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☆ Polar bears, pushed on land by climate change, get their own radar
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

As climate change diminishes sea ice from coastal communities in the Arctic and the subarctic, researchers expect polar bears to range further into the towns and camps in this remote part of the world. Geoff York and KT Miller install a mobile radar tower in Churchill, Manitoba, which hosts the SpotterRF radar to detect polar bears. When the sea ice along the bay melts, the bears migrate to make their home on land and wait for the ice to return. “It makes it ideal to test new technologies.”Although every season is different, climate change is lengthening the amount of time bears are away from sea ice here. But as climate change limits sea ice habitat, it’s expected to push more hungry bears toward communities that haven’t dealt with these creatures before.

☆ Flu season already hitting hard across half of the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —About half of the US – 22 states, along with Washington, DC, New York City and Puerto Rico – is reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity, as flu season sweeps through the country weeks earlier than usual. “Among the people who study flu, there’s a little saying: ‘If you’ve seen one flu season, well, you’ve seen one flu season,’ ” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Although the numbers are especially high for this time of year, experts say the trends are otherwise following an expected pattern, and the early arrival of flu season doesn’t necessarily mean it will last longer or be more severe. It’s not like we’re seeing a lot of hospitalizations without a lot of illness.”Flu activity has been highest in the South, CDC data shows. And millions fewer flu vaccines have been distributed this season than at this point in previous years.

☆ Here's an exclusive look at the 18-slide presentation that a health-data startup used to land $20 million as it eyes profitability
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Carta Healthcare just announced $20 million in Series B funding led by Paramark Ventures. That puts startups in need of a Series B round in a tough position. The health-data startup said on November 2 that it had raised a $20 million Series B round led by Paramark Ventures. Insider got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Carta Healthcare used to raise $20 million in Series B funding. Here's the 18-slide presentation Carta Healthcare used to raise $20 million in Series B funding.

☆ Opinion | Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Elisabeth Bik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

One evening in January 2014, I sat at my computer at home, sifting through scientific papers. Manipulated imagery in scientific papers can look ordinary at first glance. However, this ability, combined with my — what some might call obsessive — personality, helped me when hunting duplications in scientific images by eye. So when a scientist’s research shows a negative result, cheating can be tempting. Legitimate criticism of scientific research should receive legal protection.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInside the world's first affordable solar electric vehicleGermany company Sono Motors plans to bring the world's first affordable solar-powered EV to market in Europe in mid-2023. Priced at $25,000, the Sion features 465 integrated solar half-cells, as well as a lithium iron phosphate battery with a 190 mile range. The company estimates that on average, solar power can fuel an additional 70 miles of driving per week. Sono hopes to bring the Sion to the U.S. market soon.

☆ Inside the world's first affordable solar-powered electric vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a tour throughout the U.S., in anticipation of its eventual domestic release. For longer trips though, the Sion has a lithium iron phosphate battery with a 190-mile range, made by Chinese electric vehicle and battery giant BYD. Sono uses a polymer-based solar technology that it developed. While there are no mass-market solar electric vehicles available today, Hahn believes this technology will take off soon.

☆ How ethereum and bitcoin are trying to go green
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Brigham | Jeniece Pettitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow ethereum and bitcoin are trying to go greenEthereum, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, recently implemented a major network upgrade that reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But though energy usage has been one of the cryptocurrency industry's biggest targets for critique, it's not likely that bitcoin will follow suit. Instead, bitcoin miners are touting their use of renewables and their benefit to the electrical grid, as they try to green their image. Here's how both networks are trying to become more sustainable.

☆ How ethereum's merge made crypto mining more sustainable
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Called proof-of-stake, this system has reduced ethereum's energy consumption by more than 99%. All of this work helps to secure the network by making it nearly impossible for bad actors to accrue enough computing power to take control. But recent research also shows that in 2020, mining Bitcoin consumed 75.4 terawatt hours of electricity, more than all of Austria or Portugal. Ethereum proponents say this penalty will make the network more secure, while bitcoin enthusiasts see proof-of-work as the more secure, tried and true approach. However, the optics of bitcoin's energy use in the midst of the global climate crisis has become a problem for the network.

☆ For $15k and a signed NDA, students at Kanye West's unaccredited Donda Academy start the day with 'full school worship' before parkour enrichment classes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The unaccredited pre-K through 12th-grade school, Donda Academy, costs $15,000 per year to attend, Rolling Stone reported. In comparison, Donda Academy charges $15,000 per student, Rolling Stone reported, with about half of students receiving some sort of financial aid. Donda Academy, its principal, Brianne Campbell; assistant principal, Allison Tidwell; and sports director Shayla Scott did not respond to Insider's requests for comment. Tamar Andrews, an educational consultant for Donda Academy, confirmed to Rolling Stone that parents are asked to sign an "informal agreement" to enroll. "The process of Donda school is for the parishioners, for the attendees," Yusef told Rolling Stone.

☆ New research points to health benefits of eating earlier in the day and within a 10-hour window
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

That eating window also improved blood pressure and blood sugar levels among firefighters with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Late eating could 'tip the scale' toward weight gainThe first of the two new studies involved 16 people who were overweight or obese. The researchers measured participants' hormone levels and found that late eating decreased levels of leptin — a hormone that helps people feel full — by 16% on average. Late eating also doubled the odds that people felt hungry (people self-reported their appetite level at 18 times throughout the day). Among firefighters with pre-existing risk factors for heart disease, time-restricted eating decreased blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

During the game, she said, the crowd nearby began chanting “F--- the Mormons.” Over and over. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU’s sponsoring institution, Aubrey wanted the chanting to stop. Latter-day Saints have a fair track record when it comes to cheek-turning. There’s of course a balance to strike in the case of the Oregon chants. And yet, if you can publicly chant “F--- the Mormons” with only minimal social consequences, it’s time for Latter-day Saints to collectively push, as Aubrey sought to do, for greater and more immediate action.

