New Evidence That Giant Asteroid Impacts Created the Continents

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Asteroid Collision Earth Impact

Evidence that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts has been uncovered in new research. New research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts, which were especially common during the first billion years or so of our planet’s four-and-a-half-billion-year history. Curtin University researchers conducted the study, …

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Crohn’s disease: ‘I always had to be near a toilet’ – signs that made patient housebound

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Crohn's disease: ‘I always had to be near a toilet’ - signs that made patient housebound

Crohn’s disease describes a chronic condition in which part of your digestive system becomes inflamed. Around one in every 323 people in the UK suffer from this condition, and Sas became one of them during his 30s. While most people are usually diagnosed at a young age, Sas experienced a sudden onset of symptoms later …

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Levels of the ‘stress hormone’ are key indicators as to whether a person will suffer long-Covid

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Researchers found that long Covid patients have around half as much cortisol in their blood as people who recovered from the virus without long-term issue (file photo)

Levels of the ‘stress hormone’ cortisol are key indicators as to whether a person will suffer long-Covid, study finds A Yale research team found that people who suffered from ‘long Covid’ had lower levels of cortisol in their blood Cortisol is a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland, activating the brain’s alerts The CDC …

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Jules Kounde not registered to play in Barcelona’s La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano | Football News

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Jules Kounde not registered to play in Barcelona's La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano | Football News

Jules Kounde has not been registered to play for Barcelona ahead of their La Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona had hoped to register all of their new summer signings this week after raising £85m from selling 24.5 per cent of Barca Studios to Orpehus Media – but Kounde will have to wait to make …

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New Research Overturns 100-Year-Old Understanding of Color Perception

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3D Mathematical Space Used To Map Human Color Perception

This visualization captures the 3D mathematical space used to map human color perception. A new mathematical representation has found that the line segments representing the distance between widely separated colors don’t add up correctly using the previously accepted geometry. The research contradicts long-held assumptions and will improve a variety of practical applications of color theory. …

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Taiwo Awoniyi: From sewing his own football boots, through seven Liverpool loans to Nottingham Forest | Football News

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Nottingham Forest have signed Taiwo Awoniyi

Taiwo Awoniyi has reached the Premier League via the scenic route. Liverpool supporters will be reminded this weekend that it was a Nottingham Forest striker who scored the winning goal against them to mark the first televised Premier League game on Sky Sports, 30 years ago. Three decades on from Teddy Sheringham’s trademark finish, Awoniyi …

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Ryan Giggs trial: Video of footballer’s arrest played to court as 999 call describes ‘blood everywhere’ | Football News

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Ryan Giggs had “blood around his mouth” after he allegedly headbutted his ex-girlfriend, a court has heard, as the footballer’s assault trial was shown video footage of his arrest.  The court was also played two 999 calls recorded when officers responded to reports of a “domestic disturbance” at the home of the former Manchester United …

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A 29-year-old woman found a mark on her head and was diagnosed with a fungal infection. It turned out to be invasive skin cancer.

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A 29-year-old woman found a mark on her head and was diagnosed with a fungal infection. It turned out to be invasive skin cancer.

Melanoma is a rare skin cancer that is more dangerous than other skin cancers because it is most likely to invade other parts of the body.Sarah Lee A 29-year-old woman has said her deadly skin cancer was mistaken for a fungal infection. Sarah Lee, a BBC journalist, said getting melanoma was a “terrifying surprise.” Melanoma …

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Expert warns that monkeypox IS the next pandemic – but ‘not anything like the Covid’ outbreak

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Expert warns that monkeypox IS the next pandemic - but 'not anything like the Covid' outbreak

One expert is warning that monkeypox will become the next pandemic to strike the world, as the current outbreak of the virus has caused over 30,000 cases worldwide – with about a third of infections detected in the United States alone, home to the largest outbreak in the world. Dr. Joseph Eisenberg, a epidemiologist at …

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