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Researchers May Have Developed A Cheap And Effective Way To Measure Chronic Cortisol Level, Which Could Help To Effectively Diagnose Depression And Stress-Related Conditions Like Addison’s Disease. The Method, Which Uses Ear Wax, Is Said To Be More Effective Than Hair, Blood, Urine, And Saliva Tests, Which Track Short Term Cortisol Levels.

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Oregon Has Become The First US State, Under A New Law Dubbed Measure 110, To Decriminalize The Possession Of Small Amount Of Hard Drugs. People, From 2/1/2021, Caught With Small Amounts “Will Pay A $100 Fine Or Have A Health Check At An Addiction-Recovery Centre.” However, People Caught with Large Amounts Will Face Criminal Punishment.

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A New Study, For The First Time, In An Attempt To Detect Work Stress In Real-Time, Has Shown That Workplace Interruptions Can Increase Cortisol Levels In The Body. But What Was Interesting Is That The Perceived Stress Mood Did Not Change, As The Increased Cortisol Levels Was Even Associated With The Feeling Of Being Less Stressed.

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Switzerland, A Wealthy Country, Via A People Proposed Initiative, Now Has The Highest Minimum Wage In The World. The Nation Now pays Its Workers A New Hourly Rate Of 23 Swiss Francs — Equivalent To £19, $25 Or €22, Which Sums Up To A Minimum Monthly Salary Of 4,000 Francs (£3,350). This Initiative Is Most Welcome Depending On Who You Ask.

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Researchers Study People With Similar Symptoms To Find A Biological Explanation For The Symptoms. But Now, Researchers Working Backward, Have Discovered A Deadly Genetic Disease In Men, “VEXAS,” By Studying “2,500 People’s Genes For Variations That Could Be Linked To Wide-Ranging Symptoms Of Their Undiagnosed Inflammatory Conditions.”

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One Of Britain Largest Spiders, The Great Fox-Spider, Thought To Have Gone Extinct, Was Spotted In The Ministry of Defence Training Ground In Surrey. The Spider, A 5cm Wide Arachnid, Was Last Spotted 27 Years Ago On Hankley Common In Surrey. The Great Fox-Spider Is A Night Time Hunter And Is Known For Its Speed, Agility, And 8 Black Eyes.

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The Median Artery, Which Forms Early From Birth To Feed Our Growing Hands, And Then Regresses In About 8 Weeks, Is Now Said To Be More Prevalent In Adults, Increasing From 10% In Folks Born In The Mid-1880s To 30% In Folks Born In Late 20th Century. This 3 Times Increase In Adults Today Is Likely Evidence Of Continued Human Evolution.

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NASA May Have Found An Asteroid, In The Asteroid Belt, Called “16 Psyche,” Which’s Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000; As The Asteroid Could Be Completely Made Of Iron And Nickel, Based On The Ultraviolet Spectrum Data Collected From Hubble Space Telescope In 2017. 16 Psyche, About West Virginia Size, Is Located 230 M Miles From Earth.

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The Beetle, Phloeodes Diabolicus, Aka The Diabolical Ironclad Beetle Is Said To Have An Uncrushable Exoskeleton That Stretches To Withstand Extreme Forces, The Equivalent Of A 150-Pound Person Surviving The Weight Of About 25 Blue Whales. The Beetle, Found Primarily On The West Coast Of North America, Could Be A Source Of Animal Inspired Innovation.

A Team Of Australian Scientists, On October 20th, 2020, Discovered A Unique Reef, The First In 120 Years, In The Great Barrier Reef. The Reef Is Unique Because It Is Said To Be Massive (~1,600-Foot-Tall), Dwarfing Iconic Skyscrapers Like The Petronas Twin Towers In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, And The New York City’s Empire State Building.

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Scientists Have Confirmed That The Potential Water Chemical Signatures Identified In 2009 On The Moon’s Illuminated Surface Is Indeed Water. Researchers Were Able To Confirm This Using A Flying Telescope Operated By NASA And Germany’s Aerospace Center—The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Attached To A Boeing 747.

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NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft, On 10/20/2020, Successfully Collected Samples From Asteroid Bennu, Currently 200 Million Miles From Earth. The Spacecraft Collected Too Much Sample That Some Are Leaking To Space. NASA Plans To Stow The Samples ASAP, As The Sample Study May Inspire Science For Decades. OSIRIS-REx Is Expected To Return To Earth In 2023.

September Of 2020 Is The Hottest Month On Record, Having Surpassed September Of 2021, The Previous Record Holder, By 0.05°C. The Increasing Temperature Trend Is Driven By Human Green House Gas Emissions, Which Also Helped Fuel The Hottest Day On Record. The Elevated Temperature Is Said To Have Contributed To WildFires Around The World.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Treatment, Remdesivir, For Covid-19. Remdesivir Is Sold Under The Brand Name Veklury, Which Has Been Used Under Emergency Use Authorization Since May 2020. Remdesivir Is “Indicated For Adults And Pediatric Patients (12 Yrs And Older And Weighing At least 40 kg) Treatment Requiring Hospitalization.”

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A Rare Puppy Dog With Green Fur Was Born, In A Five-Dog Litter, At A Farm On The Mediterranean Island Of Sardinia. The Puppy, Named Pistachio Because Of The Green Fur, Is Believed To Be Green Because It Probably Made Contact With A Green Pigment Called Biliverdin While In The Womb. Unfortunately, The Green Fur Has Began To Fade.

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Cancer Researchers, In The Netherlands, May Have Discovered A New Organ In The Nook, Where The Nasal Cavity Meets The Throat. The Organ, A Pair Of Large Salivary Glands, If Confirmed, Will Be The First Organ Discovered In Over 300 Years. Any Modern Anatomy Book Will Point To 3 Major Salivary Glands, But This New Organ May Make It The Fourth. Cool!

A New Study Seem To Support The Claim That Over-The-Counter Products Like Mouthwash, Oral Rinses, Baby Shampoo, A Neti Pot Can Inactivate Greater Than 99.9% Of The Human Coronavirus After A 30 Seconds To 2 Minutes Contact Time. These Items Seem To Be Promising Methods Of Reducing Transmission While We All Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine.

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Have A Song Stuck In Your Head That You Can’t Seem To Remember The Name Or Lyrics? Well, The Google Search App Can Now Help With That. All You Need Do Is “Tap The Mic Icon Or Use The Google Assistant, And Say “What’s This Song?” Or Click The “Search A Song” Button. And Then Start Humming For 10-15 Seconds” To Find The Song. Pretty Cool!

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The Future Uses Of Superconductors Is Left To The Imagination As Scientists Have Discovered The First Material That Can Superconduct Electricity At Room Temperature To 15° C, But Under A Very High Pressure, About 2.6 Million Times That Of Earth’s Atmosphere. Current Superconducts Must Be Cooled, Even To Very Low Temperature, To Function.

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Though The Clinical Trial Is Not Complete, There Seem To Be Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Hundreds In A City In Eastern China Are Queuing To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine, Which Has Been Rolled Out To The Public With The Backing Of The Chinese Government. Anyone Can Get The Vaccine If One Pays The $60 (£45) Injection Fee. Fingers Crossed.

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