#Chemicals found in over 1,200 foods linked to immune damage

#Chemicals found in over 1,200 foods linked to immune damage

“#Chemicals found in over 1,200 foods linked to immune damage” Junk food fiends have more to worry about than a ballooning waistline. Chemical preservatives and other additives found in many popular processed foods may be undermining snackers’ immune systems, according to a new study. Two compounds, tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) and per- or poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been…

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#UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID

#UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID

“#UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID” LONDON — On March 4, 2020, when there were just 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK, professor Sharon Peacock recognized that the country needed to expand its capacity to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus. The Cambridge University microbiologist understood that…

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#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

“#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin” GENEVA — A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago — with four theories being considered and one the clear frontrunner,…

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#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

“#Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth” BORDEAUX, France — It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue. What is it? A 5,000-euro bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year in space. Researchers in Bordeaux are analyzing a dozen bottles of the precious liquid —…

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#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study

“#Common cold could provide COVID-19 protection: study” Coronavirus researchers are looking at fighting fire with fire. A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that the human rhinovirus, otherwise known as the “common cold,” helps block SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in the respiratory tract. Scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for…

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#Way more rich people dodge taxes than are caught: study

#Way more rich people dodge taxes than are caught: study

“#Way more rich people dodge taxes than are caught: study” The richest Americans use crafty methods to dodge taxes on far more income than the feds previously thought, a new study shows. The Internal Revenue Service tries to catch high-income tax evaders with random audits — but they often fail to spot complex schemes that the…

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#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

“#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins” WASHINGTON – About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using curiously elongated wing-like fins that rendered its body wider than it was long. Scientists on Thursday announced…

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#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

“#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. Arizona State University…

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#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

“#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars” A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water. In their research, the team of scientists posits that a large quantity of the Martian planet’s water had not escaped into space due to its low gravity as previously assumed, but…

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