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The New Delta Strain of COVID Brings More Symptoms to Watch Out For

Surely if you have not been living in a cave for the last eighteen months, you know very well the classical symptoms that a person infected with COVID-19 has to deal with: shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, and fatigue.…

June 14, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Earth’s Mantle Has an Oceanic Crust, New Study Finds

A new study offers a new perspective of Earth’s mantle, highlighting quite the discovery. Apparently, there are some “peanut chuncks” inside Earth’s middle layer right beneath East Asia. Researchers explained the whole process, and things are more complicated than previously…

June 14, 2021 · by Georgia Nica · 0

Battery Technology Fresh Breakthrough – An Atomic Analysis Of Lithium-Based Batteries

Batteries have progressed a lot since the Voltaic pile was invented. Though the technology kept evolving from lead-acid to lithium-ion, numerous challenges are still in the way of progress. These are some of the most prevalent problems – higher energy…

June 14, 2021 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

This Is How You Will Know That A Dangerous Asteroid Will Hit Our Planet

On April 13, 2029 (which happens to be on a Friday), something very peculiar will happen. A regular-sized asteroid, the 1,100-foot-wide Apophis, will pass so close to our planet that it will be visible in the sky from numerous places.…

June 14, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Worldwide Extinction Of Languages May Have An Unfortunate Impact On A Crucial Kind Of Human Knowledge

As the human languages are seeing a worldwide extinction phenomenon, a verbal encyclopedia of medical knowledge is in danger of being completely forgotten. Among 12,495 medicinal uses for plants in indigenous populations, a recent study has discovered more than 75%…

June 14, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Prevent Your Bones From Ageing By Exercising Regularly

You know how things in life really work. The older we get, the more we need to avoid stressing our bodies, especially our bones. Bone weakening is considered a part of the ageing process. Some things are natural, but sometimes,…

June 13, 2021 · by Georgia Nica · 0

Urgent Measures are Needed to Prevent the Extinction of Coral Reefs

Coral reefs have several huge roles in the environment: they protect wildlife, millions of people rely on them for food, and they clean the waters, just to say the least. According to a recent study of underwater ecosystems done by…

June 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Can a Pill For Diabetics Offer Protection For Heart Failure? New Study Grants Hope

There are plenty of things that can lead to acute heart failure, meaning an often potentially life-threatening condition. Viruses that attack the heart muscle, allergic reactions, severe infections, the use of certain medications, and even blood clots in the lungs…

June 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

National Geographic Reveals the Earth’s 5th Official Ocean

Most of us learned in school that our planet has four oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian, and the Arctic. But another one is officially added to the list by National Geographic, as a result of more and more…

June 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Italy Interrupts COVID Vaccination With AstraZeneca’s Jab for People Under a Certain Age

AstraZeneca’s vaccine for COVID is once again raising concerns, and the Italian government has taken a drastic measure after Camilla Canepa, a girl of 18 years old who received the jab, recently died from a rare form of blood clotting.…

June 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Newly Found Australian Dinosaur Species – Australotitan, 70 tons and up to 98 feet in size

Contributing to the list of recent dinosaur findings, a new species of dinosaur, approximately twice the size of the Hollywood sign, was uncovered, a new report suggests. The recently published report allowed scientists to confirm the discovery of new dinosaurian…

June 13, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

All Hospitalized Covid Patients Have This In Common

NBC News just revealed that there are only three Covid-19 patients at Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital, on Long Island, New York. The same online publication notes that this is a far cry from when…

June 13, 2021 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

How Do Scientists Research “Dangerous” Viruses In Lab Conditions?

There are approximately 1,400 known human pathogens – viruses, bacteria, helminths, protoza, and fungi that can lead to a human’s injury or death. However, in a diverse world like the one we live in, where scientists numbered only one one-thousandth…

June 13, 2021 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

“Atmosphere!” – The Freshly Discovered, Peculiar Exoplanet!

Exoplanets are often intriguing – They sometimes provide glimpses into the Universe’s formation and often contain traces of a formidable past. However, a newly discovered exoplanet may have an exciting present for scientists – an atmosphere! Diana Dragomir, an exoplanetologist,…

June 12, 2021 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0