Woman's Rare Blood Disease Triggered by Cold Weather
Posted on April 4, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Cold winter temperatures are uncomfortable for most, but for one New York woman, frigid weather triggered a rare immune condition, according to a new report of the case.
The 70-year-old woman lived in upstate New York, which is known for its cold and snowy winters. She went to the doctor after she began feeling dizzy and developed an unusual, spidery purple rash across her entire body, according to the case, published today (Sept.
[Read More]9% of Today's Warming Caused By Preindustrial People
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A new study shows that the echoes of the earliest human-caused carbon emissions are still present in our atmosphere.
In fact, preindustrial carbon emissions, caused by deforestation as the world's population grew, were responsible for 9 percent of the total warming the globe has seen to date, the researchers say.
"The earlier the emissions occur, the less the influence on today's climate.
[Read More]A 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Just Struck Southern California
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.3 struck 38 miles (61 kilometers) off the coast of California Thursday afternoon (April 5), rattling Los Angeles.
That's a moderate quake in the grand scheme of things, and common enough in the region of the San Andreas fault, where LA sits. But the event was still dramatic enough to make people sit up and take notice. Several Twitter users took to the platform to ask if others had felt the quake.
[Read More]An annular solar eclipse is happening on the summer solstice. (But no, it’s not the end of days.)
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Editor's Note: This article was updated to correct the date of the solstice. It was June 20, not 21.
The summer solstice isn't the only celestial event on the books this weekend. An annular solar eclipse dubbed the "ring of fire" will also awe skygazers as the moon passes between Earth and the sun on June 21. And though conspiracy theorists would have you believe otherwise, the coinciding events do not portend a doomsday.
[Read More]Botched restoration leaves Spanish statue looking like a confused potato head
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Is it ... a statue that's melted in the heat? Forky from "Toy Story 4?" A clay figure crafted by a preschooler? President Donald Trump?
In yet another extraordinary restoration-gone-awry, a 20th-century Spanish statue of a smiling woman next to a flock of livestock has turned into a slightly confused-looking lump with large holes for eyes, a button nose and a grimacing mouth.
The once-elegant statue, first unveiled in 1923, is sculpted on the front of a bank in the northern city of Palencia, according to The Art Newspaper.
[Read More]Divers Find 8 More Wrecks at Sunken-Ship Hotspot in Greece
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Eight sunken ships have been found around Fourni, a cluster of Greek islands that's a hotspot for wrecks, a team of underwater archaeologists announced.
The new discoveries mean a total of 53 shipwrecks have now been identified at Fourni in an area of 17 square miles (44 square kilometers).
In ancient times, the archipelago was a popular stop along trade routes in the Aegean Sea. Under normal conditions, the islands' harbors were safe.
[Read More]Early Humans' Weapon-Making Skills Sharper Than Expected
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
A delicate, sophisticated way to craft sharp weapons from stone apparently was developed by humans more than 50,000 years sooner than had been thought.
The finding could shed light on what knowledge people were armed with when they started migrating out of Africa.
The artful technique is known as pressure flaking. Early weapons' makers typically would use hard blows from a stone hammer to give another stone a rough blade-like shape, then would use wood or bone implements to carve out relatively small flakes, refining the blade's edge and tip.
[Read More]Earth Is 'A Beautiful Planet' from an Astronaut's-Eye-View
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Most people will never have the experience of flying high over Earth in a spacecraft and seeing the planet's atmosphere, oceans and landmasses unspooling far below.
But now, Earthbound humans can look down on their planet in a way that emulates an astronaut's perspective more closely than anything ever seen before, thanks to "A Beautiful Planet," a new film created in IMAX 3D.
The film uses footage shot by NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
[Read More]Entangled Particles Reveal Even Spookier Action Than Thought
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Sorry, Einstein: It looks like the world is spooky — even when your most famous theory is tossed out.
This finding comes from a close look at quantum entanglement, in which two particles that are "entangled" affect each other even when separated by a large distance. Einstein found that his theory of special relativity meant that this weird behavior was impossible, calling it "spooky."
Now, researchers have found that even if they were to scrap this theory, allowing entangled particles to communicate with each other faster than the speed of light or even instantaneously, that couldn't explain the odd behavior.
[Read More]Help Wanted: Bigfoot Researcher
Posted on April 3, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Add Bigfoot research to the recession-proof industries. A website called All over Albany has alerted the Internet to a job opening on Craigslist that — for a primate-lover with an open mind and a (preferably) four-wheel-drive vehicle — could be the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Craigslist post, which seeks a research assistant, explains:
"Not for profit organization, located in Whitehall, NY is a high-energy, team-oriented research entity that is involved in the tracking, documenting, and study of cryptozoological creatures, with a deep interest in the study and search of bipedal primitive apes.
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