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Researchers May Have Developed A Cheap And Effective Way To Measure Chronic Cortisol Level, Which Could Help To Effectively Diagnose Depressions 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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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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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 Confirmed This Using The World’s Largest Flying Observatory, Operated By NASA And Germany’s Aerospace Center—The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Attached To A Boeing 747.

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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