New genetic and patient analyses suggest severe COVID is linked to overactive complement, one of the immune system’s oldest branches, and excess blood clotting. …read more Source:: Science
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Earth’s oldest asteroid strike linked to ‘big thaw’
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•Scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest asteroid strike occurred at Yarrabubba, in outback Western Australia, and coincided with the end of a global deep freeze known as a Snowball Earth. The …read more Source:: Science
Too much ultra-processed food linked to lower heart health
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•Americans get more than 50 percent of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods. Measures of heart health decrease as ultra-processed food consumption rises. …read more Source:: Science
High levels of estrogen in the womb linked to autism
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•Scientist have identified a link between exposure to high levels of estrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism. …read more Source:: Science
66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
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•Paleontologists have found a fossil site in North Dakota that contains animals and plants killed and buried within an hour of the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million …read more Source:: Science
New molecules reverse memory loss linked to depression, aging
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•New therapeutic molecules show promise in reversing the memory loss linked to depression and aging. These molecules not only rapidly improve symptoms, but remarkably, also appear to renew the underlying …read more Source:: Science
Endocrine disruptors found in bottlenose dolphins
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•Evidence of exposure to phthalates, chemical compounds used in hundreds of consumer products, has been found in resident bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Some phthalates have been linked to …read more Source:: Science
Moderate carbohydrate intake may be best for health, study suggests
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•A new study has found that diets both low and high in carbohydrates were linked with an increase in mortality, while moderate consumers of carbohydrates had the lowest risk of …read more Source:: Science
Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity
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•A team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years ago, the most opaque place in the universe contained relatively little matter. …read more Source:: Science
A gut bacterium’s guide to building a microbiome
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•Many studies have linked the gut microbiome to health and disease. New research reveals mechanisms utilized by gut bacteria to assemble a microbiome in the first place. …read more Source:: Science