Makeup & Skincare

BOOSTING ONE AMINO ACID MIGHT BE THE SECRET TO LONGER LIFESPANS

14 JUN 2023 Scientists have discovered not only that animals age more quickly when they don’t have enough of the amino acid taurine in the body, but that oral taurine supplements can delay aging and increase a healthy lifespan. An international team of researchers found that taurine supplements delayed aging …

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EMISSIONS AND WARMING ARE BOTH BREAKING RECORDS. TIME IS RUNNING SHORT.

13 JUN 2023 Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, with yearly emissions equivalent to 54 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. Humanity has caused surface temperatures to warm by 1.14 °C since the late 1800s – and this warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 °C …

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WHAT IS ADENOMYOSIS, A LITTLE-KNOWN CONDITION THAT AFFECTS AS MANY AS 1 IN 5 WOMEN?

11 JUN 2023 BBC presenter Naga Munchetty recently revealed that she suffers from adenomyosis, a chronic condition that affects the uterus. She spoke of how her pain can leave her unable to move and how a recent flare-up was so intense her husband had to call an ambulance. Yet many people have never heard …

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BIGGEST STUDY YET SUGGESTS ELECTRIC STIMULATION BOOSTS BRAIN FUNCTION

09 JUN 2023 Figuring out how to enhance a person’s mental capabilities has been of considerable interest to psychology and neuroscience researchers like me for decades. From improving attention in high-stakes environments, like air traffic management, to reviving memory in people with dementia, the ability to improve cognitive function can have far-reaching …

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HOW CLEAN TECH CAN PUT SHIPPING ON COURSE FOR PARIS TARGETS

08 JUN 2023  There is growing consensus that shipping must rapidly decarbonize to keep global warming below the critical threshold of 1.5C, and that switching to green fuels is the best way to achieve this. Though zero-carbon fuels, such as methanol and ammonia, are on the horizon, they aren’t yet …

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ALIEN HANDS AND WALKING CORPSES AMONG SOME OF THE WORLD’S RAREST MENTAL CONDITIONS

07 JUNE 2023 Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists won’t come across a single case in their professional lives. Here I present five of the rarest – and strangest – syndromes known to psychiatry. Fregoli syndrome …

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NIGERIA RELEASES “OIL THEFT” VLCC HEROIC IDUN AFTER PLEA BARGAIN

31 MAY 2023  The Norwegian-owned VLCC Heroic Idun, which had been detained in Nigeria for 10 months over allegations of oil theft, has been released after its owner fulfilled the conditions of a plea bargain agreement. The Nigerian Navy announced the official release and handing over of the VLCC. Last August, Heroic Idun was …

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MONTREAL PROTOCOL TURNED OUT TO HAVE AN AMAZING WORLD-CHANGING SIDE EFFECT

04 JUN 2023 A decades-old global environmental pact has averted huge amounts of sea ice loss in the Arctic, new research shows. Banning ozone-depleting gases under the historic 1987 Montreal Protocol has delayed the first, feared ice-free Arctic summer by as much as 15 years, the study found – once again demonstrating …

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MAN IDENTIFIED WITH RARE MUTATION THAT PROTECTS FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

27 MAY 2023 To many, a family history of Alzheimer’s disease would feel like a heavy, ominous cloud hanging overhead. But through the clouds comes a faint shard of light: scientists have discovered a second person who should have experienced symptoms of Alzheimer’s in his early 40s, but didn’t. The case joins another …

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UKRAINE CONSIDERS ALLOWING RUSSIAN AMMONIA TRANSIT IN EXCHANGE FOR EXPANDED BLACK SEA GRAIN DEAL

21 MAY 2023 Kyiv would consider allowing Russian ammonia to transit its territory for export on condition the newly-renewed Black Sea grain deal is expanded to include more Ukrainian ports and a wider range of commodities, a government source told Reuters. The comments are the first time Kyiv has publicly …

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