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Fresh turmeric rhizome, sliced to show the orange interior, beside a heap of the ground spice. The concern in this piece is with concentrated capsules rather than with the spice itself

The Big ReadHealth

Turmeric Supplements Solved the Absorption Problem, and That Is Exactly Why They Damage Livers

Curcumin is barely absorbed, so manufacturers add piperine, which can raise bioavailability twentyfold. Liver injury reports have followed the formulations that work best, which is not a coincidence.

Sep 4, 2026/3 min read

The Diary

  1. 30 Aug – 11 DecOn now

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  2. 4 Sep – 23 MayOn now

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

  3. 2–5 NovIn 5 days

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

  4. 23–26 NovIn 4 weeks

    Dubai World Trade Centre

    Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

    Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

  5. 7–11 DecIn 6 weeks

    Expo City, Dubai

    GITEX Moves to Expo City, and Brings Seven Shows With It

    Six thousand eight hundred exhibitors, two hundred thousand visitors and four hundred government entities across five days in December. The interesting part is what has been bolted onto the side of it.

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Answers

How did the researchers get to 74.5 percent?

They started with 2,362 former NFL players who died in that period, identified through death certificate records in the National Death Index.

What is gravitational reconnection?

In plasma physics, magnetic reconnection is the process behind solar flares: field lines break and reattach, releasing stored energy.

How much have bitcoin and ether ETFs flowed this month?

The two-day recovery leaves bitcoin ETFs down about $26 million for October, though still up roughly $850 million for the year, according to TokenPost.

Who is voting early in the 2026 midterms?

In the 27 states that record party registration, roughly 16 million early voters are split 45 percent Democrat, about 31 percent Republican and 24 percent…

What do the Israel election results show so far?

The early hours were kinder to the prime minister than the later ones.

What did the Finnish study measure?

The researchers used the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, a long-running cohort in eastern Finland.

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