellation Sagittarius, some 28,000 light-years away.Globular clusters like NGC 6440 are tightly-packed collections of stars that live on the edges of galaxies. They can hold anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of stars that average about one light-year apart. 2022 SPACE STORIES THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLDHowever, they can be as close together as the size of our solar system. NASA said the data used to create the image came from five different Hubble observing programs. HUBBLE IMAGES SHOW…

More young children are getting sick from inadvertently eating marijuana edibles, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics.Calls to poison control centers about kids 5 and under consuming edibles containing THC rose from 207 in 2017 to 3,054 in 2021 — a 1,375% increase, according to the study. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.Nearly all of the children — about 97% — found the edibles at home.The findings were based on more than 7,000 pediatric cases reported to the National Poison Data System, a database that tracks reports of poisonings.The combination of more states’ legalizing recreational marijuana and…

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What better way to ring in the new year than with a Miley Cyrus New Year’s Eve special? The “Wrecking Ball” singer not only co-hosted the US TV spectacle with the legendary Dolly Parton—who happens to be her godmother—and organized a cameo from Paris Hilton, but she also served up some major looks. All Cyrus’s special pieces were vintage trophies, coordinated by her stylist Bradley Kenneth.The 30-year-old pop sensation opened the show in a green and orange Versace spring 2006 dress featuring a dramatic thigh-slit – the same look that supermodel Gemma Ward wore on the runway. Another standout was…

A spokesman for Academy Award-nominated actor Jeremy Renner says the star endured “blunt chest trauma” that has left him in intensive care after a snow plow accident on New Year’s Day.“We can confirm that Jeremy has suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries and has undergone surgery today, January 2, 2023,” spokesman Sam Mast said in a statement to NBC News. “He has returned from surgery and remains in the intensive care unit in critical but stable condition.”Mast also said Renner’s family is grateful to the doctors and nurses who have helped him, noting they are “also tremendously overwhelmed and…

New Year’s Eve was far more explosive than the Prague authorities wanted as some revellers defied an edict banning fireworks displays.The Czech capital’s annual fireworks display was cancelled again for the third year running, this time because of financial constraints and not COVID-19. But local authorities had also outlawed people from setting off their own pyrotechnics near the centre of the city because of environmental and noise pollution concerns, threatening hefty fines on anyone who went against the ban. But that was without counting on a national distaste for anything that whiffs of a nanny state.Ban ‘did not work’The police reportedly…

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Researchers assessed the causal relationship between different sleep disturbances — insomnia, short sleep duration, long sleep duration, and daytime sleepiness — and lower back pain.The findings suggest that insomnia could cause lower back pain and vice versa.This hypothesis needs to be supported by more studies with larger samples.Lower back pain is very common and it affects individuals of all ages. According to the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study, 7.3% of the global population — or 540 million people — experience activity-limiting lower back pain at any one time, and this symptom is the leading cause of disability worldwide.Certain lifestyle…

For the sixth year in a row, the Mediterranean diet — a way of eating focused on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean protein and healthy fat — is the best overall diet, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking. The DASH diet, which aims to lower blood pressure, and the flexitarian diet, a modified vegetarian pattern of eating, tied for second place to round out the top three best overall diets. “The reasons (that the Mediterranean diet is popular) are fairly simple. You’re eating delicious whole foods. It’s backed by decades of research showing its health benefits for…