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Covid-19 Paralysed a Teen Girl’s Vocal Cords, Doctors Say
We’re still discovering new ways COVID-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralysed soon after a bout of COVID-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to…
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Researchers Test 2,400-Year-Old Leather and Realise It’s Made of Human Skin
Scythians in modern-day Ukraine made leather out of human skin, a team of researchers has determined, likely as a macabre trophy item. The discovery affirms a claim by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote extensively on the Scythian way of life. In their work, the researchers use paleoproteomics to establish the sources of leather…
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How a Balloon Over Antarctica Will Help NASA Study the Mysterious Space Between Stars
A new NASA experiment will take to the skies on a balloon, scanning the space between the stars of our galaxy and listening for cosmic ingredients to understand how the Milky Way evolved over time. GUSTO, or Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory, is launching no earlier than Thursday from the largest ice shelf in Antarctica…
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Let’s Talk About Why Nuclear Won’t Work in Australia
The CSIRO’s latest GenCost draft makes it clear why nuclear energy won’t work in Australia, so let’s talk about and the arguments for it.