Cheaters Have Higher Risk for STDs than People in 'Open' Relationships
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
People who cheat on their partners are more likely to have unsafe sex than those in open relationships who don't need to hide their sexual straying, a new study finds.
In the study, people in monogamous relationships who cheated on their partners were less likely to use condoms, and less likely to discuss their history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) during their sexual digression compared with people in open relationships who had sex with someone other than their primary partner, the researchers said.
[Read More]Does Earth's Surface Interact With Its Interior?
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
The processes that churn away inside the Earth's interior are notoriously difficult to study, buried under all that rock, and so remain largely mysterious.
Yet scientists have learned a lot by looking at the material that travels down into the Earth's crust (giant pieces of the seafloor, shoved deep by tectonic action), and what comes back out (rock spewed from volcanoes).
By studying these two sides of the geological equation, researchers have established that there is some cycling of material from the Earth's surface to the interior and back again.
[Read More]Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Tragedy struck when a motorcyclist driving in Florida during a thunderstorm was struck by lightning, causing him to crash and die on Sunday (June 9), according to news sources.
The man's death, the second U.S. fatality from lightning this year, may make some people wonder why the motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the 45-year-old from the lightning bolt. But this belief is an urban legend, said John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the National Lightning Safety Council.
[Read More]Many Causes Behind Catastrophic Amphibian Declines
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
Many species of frogs and other amphibians around the world are on the brink of extinction, but the causes have remained elusive. A new report finds the reasons are much more complex than realized. The search for a single causative factor is often missing the larger picture, researchers now say, and approaches to address the crisis may fail if they don't consider the totality of causes – or could even make things worse.
[Read More]Oldest Big Cat Fossils Discovered in Tibet
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Fernande Dalal
The earliest known big cat lived in what is now China between 5.9 million and 4.1 million years ago, newfound fossils of the ancient prowler suggest.
The fossils, which were discovered on the Tibetan plateau, belong to a sister species of the snow leopard that prowls the Himalayan region today, said study co-author Zhijie Jack Tseng, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
The new study also reveals that all cats diverged about 16 million years ago, about 5 million years earlier than was previously thought.
[Read More]Pig poops out a pedometer, starts a fire
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Fernande Dalal
A fire on a farm in northern England was accidentally set ... by one of the pigs.
The firebug (firehog?) had swallowed a pedometer worn by one of its fellow pigs to demonstrate that the animals were free range, the BBC reported.
But after the pig excreted the pedometer, copper in its battery sparked a flame in the pig dung and dried hay bedding on March 7 at approximately 2 p.
[Read More]Recovapro Lite review
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
In this Recovapro Lite review, we’ll be walking you through the features and functions of this electric massage gun, taking a look at recent user reviews, and seeing how it performs at home.
Recovapro calls the Lite a ‘pocket-sized, on-demand massage therapist that gives you quality massage treatment with unparalleled portability’. There’s no doubt that the Recovapro Lite is small - at just 1.5 lbs, it’s one of the lightest massage guns we tested at home.
[Read More]Sorry, You Can't Stop Aging – Here's the Math to Prove It
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
Growing old is a natural part of life, but that hasn't stopped people from turning to anti-aging skin treatments, specialized diets and other tricks to try to reverse the effects of aging.
A new study suggests, however, that these efforts to stop aging may be sorely misplaced: No matter how people try to intervene, it's mathematically impossible to stop the aging process.
"Aging is mathematically inevitable — like, seriously inevitable," senior study author Joanna Masel, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, said in a statement.
[Read More]Trevor, the World's Loneliest Duck, Has Died As He Lived — Alone in a Puddle
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
Live Science is sad to report that Trevor the mallard, billed by some as the "world's loneliest duck," has died as he lived — alone in a puddle.
Known as the only duck on the small west Pacific island of Niue (population around 1,600), Trevor was found dead in the roadside puddle he called home on Friday (Jan. 25) after being attacked by a dog, according to sources close to the duck.
[Read More]Vaping May Create Toxic Chemicals That Damage Your Blood Vessels
Posted on November 20, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
Vaping may create dangerous toxins that temporarily reduce blood flow and damage blood vessels, according to a new study. What's more, these effects were seen when people used e-cigarettes that did not contain nicotine.
While the dangers of smoking cigarettes are very well established, the health effects of smoking electronic cigarettes aren’t clear. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an investigation into a string of mysterious vaping-related illnesses that have landed nearly 100 people in the hospital.
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