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☆ Covid may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths for three years after an infection, a new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Covid-19 could be a powerful risk factor for heart attacks and strokes for as long as three years after an infection, a large new study suggests. What’s more, for people who needed to be hospitalized, Covid appeared to be as potent a risk factor for future heart attacks and strokes as diabetes or peripheral artery disease, or PAD. A finding unique to Covid-19The elevated heart risks from infection did not appear to diminish over time, the study found. People who were hospitalized for Covid but who were also taking low-dose aspirin had no increase in the likelihood of a subsequent heart attack or stroke. “If you’ve had Covid, we have to be especially attentive to making sure that we’re doing everything possible to lower your cardiovascular risk,” Hazen said.

Persons: CNN —, Covid, “, ”, Stanley Hazen, “ That’s, Patricia Best, ” Best, Hooman, Allayee, James Hilser, Hazen, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, you’ve, ” Hazen Organizations: CNN, Covid, Cardiovascular, Metabolic Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern, CNN Health Locations: Rochester , Minnesota, University of Southern California

☆ Your preference for spicy foods may be all in your head
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In other words, I may find spicy food overwhelming simply because I expect it to be. “Some of it could be expectations, but some could also be how you’re biologically wired to experience food,” Albers said. Remember expectations can significantly influence your experience.”Listen to your body: As you eat spicy food, check in with your body’s responses. “There’s no ‘right’ level of spiciness — it’s about what feels good to you.”Pair spicy foods thoughtfully: Consider balancing spicy flavors with cooling elements, such as a piece of cheese or bread. “Spicy foods can increase your metabolism, your heart rate, cause vomiting and gastric distress, so there is definitely a physiological response that’s going on,” Albers said.

Persons: ”, “, I’m, “ There’s, Susan Albers, Oscar Wong, Yi Luo, ” Luo, ” Albers, Albers, it’s Organizations: CNN, Spice Girls, Cleveland Clinic, Getty, PLOS Biology, East China Normal University Locations: Ohio, Shanghai, Carolina

☆ Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for work on proteins to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Christian Edwards | Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded in Sweden on Wednesday. EXCLUSIVE: The moment John Jumper shares the news about his 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. pic.twitter.com/OhNSwiKwgQ — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2024Since the pair’s key paper was published in 2021, it has been cited more than 13,000 times. They are generally built from 20 amino acids that can be combined in endless ways. Using the information stored in DNA as a blueprint, the amino acids are linked together in our cells to form long strings.

Persons: ”, David Baker, Hassabis, John Jumper, Jonathan Nackstrand, Wednesday’s, Lasker, —, David Pendlebury, Baker, Johan Aqvist, ” Aqvist, Geoffrey Hinton, John Hopfield Organizations: CNN, Getty, Google, Clarivate’s Institute for Scientific, University of Washington Locations: Sweden, AFP, British, American, DeepMind

☆ Evangelical environmentalists push for climate votes as election nears: 'Care for God's creation'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Nidhi Sharma | Nidhi Sharma Is An Associate Producer With The Nbc News Climate Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

So her group is starting to focus more on making connections between climate change and increasingly powerful storms and wildfires, she said. This spring, the class took a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains to learn about how climate change can impact forests and wildlife. And we definitely see it with the climate crisis.”Moerman views climate denialism among evangelical Christians as a product of misinformation. To combat such ideas, the Evangelical Environmental Network hosts webinars on the science of climate change and how faith connects to climate action. “Some pastors get kind of hung up talking about climate change, but to me, it’s biblical faithfulness 101,” he said in an interview.

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Wall Street's top performers are hard workers who tend to work long, intense hours. Business Insider asked its 2024 class of Wall Street stars about how they stay mentally sharp. Here's what we learned about the hacks, habits, and routines that help top talent on Wall Street stay on their game. The routine helps him stay present with his home life as well as work, he added. But I think those two things help me to at least stay recharged and stay ready each day," he said.

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☆ The human life span may have finally plateaued. Here's what you can do to optimize your chances for a long life — and what researchers are working on next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Life expectancy in the US shot up at a rate of about three years per decade in the last century: from roughly age 47 in 1900 to age 77 in 2000. As more people in wealthy countries make it to old age, human life expectancy gains are nearing a plateau. The study tracks trends in their death rates and life expectancy from 1990 to 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Spending just 3% of your day exercising can mean you stay healthier for longer, an expert in healthy aging said.

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☆ 5 Nobel-worthy discoveries that haven’t won the prize
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The first human genomeThe mapping of the human genome has had a huge impact on biology and other fields. The output from a DNA sequencer is shown in this undated image from the National Human Genome Research Institute. But one reason the project may not have earned a Nobel Prize is the sheer number of people involved in the feat. The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced on Monday, followed by the physics prize on Tuesday and the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. The Nobel Prize for literature will be announced on Thursday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

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☆ When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. To trace the evolution of this relationship between ants and fungi, Schultz and his colleagues built complex family trees. Using the DNA from 475 species of fungi, including 288 species known to be cultivated by ants, the researchers pieced together how all these organisms are related. The study team did the same thing for 276 species of ants, including 208 species of fungus farmers. Ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago after an asteroid hit Earth, according to a new study.

