The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
Scientists are alarmed by a rise in mass mortality events – when species die in their thousands. Is it all down to climate change?There was almost something biblical about the scene of devastation that lay before Richard Kock as he stood in the wilderness of the Kazakhstan steppe. Dotted across the grassy plain, as far as the eye could see, were the corpses of thousands upon thousands of saiga antelopes. All appeared to have fallen where they were feeding.Some were mothers that had travelled to this remote wilderness for the annual calving season, while others were their offspring, just a few days old. Each had died...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 25, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Climate change Animals Science Kazakhstan Biology Zoology Conservation Environment World news Source Type: news

New link between gut bacteria and obesity
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome. We know less about the significance of our gut bacteria than what many books and magazines on the subject seem to suggest. A lot of the research on the topic is based on animal studies which cannot be directly applied to humans.
Source: World Pharma News - February 23, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

Gunman Kills at Least 17 in Florida High School Shooting
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday as classes were being dismissed, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students running into the streets to escape the bullets.   Frantic parents rushed to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where SWAT team members and ambulances had surrounded the campus. Live footage showed emergency workers who appeared to be treating the wounded on sidewalks. "It is a horrific situation," Superintendent Robert Runcie said. "It is a horrible day for us." The 19-year-old suspect was taken into custody wit...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - February 14, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Terry Spencer, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press Tags: Major Incidents News Mass Casualty Incidents Source Type: news

Runways, rockets and Russell ’s teapot | Brief letters
Stonehenge tunnel | Ants and acid | Lost from the Guardian | Yorkshire pudding | Elon MuskWould it be possible to have a free gamble on which major public work will be completed first: the Stonehenge tunnel or Heathrow ’s third runway (First proposals for Stonehenge ’s £1.6bn road tunnel revealed, 8 February)?David ProtheroHarlington, Bedfordshire• Morwenna Ferrier (The faddy eater, G2, 8 February) ascribes the flavour of ants to “the varying levels of ascorbic acid they contain”. This is incorrect. Ascorbic acid is vitamin C. What ants contain is memorably described by Ogden Nash:The ant has made itself illustr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: SpaceX Elon Musk Stonehenge UK news Technology Insects Animals Wildlife Environment The Guardian Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Media Yorkshire Food drink Life and style Science Source Type: news

Finding a more positive approach to dealing with menopausal symptoms
Everyone knows that hot flushes are a symptom of the menopause and that HRT is a good way of dealing with them, but when I started the menopause I was completely unprepared for it. I tried various ways of dealing with it and found that worrying about hot flushes made them much worse, whereas positive thinking and meditation were the best way for me to deal with them. I needed to find a more positive approach to dealing with menopausal symptoms. When I was 37 my boyfriend finished with me saying I should have a baby but not with him. I was stunned. I stopped taking the pill and immediately started having hot flushes. Every...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 2, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Catherine Hodson Tags: Health hot flush meditation natural menopause Source Type: news

‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media
Developers of platforms such as Facebook have admitted that they were designed to be addictive. Should we be following the executives ’ example and going cold turkey – and is it even possible for mere mortals?Mark Zuckerberg doesn ’t use Facebook like you or me. The 33-year-old chief executive has a team of 12 moderators dedicated to deleting comments and spam from his page,according to Bloomberg. He has a “handful” of employees who help him write his posts and speeches and a number of professional photographers who take perfectly stage-managed pictures of himmeeting veterans in Kentucky,small-business owners in ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Alex Hern Tags: Social media Digital media Facebook Twitter Blogging Internet Newspapers & magazines Technology Social networking Psychology Science Source Type: news

Phone-addicted teens are unhappy
(San Diego State University) Researchers found that teens who spent a lot of time in front of screen devices -- playing computer games, using more social media, texting and video chatting -- were less happy than those who invested time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interaction. The happiest teens used digital media for less than an hour per day. But after a daily hour of screen time, unhappiness rises steadily along with increasing screen time
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Strange Weather Triggered Bacteria That Killed 200,000 Endangered Antelope
Over a three-week span in 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope suddenly died in Kazakhstan. The animals would be grazing normally, then dead in three hours. A new study points to heat and humidity. (Image credit: Courtesy of the Joint saiga health monitoring team in Kazakhstan (Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Kazakhstan, Biosafety Institute, Gvardeskiy RK, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK))
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Merrit Kennedy Source Type: news

A Tried and True Approach to Escaping from Sinking Vehicles —And The Guy Behind the Testing
He’s affectionately called “Dr. Popsicle,” a label that stuck from a magazine article about this modern-day Houdini who can escape unscathed from frigid water and sunken vehicles, although he doesn't go down into the cold depths shackled in chains. It’s his job, his interest, and something the media likes to cover because it’s “sexy,” which means his research doesn’t have to clamor for attention. He’s been featured in several big-name magazines and television channels, including a feature article in Outside, which, in 2003, described him resolutely skiing into frigid water, hauling 180 pounds piled on sle...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - December 5, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Audrey Frazier Tags: Major Incidents Patient Care Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news

Clockwise captions causing confusion | Brief letters
MPs as private landlords | Dowsing | Coming out | Picture captions | Rodney BewesStephanie Lovett asks why “crippling private rent” is not being addressed by politicians (Letters, 28 November). The answer could lie in reports following the Grenfell Tower disaster which showed that 123 MPs – almost one in five – are private landlords. They include the chancellor of the exchequer, the foreign secretary, the shadow foreign secretary and the Speaker. Eighty-seven of them are Tories and 28 Labour.Nigel GannLichfield, Staffordshire• I’ve tried dowsing (Letters, 28 November) and it didn ’t work. But according t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 29, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Newspapers Property Physics LGBT rights Swimming Science Television Culture & radio The Guardian Grenfell Tower fire London Renting property magazines National newspapers Media UK news Source Type: news

Medics Recall Scene at Texas Church Shooting
LA VERNIA, Texas (AP) — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once. Two of the first four patients the burly volunteer medic loaded into ambulances were children. "Our inclination is to protect children. The thing is, that wasn't his inclination," Brunner said, referring to the gunman. "He wasn't separating going: 'I'm not going to hurt the kids. I'm going to go after whatever adults wronged me.'"...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - November 9, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Paul J. Weber, Emily Schmall and Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Tags: Major Incidents News Source Type: news

Springer Nature blocks access to at least 1,000 articles in China
Springer Nature, which publishes science magazines Nature and Scientific American, said on Wednesday it had pulled access to a small number of articles in China to comply with regulations, adding that it viewed the move as regrettable but necessary. The decision comes after Britain’s Cambridge University Press (CUP) said in August it had removed from its website in China about 300 papers and book reviews published in the China Quarterly journal, after a request from the Chinese government. CUP, the publishing arm of elite Cambridge University, later reversed its decision and reposted the articles, following an outcry fro...
Source: News from STM - November 2, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news

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