☆ U. of Oregon apologizes for 'despicable chants' at football game
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Oregon's interim vice president for student life, Kris Winter, said in a statement Saturday night that "the university apologizes for the despicable chants made by some University of Oregon fans at today’s football game with Brigham Young University." The Oregon Ducks won the game Saturday at their Autzen Stadium 41-20. "The offensive chant from our student section directed towards BYU during the football game last night does not align with our Trojan values," USC's athletic department tweeted at the time. BYU won that game, played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 35-31. It is unclear whether the chants from University of Oregon fans could be heard on the television broadcast of Saturday's game, according to the Deseret News.

☆ How 2 colleges are using NFTs to engage sports fans and help athletes make money from NIL
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Colleges like BYU and Syracuse are starting to sell NFTs of their sports teams and athletes. National Research Group said NFTs with real-world utility in sports could change the industry. Unlike the conventional NFTs in the market today, these NFTs also come with real-world benefits. BYU fans storm the field after the team's overtime win over Baylor on September 10, 2022. NRG's study said that sports fans are an ideal market for NFTs, particularly because of the industry's long history of fans purchasing memorabilia.

☆ Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +23 min

Utah County Attorney David O. Leavitt speaks on July 31, 2019, in Provo. The accusations were part of a new case from Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith. Discussion about satanism and satanic abuse has increased in recent years, according to data provided to NBC News by Zignal Labs, which analyzes social media conversations. Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream. (Anti-LGBTQ politicians and activists have equated LGBTQ people with predators who abuse children as part of a “gay agenda,” the well-worn panic that the gay rights movement’s true motivation is recruitment.

☆ Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but the process is slow
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The naming of the species is the responsibility of WHO's International Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesScientists have been calling this virus "monkeypox" for 64 years. The current species known as "monkeypox virus" and the others would then be renamed to "orthopoxvirus 'something,' " he said in an email to CNN. Prior to more modern conventions about names, scientists would name a variant for the region where it emerged and was circulating. It cited "growing concern for the potentially devastating and stigmatizing effects that the messaging around the 'monkeypox' virus can have on these already vulnerable communities." "Stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus," Tedros said when he declared monkeypox a global health emergency in July.

As yet another Alzheimer's drug targeting plaque buildup in the brain fails to improve cognition in patients, leading scientists said a significant shift is underway in the search for effective treatments for the disease. By 2050, that number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to an estimate from the Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimer’s disease is often referred to as “Type 3 diabetes,” a brain-specific form of diabetes that is the result of the brain’s neurons lacking glucose, said John Didsbury, the CEO of T3D Therapeutics. Data from the longest-ever phase 3 trial of exercise on cognition released at the conference on Tuesday found that exercise may stall cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients. He said it’s only a matter of time before we see more research discoveries that show potential for slowing Alzheimer’s disease, possibly within the next year or two.

☆ Врачи назвали провоцирующие развитие подагры напитки
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Употребление определенных напитков — например, сладких газировок и пива — может приводить к развитию артрита. Как пишет британское издание Daily Express, прошлые научные работы продемонстрировали, что употребление подслащенных сахаром напитков приводит к повышению риска развития ревматоидного артрита. По словам специалистов из национальной службы здравоохранения Великобритании, ревматоидный артрит является аутоиммунным заболеванием, при котором иммунная система атакует здоровые ткани, окружающие сосуды. По словам специалистов Британского общества подагры, риск развития этого заболевания возрастает при чрезмерном употреблении пива, а не вина или других напитков, отмечает сайт 360tv.ru. Вторым симптомом, по словам специалистов, является болезненное ощущение жжения в суставах, характерное для первой половины дня.

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☆ Чего нужно избегать после получения второй дозы вакцины против COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +8 min

Недавно власти США — Центр по контролю и профилактике заболеваний (CDC) — подробно объяснили, что можно делать и чего следует избегать людям, которые полностью привились, пишет sanatateinfo.md. В случае вакцины AstraZeneca антитела появляются более чем через 3 недели после получения второй дозы, и в среднем более чем через 28 дней после второй дозы Спутник V. Производители российской вакцины уверяют, что иммунный ответ устойчив даже после первой дозы, но только у тех, кто ранее переболел COVID-19. Что можно делать людям после второй дозы вакцины? Пока не подтверждена в точности степень эффективности вакцин в случае пожилых людей, людей, проходящих курс химиотерапии или имеющих ослабленный иммунитет. По последней информации, граждане не спешат на иммунизацию по разным причинам, в том числе из-за боязни вакцины, а зачастую из-за невозможности выбора вакцины для иммунизации.

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☆ Boston Marathon Bombing Survivors Turn Terror Into Hope
▼ + stars: | 2013-04-15 | by ( Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BOSTON—Jodi Swenson was working a nursing shift at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital 10 years ago when patients started flooding in with blast and shrapnel wounds. On a typical day, she would expect one or two trauma patients at a time. But on April 15, 2013, two pressure-cooker bombs had just exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line. “We’re getting patient after patient after patient and we’re like, oh my God,” she said.

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