Persons: ”, Ted R, Schultz, Ant, Atta, Karolyn Darrow, what’s, There’s, ” Schultz, Corrie Moreau, “, Moreau, We’re, they’ve, Kate Golembiewski Organizations: CNN, Disney, Smithsonian National Museum of, Cornell University Locations: Washington ,, Chicxulub, Mexico, New York, what’s, Chicago

☆ Lost biblical tree resurrected from 1,000 year-old seed
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. But the scientists conducting the new research weren’t able to identify the type of tree from the seed alone. However, the sample didn’t match any of the known Commiphora species in her database. The tree, which the study authors believe may have a biblical connection, is seen at 12 years old. Yet the tree, which is related to the myrrh tree that’s famed for its resin, never gave off any kind of scent.

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☆ Recursion gets FDA approval to begin phase 1 trials of AI-discovered cancer treatment
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

AI drug pioneer Recursion Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that one of its experimental treatments hit a key milestone. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the investigational new drug application for a phase 1/2 clinical trial of an experimental drug candidate known as REC-1245. The company said the potential market for this treatment could be more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. and European Union. The trial will evaluate the safety and tolerability of REC-1245 and will begin in the fourth quarter of this year. "It's the first program that really is leveraging many of these new tools that we've built in one unit."

Persons: Chris Gibson, Gibson Organizations: Pharmaceuticals, CNBC, Drug Administration, Union, REC Locations: U.S

Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine mammals find and eat food. “It’ll help us manage them moving forward.”Drone imagery shows gray whales doing headstands and bubble blasts. Once common across the Northern Hemisphere, gray whales are now regularly seen only in the North Pacific. Gray whales are typically observed alone or in small groups, though large groups may be seen at feeding or breeding grounds. The team tracked 78 gray whales during a total of 160 sightings from 2016 to 2022.

Persons: ”, Clara Bird, ” Bird, “, Gray, Bird, Susan Parks, ” Parks, Parks Organizations: Oregon State, Mammal, Oregon State University, Northern, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Syracuse University Locations: Oregon, North, Newport

☆ The one sector of the stock market that is cheap with upside today
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Karen Firestone | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The table and chart below illustrate some characteristics of the biopharma stocks. The average price/earnings multiple for the group, using 2025 estimates, is 12.7 times versus 20.6 times for the S & P 500. A major knock on the biopharma group is the limited productivity from their extremely expensive research efforts, other than obesity drugs, over the past twenty-five years. The technology using AI might not be ready yet, particularly related to the complex biology of the human body. Complex programs exist already, such as AlphaFold, which predicts the structure of three-dimensional compounds using data on protein sequences.

Persons: Bristol Myers, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Lilly, Johnson Organizations: CNBC, Merck, Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, JPMorgan Locations: Bristol

☆ Sea robins are fish that use their legs to ‘taste’ the seafloor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Some types of sea robins, a peculiar bottom-dwelling ocean fish, use taste bud-covered legs to sense and dig up prey along the seafloor, according to new research. A species of sea robins called Prionotus carolinus studied by the researchers used their legs for walking, digging and sensing the seafloor. And the fish that lacked sensory capabilities and used their legs mainly for walking were striped sea robins, or Prionotus evolans. The digging sea robins had shovel-shaped legs that were covered in protrusions called papillae, which are similar to the taste buds on our tongues. Both researchers said they are keen to uncover the exact mechanisms behind the evolution of the sea robins’ sensory appendages.

Persons: David Kingsley, Kingsley, Rudy J, Daphne Donohue Munzer, ” Kingsley, “ I’d, Mike Jones, Amy Herbert, “, ” Herbert, Herbert, Corey Allard, ’ ” Allard, Nick Bellono, ” Bellono, carolinus, ” Allard, Tbx3, Jason Ramsay, Ramsay, Anik, ” Ramsay Organizations: CNN, Marine Biological, Stanford University’s School of Medicine, Stanford, Harvard University, Rhode Island College, Harvard, University of Chicago Locations: Woods Hole , Massachusetts, Harvard, New England

☆ New species of ghost shark discovered by New Zealand scientists
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand. A deep water animal, the ghost shark is scientifically known as chimaera and is closely related to sharks and rays. “Ghost sharks like this one are largely confined to the ocean floor, living in depths of up to 2,600m (8,530 feet). The ghost shark was found at a depth of around 1,200 meters (about 3,900 feet) on the Chatham Rise. “We don’t actually know a lot about ghost sharks,” Finucci told CNN at the time.

