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Dieting may slow metabolism – but it doesn’t ruin it
Feb 24, 2021 10:43The loss of lean tissue (muscle) when you diet – which burns around 15-25 calories per kilogram each day – lowers resting metabolic rate, meaning you need fewer calories than you previously did. But the body also deliberately slows down metabolism to preserve energy stores and minimize weight loss.
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Recommendations for regional action to combat marine plastic pollution
Feb 17, 2021 09:44In recent years, images of whales and sea turtles starving to death after ingesting plastic waste or becoming entangled in so-called ghost nets have led to a growing awareness of the crisis of marine plastic pollution.
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Study finds climate crisis driving great white sharks into colder waters, with devastating effect on wildlife
Feb 17, 2021 09:38Warming oceans—a key meausure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks into colder waters, where they are causing a devastating decrease in wildlife populations, according to new research reported by The Guardian.
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Fossil fuel pollution caused nearly 1 in 5 premature deaths in 2018, study finds
Feb 17, 2021 09:31Researchers at universities in the U.K. and at Harvard University estimated that, in 2018, 8.7 million people died prematurely due to pollution released by fossil fuels, or about 18 percent of total global deaths that year.
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Larger panel finds more gene mutations, treatment targets for leukemia
Feb 08, 2021 10:24Investigators said a gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia.
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Uneven recovery from COVID recession could hit poorer countries hard
Feb 07, 2021 09:50The World Bank estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic will push up to 150 million additional people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, with food insecurity rampant.
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How to exercise safely when you have anxiety?
Feb 03, 2021 10:40Although it is well-recorded that exercise can help to relieve anxiety, and even help to prevent panic attacks and reduce the physical symptoms, in the moment, it can feel as though exercise makes those symptoms worse — or even triggers them. Health practitioner Sarah Luper at Keep Moving Care, said it’s important that you don’t let anxiety symptoms — like a quickened heart-rate, irregular breathing or a tight chest — stop you from being active.
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UK applies to join Asia-Pacific trading bloc on Brexit anniversary
Jan 31, 2021 16:16A year after officially leaving the European Union (EU), the UK is set to apply to join a free trade area with Asia and Pacific nations on Monday (February 01), with negotiations expected in the spring.
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How to address artificial intelligence fairness
Jan 28, 2021 10:46Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is providing an increasing number of recommendations to human decision-makers, it is important to make sure that, as a technology, it is not biased and thus respects the value of fairness.
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Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date
Jan 11, 2021 16:05Thanks to new research by an international team of astronomers, the oldest and most distant galaxy observed in our Universe to date (GN-z11) has been identified. The team, whose research was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, was led by Linhua Jiang of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Prof. Nobunari Kashikawa of the University of Tokyo.