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A Baby Was Born With 3 Penises in a World-First Medical Case

A boy born with three penises is the first-ever reported case of human triphallia, a condition in which three phalluses form during embryonic development.

Iraq , Duhok , Dahuk , Iraqi , John-martin , Louis-university-school-of-medicine , International-journal , Surgery-case-reports , Louis-university-school , Live-science , Development , Penises

Chronic Blocked Nose? New Research Links It to Changes in Brain Activity

13 APRIL 2021
Chronic rhinosinusitis, which causes a persistent blocked nose and headaches among other symptoms, affects 11 percent of people in the US – and new research has found a link between the condition and changes in brain activity.

The team behind the study is hoping that the link will help explain some of the other common effects of the persistent inflammation: finding it hard to focus, struggling with bouts of depression, having trouble sleeping, and dizziness.
Finding a connection between the underlying disease and the neural processing happening elsewhere could be vital in understanding the chronic condition, along with efforts to find better and more effective ways to treat it.

Kristina-simonyan , University-of-washington , Harvard-university , Aria-jafari , Human-connectome-project , Sinus , Inflammation , Chronic , Brain , Amp-quot , Rhinosinusitis , Symptoms

Sudden Catastrophic Climate Events in The Past Had No Single Trigger. Here's Why

13 APRIL 2021
The last ice age persisted for over 100,000 years. An ice-bound eternity by any stretch of the imagination, but this long winter was not completely frozen into stillness.
During the Last Glacial Period, which ended approximately 12,000 years ago, climate change existed as a powerful phenomenon, much as it does now, albeit for different reasons.

Over the course of the ice age, a series of abrupt warming episodes punctuated the coldness, each of them sending temperatures soaring (by up to 16 degrees Celsius) in temporary heat waves that flared for decades before disappearing.
These sudden phenomena, called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, took place dozens of times over the 100 millennia of the Last Glacial. But what was it that made them spark to life at all?

Greenland , Denmark , Copenhagen , Køavn , France , Sune-olander-rasmussen , Sepp-kipfstuhl , Nature-communications , University-of-copenhagen , University-of-grenoble , Last-glacial-period , Emilie-capron

Australia's 'Black Summer' Fires Have Left a Shocking Effect on Earth's Atmosphere

Australia's 'Black Summer' Fires Have Left a Shocking Effect on Earth's Atmosphere
12 APRIL 2021
The scorching destruction of Australia's Black Summer bushfires between 2019 and 2020 provided an ominous glimpse of fire's reach in our hotter, dryer world, and the impact of the unprecedented inferno is still being measured.

Just weeks ago, scientists observed that the amount of smoke spewed from the blaze into the atmosphere rivaled that of a great volcanic eruption. Now, researchers say the giant smoke cloud was so immense, it measurably heated the stratosphere for months on end.
In a new study led by first author and climate modeler Pengfei Yu from China's Jinan University, scientists simulated the plume's emergence and evolution, showing the worst documented wildfires in Australian history left a lasting impact on the region's skies.

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Breathtaking NASA Image Shows a Magical 'Sea of Dunes' on Mars

On Thursday, NASA released a stunning photo of a sea of dunes on Mars.

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One COVID-19 Strain May 'Break Through' Pfizer Vaccine, Early Results Show

The South African coronavirus variant is better at "breaking through" the defenses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than other forms of the virus, Israeli experts said Sunday.

South-africa , Israel , South-african , Israeli , Israelis , Pfizer , Cancer-research , Clalit-health-services , Stern , Tel-aviv-university , Adi-stern

Here's How Long a Cannabis High Really Lasts, According to Science

If you ask 50 different people how long the effects of cannabis last, you're likely to get 50 different answers. This can be a problem for figuring out how long a patient using the drug for medical purposes is going to remain impaired.

Australia , Sydney , New-south-wales , Danielle-mccartney , Iain-mcgregor , Thomas-arkell , University-of-sydney , Cannabis , Impairment , Users , Thc , Amp-quot

Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water

Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water
11 APRIL 2021
This may come as a bit of a shocker, but technically speaking, not all water on Earth is made up of H
2O molecules.
Less than a century ago, the discovery of the hydrogen isotope deuterium –
2H, but often simplified to D – revealed the existence of another kind of water with the chemical formula
2H
2O.

Here's how they differ. A typical hydrogen atom contains one proton within its nucleus. The deuterium isotope, however, has a neutron in addition to the proton, giving the hydrogen atom a greater mass. Hence, water formed with this type of heavy hydrogen is usually called... heavy water.

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Florida Reservoir Leaking Toxic Wastewater May Have a Second Breach, Drone Finds

Florida Reservoir Leaking Toxic Wastewater May Have a Second Breach, Drone Finds
AFP
6 APRIL 2021
A possible second leak has been found in a Florida wastewater reservoir that risks flooding nearby communities with millions of gallons of contaminated water, authorities said Monday.

"An infrared drone identified a signature that could indicate a second breach" at the Piney Point reservoir on Tampa Bay, said Jake Saur, public safety director in Manatee County in the west of the state.
Engineers were studying the new data, he said.
Emergency workers, assisted by the Florida National Guard, have been pumping about 33 million gallons of water daily out of a wastewater reservoir at the site, which has sprung a growing leak in its plastic lining.

Piney-point , Florida , United-states , Tampa-bay , Manatee-county , Ron-desantis , Vern-buchanan , Environmental-protection-agency , Florida-national-guard , Jake-saur , Governor-ron-desantis , Republican-congressman-vern-buchanan

Meet 'Very Fast Death Factor' - The Algal Toxin Scientists Are Finding in Our Air

6 APRIL 2021
While some blue-green algae (or more accurately - cyanobacteria) are critical to us for their nitrogen-fixing abilities, others can also become dangerous pests of our own making.

Climate change and agricultural run-off are causing a once normal environmental process to spiral out of control more often, and a new study has shown that a particularly dangerous toxin produced by cyanobacteria is not just hitching a ride in water, but also in our air in some cases.
The toxin, called anatoxin-a (ATX) or Very Fast Death Factor (no, we're not kidding), does what it says on the tin - kills things fast. If you are unfortunate enough to be exposed it can cause a loss of coordination, paralysis, or death in humans and other animals.

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