Cindy Alverez

A New Study Is Indicating That Honey May Be More Effective And Less Harmful For Treating Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI), Like Cough And Cold Symptoms, Than Antibiotics. URTI Are Said To Be The Most Frequent Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics. Honey Is Safe For Everyone Except For Infants And Folks With Honey Allergy.

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An Interesting Story Of Twin Brothers Married To Twin Sisters In A Ceremony Officiated By Twin Ministers. And Now, The Twin Sisters Are Pregnant At The Same Time And Living Under The Same Roof With Their Husbands. The Couples Met In 2017 At The Annual Twins Days Festival In Twinsburg, Ohio. I Wonder What Twin Stuff They Do Next!?

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Researchers May Have Developed An Experimental Blood Test Capable Of Detecting Multiple Cancer Types 4 Years Before Any Symptom Shows. “The PanSeer Test” Was Derived By Studying 1.6 Million Blood Samples, Of Over 123,000 Folks In China, Collected Over 10 Years From 2007. The Test Is Most Welcome In Early Cancer Detection And Treatment.

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Germany, In A Global Poll, Has Been Ranked As The Most Admired Country In The World For The Third Year In A Roll. The Rank Was Derived From A US-Based Gallup Poll Survey Of 1,000 Adults In 134 Countries In 2019. The US, China, And Russia Were Ranked The 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Positions Respectively.

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A Pet Cat Became The First Animal To Test Positive For COVID-19 In The Uk, Suspectedly From Its Owner. Experts Recommend Hand Wash Before/After Contact With Pets, Owners With Coronavirus Should Avoid Close Contact With Pets, And keep Pets Indoors To Avoid Virus Spread. However, There’re No Evidence Pets Can Transmit Coronavirus To Humans.

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A Team of Scientists Have Grown A Flowering Plant From A 32,000-Year-Old Frozen Silene Stenophylla Seed, Dating Back To The Pleistocene Epoch. This Revived Plant Surpasses The Oldest Previous Record holder—The 2000-Year-Old Revived Plant From Judean Date Palm Seeds. Pleistocene Aged Animal Has Also Previously Been Revived.

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Scientists May Have Observed, For The First Time In Dolphins, A Behaviour That Is Only Sometimes Observed In Non-Human Animals Like primates. And That Is The Ability Of Dolphins To Learn From Their Peers. In This Case, To Trap Their Preys In Empty Shells (Shelling)— A Skill That Is Not Learned From Their Parents Or Elders. Smart!

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A New Study, Which Took Place During The Summer And Over A-Three-Year Period, Is Indicating That Hummingbirds Can See Diverse Colors That Are Invisible To Human Eyes. And This Is Because Of Their Four-Color Cone Vision (Tetrachromatic). And These Colors Influence Their Decisions Regarding Food, Evading Predators, Or Choosing A Mate. Cool!

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The Recently Discovered Fossilized Tail Of The First River Dinosaur, Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus (SA), In Southern Morocco, Indicates That Dinosaurs Were Not Only Land And Air Animals, But Were Also Powerful Swimmers That Adapted Quite Well In Water. The Study Notes That SA Prowled The Rivers That Flowed Through The Sahara Desert 100 Myrs Ago. Fascinating!

A Dog, Named Winston, In North Carolina, Has Tested Positive For The Coronavirus. And To The Best Of Knowledge, This Could Be The First Of Such Case For A Dog In The U.S. Well, I Guess This Throws Out The Notion That Dogs Are Immune To Coronavirus, And It May Also Defeat The Plan To Use Dogs To Detect The Virus.

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The Largest Hole Ever Observed In The Ozone Layer Over The Arctic Has Closed. The Hole, Observed In Late March 2020, Is Thought To Have Been Created By The Unusual Cold Temperature Over The Arctic. And The Closure Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19 Air Pollution Reduction, But Is Due To A 20ºC Higher That Normal Temperature.

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The USGS, In Collaboration With NASA And The Lunar Planetary Institute, Have For The First Time Created A Detailed Map, 1:5,000,000 scale, Of The Entire Moon Surface Rock Types. The Geologic Map Is Expected To Aid Future Moon Missions And Used As A Learning Tool. The Map Was Created From Recent Satellite Missions And Historic Apollo-Era Data. Cool!!

A Tiger At The Phoenix Zoo In New York Is Said To Have Contracted Coronavirus From One Of Its Keepers, Who Showed No Sign Of The Virus. This Discovery Could Imply That Cats Or Pets With Enzymes Similar To Humans May Also Catch The Virus. But Dogs, According To Researchers, Are Not Likely To Get Infected. Hmm!!

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Coronavirus Can Infect Anyone, Does Not Matter If You Are A Top Ranking Politician, Super Star, Color Of Your Skin Or Your Nationality And Age. People Like Prince Charles, Boris Johnson, Tom Hanks, Idris Elba, Rand Paul, And The List Goes On, Have Contracted The Virus. So Take This Seriously And Practice Social Distancing.

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Earth Now Has A Temporary New Mini Moon, Called 2020 CD3, Which Measures About 6 Feet To 11 Feet Across And With Orbit That Suggests It Entered Earth’s Orbit About 3 Years Ago. This Is The Second Asteroid To Be Captured By Earth’s Gravity After An Asteroid Named “2006 RH120” Was Captured In June 2006 And Stayed Until Around September 2007.

Researchers, In What Is Known As Antigenic Imprinting, Have Stated That The First Type Of Early Childhood Influenza Virus That One Is Exposed To Dictates One’s Ability To Fight The Flu For The Rest Of One’s Live. This Could Help Access Risk, At Any Given Year, Based On One’s Age And The Dominant Virus At Birth.

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The Oldest Known Asteroid Impact Crater, “Yarrabubba Crater,” May Have Been Discovered In Australia. The Impact, Dated To 2.229 Byr, Possibly Ended The Snow Ball Earth Glacial Condition Via Water Vapour, A Green House Gas, Hurtled Into The Atmosphere. Another Implication Of This Discovery Is That Other Older Craters May Still Exist.

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Researchers, Comparing The Behavioral Differences Btw Wolves And Dogs, Made A Shocking Discovery That Wolves Can Also Play Fetch When They Observed 3 Wolf Pups Retrieve A Ball For A Complete Stranger. This Is Because It’s Been Hypothesized That The Ability To Understand Human Cues, Like Those Required For Fetch, Arose In Domesticated Dogs >15,000 YA.

Evidence Of The World Oldest Forest, A Fossilized Tree Root Dated To ~386 MYA, Was Discovered In An Abandoned Quarry In Cairo, NY, ~40 Miles South Of Albany. The Forest Is Said To Be 2-3 Myrs Older Than The Previously Discovered Forest In Gilboa, NY. This Discovery Provides A Snapshot Of Earth’s Evolution From No Forest To Being Forested.

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Many Elephants Are Held In Captivity For Research, Conservation, And Tourism. But, According To A Recent Study, Asian Elephants Held In Captivity Are Hindered In Reproduction For Over A Decade. And Calves, From Captured Females, Have Lower Survival Rates. ~16,000 Asian Elephants Are Held In Captivity In Countries Like Myanmar And India.

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