Salon worker using a curling iron.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The new large population study looks to clarify the theorized connection between hair color and cancer. There is no correlation between using hair color in this study and the risk of developing most types of cancer in women. However, he …
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NASA aims to fund concept studies on five mission proposals aimed at studying the dynamic nature of the sun and the changing space atmosphere due to its causes around the earth. Such information will help understand how “space weather” affects satellites in orbit, providing navigation and messaging; Technology on earth, …
Read More »The Kovid-19 epidemic is taking a heavy toll on our mental health
People walk through the coronavirus memorial outside Green-Wood Cemetery on May 27, 2020.Photo: Spencer plot (Getty Images) Wednesday’s new study is the latest to show that the Covid-19 epidemic is taking a heavy toll on Americans’ mental health. Research has found that more than a quarter of adults surveyed have …
Read More »How the opal and valve mask of the infection fails to prevent the infectious spot, as shown by the laser
Using lasers, engineers at the University of Florida Atlantic were able to visualize what happens to aerated particles when exhaled through a N95 mask with a face shield (left) or an exhaust valve (right). Photo: Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science A new study of lasers suggests …
Read More »A beautiful yet terrifying map shows how wildfire smoke spreads
Now, in the Maps menu, click on “Vertically Integrated Smoke”. Instead of measuring the smoke around 8 meters from the ground, it is modeling what looks like a column in a 25-kilometer air high place in a given place in the US. (You can see it in the sky like …
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