Why Do We Have Middle Names? The History of Middle Names, Explained
We use our middle names when filling out official documents, coming up with a new email or username, and writing our initials ...
Challenging the Status Quo: Unmarried Women More Likely to Buck Tradition of Changing Maiden Name When They Say "I Do"
New report shows Gen Z women value the brand identities they’ve built on social media, while Millennial and Gen X women value ...
Man Says Sister 'Knowingly' Used His Preferred Baby Name After Agreeing Not to: 'We Had Dibs'
A man who has long planned to name his firstborn child "Julian" now says he can't — because his sister knowingly stole the ...
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Norton F1R Is a Bike So Rare You've Probably Never Heard of It, First One Up for Grabs
Part of a range of bikes that were made by Norton under the F1 moniker for just two years, in 1990 and 1991, this F1R is actually the first of its kind ever made back in 1990, and it's now in the ...
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Pennsylvania lawmakers sound alarm on double voting as they urge Gov. Shapiro to take action
And while the crime is “rare,” according to the Department of ... Flick said he had to string together full names and birthdays to identify errors in the rolls. Ohio’s 88 counties all ...
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Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs
TerraPower Isotopes this week announced a milestone, becoming the first commercial-scale producer of a promising and rare isotope for ... s Oak Ridge Office to use the recovered thorium for ...
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First newborns join screening for 200 rare diseases
We use local storage to store your consent preferences ... with the aim of speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of more than 200 rare diseases. At present, newborns are given a heelprick ...
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First newborn babies tested for over 200 genetic conditions as world-leading study begins in NHS hospitals
“Too many parents are waiting too long for crucial answers on diagnosis, and I am determined that we use innovation to turn that around.” The NHS blood spot screening (the heel prick test) is used to ...
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Detroit Tigers secret is out: A rare team meeting sparked stunning MLB playoff surge
It may have started after a rare team meeting – after the trade deadline, right around the time they played the New York Yankees in MLB’s Little League Classic on Aug. 18. Tigers manager A.J ...
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Teachers Reveal The Names They Absolutely Wouldn't Use For Their Own Kids
Leanne Kotlarz, Chicago “Any boy’s name with an x in it that isn’t traditionally spelled with one, i.e. Jaxon, Braxton, etc.” — Joy E Taylor Anderson, Utah “Any boy J name. My first year teaching ...
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Why are so many historically rare storms hitting the Carolinas?
The estimates use past rainfall ... should be exceedingly rare, struck the Carolinas in just a few years? There are two main reasons, which are related. First, estimating the probability of ...
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Niemann-Pick disease: FDA approves first two drugs in the space of a week for rare disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first two drugs to treat the rare lysosomal storage disorder Niemann ... sold under the brand name Miplyffa, to be used in combination ...