Cindy Alverez

Ebola Seems To Have An Experimental Vaccine That Prevents People From Contracting The Disease. But For The First Time, People That Already Have The Disease Could Be Cured With Either An Antiviral Drug Called Remdesivir Or One Of Three Drugs, Like ZMapp–A Standard For Ebola Outbreak Treatment, Which Uses Monoclonal Antibodies.

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It Is Common Knowledge That Bats Use Echolocation, The Application Of Sound And Echoes, To Locate Their Prey In The Dark. But How Do Bats Find Preys That Remain Silent And Motionless To Avoid Being Detected? The Bats, According To A New Study, Use Leaves As A Sound Reflective Mirror To Locate These Motionless Preys.

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This May Be A Ground Breaking Record For A Great White Shark. Fishermen, In Taiwan, Caught And Killed A Humongous, 15 Ft Long, Great White Shark With A Record-Breaking Number Of 14 Pups Growing Inside Of The Shark. The number Of Shark Pups, In Great Whites, Average Between 2 To 10, And They Grow By Feeding On Unfertilized Eggs.

Scientists Have Reversed Time To A Fraction Of A Second Into The Past. Finally, The Dr. Who Time Travel Is Now A Reality! Just Kidding!! This Was Only Done In Theory Using A Quantum Computer. It’s Like A Video Being Played In Reverse. This, Though Theoretical, Could Help Improve Some Medical Imaging Technologies And Quantum Computers.

A Cure For HIV May Have Been Discovered After A Second Man, In London, Was Found To Be In Remission Of HIV-1. The Cure, A Stem Cell Transplant From Donors Who Carried A Rare Genetic Mutation, CCR5-delta 32, Was First Used On A Berlin Patient 10 YA. Doctors Are, However, Cautious To Confirm The Cure.

HIV cure: London patient might be…

Remember The Giant Sharks In The Jason Statham Movie, Meg (Otodus Megalodon)? Well, A New Study is Indicating That They Did Not Go Extinct, 3.6 Mya, During A Mass Marine Life Extinction Due To A Supernova. But May Have Gone Extinct After Being Primarily Out-Competed By Modern Great White Sharks For Meager Food Resources.

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2018 Was The 4th Of The Five Hottest Years, In Nearly 140 Years, That Occurred in The Last 5 Years. 18 Of The 19 Warmest Years Occurred Since 2001. This Indicates, With Corresponding Abrupt Rise In Greenhouse Gases, That Humans Are Indeed To Blame For The Trend. Urgent Steps Need To Be Taken To Curtail The Rise In Greenhouse Gases.

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Apparently, The Chang’e-4 Probe Was Meant To Accomplish Many Feats Including Helping To Transport The First Plant To Grow On The Moon, But Which, Unfortunately, Died Due to Plummeting Temperatures On The Moon. Anyway, The Sprouted Cotton Plant May Hint At The Possibility Of Setting Up A Lunar Base.

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Always Clinically Depressed Or Hostile? Then, According To A Recent Study, Your Body May Be Highly Inflammed–Part Of The Body’s Immune Response To, For example, Infections, Wounds, And Damage To Tissues. Chronic Inflammation Can Contribute To Numerous Diseases And Conditions, Including cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, And Some Cancers.

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How Did 1.5 Million Adélie Penguins Exist On An Island Undetected For 2,800 Years? Well, They Were Protected By Nature. The Island, Called Danger Island In Antarctica , Is Surrounded By Thick Sea Ice That Makes It Almost Impossible For Humans To Visit. The Penguins Were Detected, Via The Poop Stain, Using Sattelite Images.

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Ever Since Yvonne Elliman Was Nominated For The Golden Globes Best Lead Actress Award, For Her Role In “Jesus Christ Superstar” In 1974, An Asian Women Has Now Been Nominated, For The First Time In 44 Years, For The Same Category. And Yes, It Is One Of My Favorite Actresses, Constance Wu In “Crazy Rich Asians.”  

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Cubic Structures Are Essential For Construction Purposes. And So Scientists Are Hopeful That By Studying How The Intestines In Wombats Make Cubic Excrement, They Could Discover Another Way To Make Cubic Structures, Aside From The Usual Moulding Or Cutting Of Materials Into Cubes.

Scientists unravel secret of cube-shaped wombat…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Has Gotten So Advanced That News Agencies May Begin To Find It Beneficial Especially With Regards To Labor Cost And News Production Efficiency. China’s State-Run Press Agency, Xinhua, Has Created An AI To Read Its News. Should See The Video Below, The AI Is Pretty Human-Like.

This’s A Most Welcome Development In The Fight Against The Flu Epidemic , Which Has Led To The Loss Of 1000s Of Lives. The USA FDA Has Approved The First Flu Vaccine In 20 Years. The Vaccine, Sold As Xofluza, Though Pricey Especially Without Health Insurance, Could Help Combat Drug-Resistant Strain Of The Flu Virus.

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A New Study From Harvard Is Indicating That Frequent And Long-Term Consumption Of Processed Meat Such As Bacon, Sausages, Salami, Ham, And Corned Beef Or Meats Preserved By Salting Or Smoking Can Lead To The Most Common Form Of Cancer, Breast Cancer, Amongst Women Regardless of Ethnicity, Increasing The Risk By 9%.

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The USA, During The Last Fall And Winter Of 2017, Experienced The Worst Flu, In The Last 40 Years, Which Is Said To Have Killed Over 80,000 Americans. Flu-Related Deaths, According To The CDC , Have Ranged Between 12,000 To 56,000. The Worst Flu Season On Record Was The 1918 Flu Which Killed About 500,000 Americans.

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Researchers Were Able to Get A Paralysed Man To Walk Again, At Most The Length Of A Football Field. Scientists Were Able To Accomplish This By Using An Implanted Electrical Nerve Stimulator At The Spinal Cord In Combination With Physical Therapy. But, Surprisingly, Scientists Are Sort Of Clueless On The Working Mechanism. Hmm!

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You Would Think That The World’s Fittest Country Would Be One Of The Developed Nations. But No, It’s A Developing Country, Uganda, Where, According To WHO, 94.5% Of The People Are Said To Be Physically Active. But Is This Out Of The Pure Desire To Stay Fit Or Just Circumstances?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45496654…

Staggering Indeed That The Number Of Adults At Risk Of Diseases, Like Heart And Artery Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Dementia, And Some Cancers, According To WHO, Is About 1.4 Billion. This Is As A Result Of Their Inactive Lifestyle. Folks Are Advised To Do At Least 150 Mins Of Moderate Intensity Or 75 Mins Of Vigorous Physical Activity/Week.

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There Is, According To Studies, A Correlation Between Excercise And Cancer Risk, Which Only 3% Of Adults Surveyed From A Developed Nation, The USA, Are Aware Of. Specifically, That Low Level Of Excercise Can Increase The Risk For Cancer. It’s Recommended To Get 150 Mins/Week Of Moderate Excercise To Ward Off Cancer.

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