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News Image Best Natural Sleep Aids (2024), Tested and Reviewed

I tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from CBD capsules to mushroom chocolate to bath bombs, to see if they would help my chronic insomnia.

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German police: minimal traffic disruption at border controls

German police have clarified what passport controls at the borders will look like from Monday.

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News Image The Best Vibrators (2024), Tested and Reviewed

Gender? I don’t even know her! No matter what you’ve got, these tools promise good vibes for all.

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Most Dutch employers support working from home, says association

Almost all employers allow their employees to work from home, and seven out of ten have no intention of forcing their employees to come into the office more often.

Economy Read on NL Times
News Image So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?

Crew Dragon enters Earth's atmosphere on Sunday morning as recovery boats await. A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico not all that far from Key West. The darkened waters there were carefully chosen from among dozens of potential landing spots near Florida. This is because the wind and seas were predicted to be especially calm and serene as the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Resilience floated down to the sea and bobbed gently, awaiting the arrival of a recovery ship. Inside waited a crew of four—Commander Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who funded the mission and had just completed his second private spaceflight; SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, who were the company's first employees to fly into orbit; and Pilot Kidd Poteet.

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