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The CDC Warns About a Specific Brand of Cheese Linked to Listeria Outbreak

Doctors are always warning us that careless eating can be a major problem for our health – too salty meals or those that contain a high level of fat are not recommended, and the examples can continue. But sometimes we…

March 1, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Popular pastime or a damaging dependence? Worrying signs your teen has a gaming addiction

Gaming has been popular since the 1970s, and from Atari to Sega, Nintendo to Playstation, both consoles and their games have evolved through the decades, from humble, arcade-style beginnings, to fully immersive, open world, hyper-realistic experiences. It’s hardly surprising that…

March 1, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

6 Things To Know About A Lawsuit

Everybody should be knowledgeable about lawsuits to be prepared at all times. You or a loved one might encounter legal matters concerning family matters, work-related legal issues, administrative, civil, and criminal issues. In this article, you’ll learn the important things…

March 1, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Thousands Of Human Skeletons Are Proof Of Evolutionary War Between Us And Various Diseases

As the world is fighting a global pandemic, a study on thousands of ancient skeletons showed how the human body adapted to fight disease and how the diseases also evolved and became less deadly over time. The conclusions may provide…

March 1, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Scientists Managed To Watch Storms Of Microbes Brew Inside Cells Via Weather Radar Tech

Scientists are currently experimenting with a radar-like weather system to observe how a storm of pathogens brews and evolves inside living tissue. The strategy is entirely new, the authors of the study say, and is based on a method comparable…

March 1, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Helping Women with Mental Illness Navigate Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a complicated time for all women: It’s often equal parts challenging, exciting, and rewarding, with multiple highs and lows. For the 1 in 5 women who experience a mental illness, however, pregnancy comes with its own unique…

February 28, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Surprising Stem Cell Therapy Helped Repair Spinal Cord Injury Of 13 Patients

Hundreds of thousands of people experience spinal cord injuries, in many cases experiencing loss of movement and physical sensation due to nerve damage. There are virtually no treatments aside from intensive physical rehabilitation programs. However, new results from a phase…

February 28, 2021 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

Scientists Discovered New Dinosaurs Size

A team of US scientists has found out that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex, which grew from the size of house cats to towering monsters, reshaped their ecosystems by becoming apex predators mainly thanks to…

February 28, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Don’t Miss February’s Majestic Snow Moon

You know what they say that nothing lasts forever, and not even immersive celestial events represent an exception. At the end of February, the Moon will be delighting our views with one of its beautiful states – the last full…

February 28, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The First Black Hole Ever Discovered Could Be Larger Than Scientists Knew

Black holes were once considered just a sci-fi concept, and their existence was first theorized by the German physicist Karl Schwarzschild more than a century ago. But that description of the cosmic monsters lacked a significant part of what characterizes…

February 28, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Scientists Say The Atlantic Ocean Circulation Is Now The Weakest Over The Past Thousand Years

The Atlantic Ocean circulation that forms the Gulf Stream, the weather system responsible for warm and mild weather in Europe, reached its lowest point in over a millennium, and climate breakdown is the most likely reason for that, new data…

February 27, 2021 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Flu Rates Nearing Zero In The U.S. Amid COVID Pandemic

February was typically the peak of the flu season, like doctors’ offices and hospitals used to be full of suffering patients, but that is not the case this year, too. The Flu has mostly disappeared from the U.S., as reports…

February 27, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

World Premiere: Oscillation of a Time Crystal Caught on Video

Who said that states of matter could not be caught on video? A research team led by Pawel Gruszecki from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland managed to obtain just that: for the first time in history, scientists recorded a…

February 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

When Darkness Becomes Unbearable: Scientists Find Unexpected Structure While Searching for Giant Black Hole

You know what they say that you have to be careful what you wish for. Black holes easily qualify as one of the most dangerous types of objects in the Universe, but our reality can become even scarier than that.…

February 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Patients With Schizophrenia Show Unique Differences in Neurons

Neurons are perhaps the most intriguing cells from our bodies, and there’s an average number of 100 billion of these fascinating structures in each individual’s brain. Scientists knew that there’s a strong link between brain cells and schizophrenia, and they…

February 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0