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☆ She was accused of murder after losing her pregnancy. SC woman now tells her story
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Lauren Sausser | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Orangeburg, South Carolina KFF Health News —Amari Marsh had just finished her junior year at South Carolina State University in May 2023 when she received a text message from a law enforcement officer. South Carolina state Rep. Seth Rose, a Democrat in Columbia and one of Marsh’s attorneys, called it a “really tragic” case. But at the hospital, Marsh learned that her infant, a girl, had not survived. Historically, birth outcomes for Black women in Orangeburg County, where Marsh lost her pregnancy, have ranked among the worst in South Carolina. She is taking classes at a local community college and hopes to reenroll at South Carolina State University to earn a four-year degree.

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☆ Kaspar Hauser: New DNA analysis upends ‘lost prince’ theory
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But these results were soon contradicted by tests a few years later that sampled Hauser’s hair. However, some researchers who supported the “lost prince” hypothesis claimed that the blood may not have belonged to Hauser, Parson told CNN. Those results showed that Hauser’s mtDNA was a close match to that of the Badens, contradicting the findings from Munich. A royal hoax debunkedParson’s lab conducted new analysis of Hauser’s hair, using strands collected before and after his death. The new findings about Hauser not only debunk the prince theory; they also demonstrate the importance of pushing the limits of technologies for DNA analysis, Parson said.

Persons: CNN — “, Kaspar Hauser, Hauser, Kaspar Hauser —, Daniel Karmann, —, ”, Dmitry Temiakov, Temiakov, Walther Parson, Parson, ” Parson, ” Temiakov, Duke Carl, Grand, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Countess Louise Caroline von Hochberg, Carl, Stéphanie, Countess Hochberg’s, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Markgrafen, AP, Thomas Jefferson University, National DNA Database, Austrian Federal Ministry of, Scientific Locations: Nuremberg, Germany, Baden, what’s, Ansbach, Philadelphia, Innsbruck, Austria, Munich, Münster, “, Potsdam

☆ Zoo Atlanta bids farewell to pandas after 25 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Kelly Bowman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Atlanta CNN —After a quarter-century hosting giant pandas, Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to its beloved residents. The zoo announced its four giant pandas: Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun will head home to China mid-October. Zoo Atlanta says the total number of giant pandas is still low for maintaining a viable population. Kelly Bowman/CNN“Panda-Palooza”And if you want to wish the Zoo Atlanta pandas farewell the zoo will be sending them off in style with a “Panda-Palooza” event on October 5, 2024. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is an international non-profit conservation organization divided in two parts: the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

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☆ Eldest-Daughter Syndrome Is Real; Big Sisters Do More, Studies Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

But there may be more of a science to eldest daughters than meets the eye. When a mother needed help, biology caused her eldest daughter to step up and mature faster to provide that help. Most striking of all, maternal distress was not found to speed up adrenal puberty in sons or younger daughters. "I have a closer relationship with her, to this day, than I do with many of my other older siblings," he said. His wife grew up as part of a similarly large brood — and her eldest sister had a similar experience.

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☆ Award-winning footage shows a baby tardigrade riding one of its greatest predators in a rare microscopic Wild West scene
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Also known as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are waddling eight-legged animals with a reputation for survival. See the video, below, for yourself:This Wild West scene is a bit bizarre, but not totally surprising to experts. "I believe this tardigrade simply encountered the nematode, and it was something it could grasp which is better than flailing around helplessly." He ended up with a nematode and a batch of tardigrade eggs, visible through his microscope. AdvertisementGeldhof got into microscope videography about two years ago, after he started watching several microscope video creators on YouTube.

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☆ Black women are more likely than white women to die of all types of breast cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found. While Black women and white women are diagnosed with breast cancer at similar rates, Black women are 40% more likely to die from the disease. For those with HR-positive, HER2-positive tumors, Black women were 34% more likely to die than white women. Black women were 17% more likely to die from triple-negative breast cancer than white women, a finding that surprised Warner. “If you look at breast cancer data from 40 years ago, there really weren’t differences in mortality for breast cancer between Black and white women.

Persons: Erica Warner, Warner, “, ” Warner, Eric Winer, ” Winer, Wendy Wilcox, ”, ” Wilcox, Marissa Howard, McNatt, Howard, Black, we’ve Organizations: Clinical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, “, for Disease Control, New York, New York City Health, Breast Care, Atrium, Wake Forest Baptist Locations: Massachusetts, New York City, North Carolina

☆ Diving lizard’s ‘scuba tank’ allows it to breathe underwater, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Footage that Swierk recently captured of submerged anoles shows prominent bubbles swelling and deflating on the reptiles’ heads. Diving anoles aren’t fast runners and rely mostly on camouflage to hide from predators such as birds, snakes, mammals and other lizards. For diving anoles, gular pumping may also play a part in circulating stored oxygen, affecting how long anoles can stay underwater. A throat-pumping action called gular pumping may play a part in circulating stored oxygen, affecting how long anoles can stay underwater. Another unresolved question is how diving anoles store and circulate oxygen while underwater.

