Daily Diamond - Life Expectancy Increasing - Men Catching Up!

Back in 1981, the average life expectancy for men in England and Wales was six years behind women. Since then, a variety of factors has improved the average life expectancy of both men and women, with men reaping the most benefits. They’ve caught up and there is only a two-year gap between......
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Daily Diamond - Yahoo Tests Ear-Print Scanners for Smartphones

Many of us use PINs to unlock our phones, and some of the more tech-savvy among us might even use a fingerprint scanner. But what about scanning another part of your body instead, say, your knuckles, your palm, or even your ear? That’s what Yahoo Labs is proposing and currently testing......
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Daily Diamond - How Pets Can Make Your Home Even Happier

Having a pet can be great for all the family, and even help with children’s development. So, if you’re on the fence about buying your child his or her first pet, maybe this article can help!
First things first, keeping pets could help your child to grow into the kind and caring adult......
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Daily Diamond - US Diet Pepsi to Drop Aspartame

If you happen to be one of those people dubious about the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame, but love Diet Pepsi, then we have some great news for you!
Due to popular demand, PepsiCo is replacing the sweetener it uses in its Diet Pepsi drinks. There is a downside though, which would......
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Daily Diamond - Windows Open to Android and iOS for Apps

As you might expect, there is a lot of hype surrounding the release of Windows 10 and what this version could have to offer. And why wouldn’t there be when Microsoft are billing this version the operating system for software developers.
As a consumer, one of the most annoying factors of......
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Daily Diamond - Picasso and Giacometti Smash Auction Records

Picasso is one of the most famous artists ever to have lived, and a recent auction of one of his paintings has gone on to prove that.
Les Femmes d’Alger (left in the cover photo) is Picasso’s 15-piece interpretation of Eugène Delcrois’s Women in Algiers, titled Versions......
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Daily Diamond - Vibrating Pen to Help Parkinson's Patients Write

When someone develops Parkinson’s disease, it affects their physical movement, slowing their movements, stiffening their muscles, and tremors. Another possible symptom is something called Micrographia.
This condition is characterised by the patient’s handwriting becoming smaller and smaller,......
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