A new study says that kids with a specific gene variant who read at least an hour a day are five times more likely to develop myopia.

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British people do not read 'er' and 'erm' in the way that Americans would read those words.
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Designer Jez Burrows strings together example sentences from dictionaries to create beautiful short stories.
The Blue Boy has been using his defiant stare and unique fashion sense to transfix viewers for centuries. But even art fans may not know the story of Thomas Gainsborough’s most iconic work is nearly as rich as the fabric of his subject’s blue britches.