Persons: Lindsey Swierk, Swierk, —, ”, ” Swierk, Earyn McGee, anoles, McGee, “ We’re, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Binghamton University, Los Angeles Zoo, Las Cruces Biological, Scientific Locations: Costa Rican, New York, Costa Rica, Panama, Costa, Las Cruces

☆ Chemical toxins from food processing migrate into our bodies, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“The study also shows that food contact materials can contain mutagenic chemicals that harm our DNA, such as heavy metals,” Wagner said. Another chemical group in food packaging that has migrated into people is phthalates, the research revealed. “We’ve got, say, 60 years of research into the migration of chemicals into food from food processing and packaging equipment. “Given that there are (tens) of thousands of food contact chemicals, biomonitoring programs do not have the capacity to test for all chemicals we are potentially exposed to,” Wagner said. “However, there are also important gaps that need to be addressed as we undertake the work to strengthen our food chemical safety activities,” he said.

Persons: ”, Martin Wagner, Wagner, Jane Muncke, ” Muncke, Muncke, “, ” Wagner, “ We’ve, It’s, there’s, Melanie Benesh, you’re, ” Benesh, GRAS, Jim Jones, Benesh Organizations: CNN, Norwegian University of Science, Technology, Food Packaging, Getty, American Chemistry Council, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, US National Health, Canadian, Korean National Environmental Health Survey, National Health, Environmental, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, US, Committee, Energy Locations: Trondheim, Zurich, Switzerland, phthalates, PFAS, Europe, Biomonitoring California, United States

☆ Sam Altman may be in his villain era, but no one seems to care
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As one VC partner told Business Insider at the time: "Sam is bigger than Taylor Swift." But the bigger you are, the faster the fall, and a few months later, things began to unravel. Others simply said Altman was overhyped, that he didn't have all the answers that the public and investors seemed to expect of him. Thanks to good old-fashioned capitalism, Altman and OpenAI have enjoyed business win after win and held their positions as the leaders in the aggressive AI race. "I thought Sam Altman did a really good job in the special," she told The Washington Post in a discussion about her TV program on artificial intelligence.

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☆ My daughter dropped out of college after just 1 semester and enrolled in cosmetology school. I couldn't be more proud.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Kelli Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOn August 13, 2023, my husband and I dropped off our only child, Hailey, at the University of Nebraska. Hailey's college biology courses were much more grueling than in high school, and she struggled to sit through the lectures. She courageously then dropped out of collegeNear the end of her first semester of college, Hailey courageously withdrew, told her friends, and notified her sorority. Her short time in college wasn't wastedWhen Hailey was making her decision, she was nervous that her one semester in college would be a waste. She has a full semester of college credits under her belt that will inform her worldview and future business choices.

Persons: —, Hailey, she'd, wasn't Organizations: Service, University of Nebraska, Tri Delta sorority, Business, University

☆ Disneyland half marathon runner dies after voicing concern about the heat
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Graves’ death may ultimately be part of a disturbing jump in the number of heat-related deaths, which have doubled across the country in recent years. Another child, a 10-year-old, died of a “heat-related medical event” in July while hiking in an Arizona park. ‘Attempted to save his life for about an hour’The Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon started at 5 a.m. last Sunday. “We’re sort of entering a new era of risk perhaps associated with these increasing temperatures,” Howard said. Before Sunday’s half marathon, Graves posted another TikTok video under his popular @calebtravels user name about the arrival of Disney race weekend.

Persons: Bobby Graves, Graves, Caleb, ”, “, ” Graves, Matt Sutter, Jeffrey Howard, Howard, ‘, Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Jacob Boyer, “ It’s, Jeff Gritchen, ” Sutter, Frank Gonzalez, Jessica Good, Sutter, Boyer, messaged, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich, ” Wilson Sonsini, ” Howard, CNN’s Jen Christensen, Natasha Chen, Deidre McPhillips, Mary Gilbert, Jillian Sykes, Dalia Faheid, Taylor Galgano, Zenebou Sylla, Laura Paddison, Amy O’Kurk, Angela Dewan Organizations: CNN, Disney, Anaheim Police, University of Texas, National Weather Service, ”, MediaNews, Orange, Register, Paramedics, Anaheim Fire, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Georgetown University, Rosati, US Centers for Disease Control Locations: Southern California, Garden Grove, Orange County, Orange, Maine, California, Arizona , Georgia, Nebraska, Arizona, San Antonio, Anaheim, Sutter, “, Austin, Washington, – California, Arizona , Nevada, Texas, Santa Clara County , California

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