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Blood Vessels
Scientists Have Finally Figured out How Cancer Spreads Through the Bloodstream
futurism.com
In what could be a major step forward in our understanding of how cancer moves around the body, researchers have observed the spread of cancer cells …
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Whales
Alaska Fishermen Hauling A Bigger Catch With Gear They Get To Use For The First Time
NPR - Aaron Bolton
Longtime Alaska fisherman Bill Harrington has a few choices words about killer whales. "As far as I'm concerned, they're only thieves in tuxedos," Harrington says. He's retired now, but a video from a
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Cancer Cells
Researchers create surgical device that can identify cancer cells in seconds
futurism.com
Cutting Out Cancer Surgeons have long faced a challenge when removing solid tumors like those found in the lung or breast: How much to take out? Cut …
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Marine Mammals
Take a dive into Smithsonian’s massive and amazing ‘whale warehouses’
The Washington Post - By Erin Blakemore
Earth’s biggest animals live and die in the ocean. But a few whales have long afterlives in museums — and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History boasts the world’s largest collection of material.
Seals
How Elephant Seals Help Scientists Explore the Deep Sea | Mission Wild Ep. 2
greatbigstory.com - www.greatbigstory.com
At first glance, elephant seals may seem like slothful creatures content to laze about. But time on the shore (where they can move as fast as humans …
The Guardian
Environment
BBC has a key role in tackling the climate emergency
The Guardian - Letters
This Friday, Extinction Rebellion will hold a peaceful demonstration to call upon the BBC to convey the severity of the climate and ecological emergency we are experiencing, and the urgent action needed
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Science
Tracking the footprints of protein synthesis
phys.org - Raleigh Mcelvery
Once they fine-tuned their method of quantifying protein production, the researchers wondered what would happen if they upset the cell's careful …
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Apple Store
Everything I Know about Animal Behavior I Learned at the Apple Store
aish.com - Dec 16, 2018 | by Emuna Braverman
Ever since Erma Bombeck wrote her classic book, “Everything I Know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann’s Dressing Room”, I have been updating …
Tampa Bay, FL
Manatee County deputies locate missing Bradenton woman
wtsp.com - Author: 10News Staff
UPDATE: Christine Beehler has been found, Manatee County deputies say. Manatee County deputies are asking for the public's help to locate a Bradenton …
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Coast Salish
Earthquakes’ Ecological Aftershock
hakaimagazine.com - Hakai Magazine
The Pacific coast of North America is infamous for its earthquakes. Several fault lines routinely produce minor tremors, and up and down the coast …
News (China)
Driverless minibus put into commercial operation in Wuhan
cri.cn - chinaplus.cri.cn
Passengers take a driverless minibus at an ecological park in Wuhan, Hubei Province on Friday, December 14, 2018. The nearly five-meter-long bus can …
Rebecca Smythersadded this to History And Cultures
China
Landmark exhibition of Terracotta Warriors opens in New Zealand - Xinhua
xinhuanet.com
Aerial view of Hongze Lake in E China's Jiangsu Rime scenery at bank of Songhuajiang River in Jilin In pics: snow petrels seen near Zhongshan station …
Manatees
Swimming with Manatees in Florida: At Crystal River Plantation
insidethetravellab.com - Abi King
Florida is known for its crystal, turquoise blue. So why am I deliberately slipping into the mud with a snorkel? To go swimming with manatees, that’s …
Healthline
Immune System
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Healthline
Leukemia is a type of cancer involving human blood cells and blood-forming tissues. There are many types of leukemia, each affecting different kinds …
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Cancer Cells
Diabetes and hypertension drug combo kills cancer cells
Medical News Today - By Ana Sandoiu
New research, published in the journal Cell Reports, finds a drug combination that kills cancer cells by depleting them of energy. Metformin is a …
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Science
Science Explains Why Dogs Live Shorter Lives Than Humans
Inverse
They're simply too good for this world. If dogs and humans both have a heart and things we need to survive, then why don’t dogs live as long as …
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New Zealand
Watch the Beautiful Moment a Pod of Killer Whales Joined a Swimmer In New Zealand
theinertia.com - The Inertia
Killer whales aren’t called killer whales because they kill people. In fact, no wild orca has ever killed a human being, but considering how good …
Fox News
News
Ohio woman is cancer free following promising clinical trial, she claims
Fox News - By
An Ohio woman claims she is now cancer free following a clinical trial. Denise Keenan, from Youngstown, was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2009 and has been battling the illness ever since,
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Cancer Cells
Scientists are developing a breakthrough test that uses gold to detect all types of cancer in 10 minutes
Business Insider - Lena Anzenhofer
• Scientists at the University of Brisbane may have found a simple way of detecting the early stages of cancer. • The method is inexpensive, takes 10 minutes, and can work for all types of cancer.• The
Forbes
News
Supernova Likely Killed Off Ancient Mega-Shark
Forbes - Bruce Dorminey
A cosmic rain of ocean-penetrating, high-energy muon particles likely caused the extinction of a Pleistocene-era mega-shark, new “slam dunk” evidence suggests. The authors of a forthcoming paper in the
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TV
The Mutated Animals in 'Fallout 76' Might Be Explained by Genetic Radiation
Inverse - Corey Plante
Are Mega Sloths and two-headed bears really possible? As you wander through the irradiated wasteland of Fallout 76 looking for good loot and shooting …
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Seals
Children’s Pool beach to close for annual pupping season
fox5sandiego.com - City News Service
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The city of San Diego will close the Children’s Pool beach in La Jolla on Saturday in preparation of harbor seal pupping …
Whales
Both loud and deadly
bigthink.com
• September 11th, 2001, offered researchers a unique opportunity to study whales' behavior in the absence of commercial shipping. • Their findings …
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Cancer
Transitional Cell Cancer (Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter)
Healthline
The tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder is known as the ureter. Most healthy people have two kidneys and, therefore, two ureters. The top of …
The Washington Times
University of Illinois
Univ of Illinois fires professor over phony research
The Washington Times - Associated Press
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois has fired a professor who was accused of falsifying research. Fei Wang worked in the School of …
Columbia River
Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help salmon
seattlepi.com - www.seattlepi.com
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest. Oregon Public …
Puget Sound
State discusses killing seals and sea lions in Puget Sound
king5.com - Author: Alison Morrow
State wildlife commissioners heard testimony Friday about whether a seal and sea lion cull could help save salmon, and thereby restore food to the …
Lifestyle (South Africa)
| Man with rare cancer determined to find donor after being given seven years to live
health24.com - www.health24.com
A super-fit dad completed three Ironmans without knowing he had a rare “death sentence” cancer.
The New Zealand Heraldadded this to New Zealand Herald World News
Drug Cartels
Smuggler for Mexican drug cartel pleads guilty in Florida
nzherald.co.nz - AP
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An organizer for multiple Mexican drug cartels has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in smuggling thousands of …
Whales
Southern resident orcas swim in perilous waters. Can they survive like their northern kin?
thenewstribune.com - www.thenewstribune.com
BLACKFISH SOUND, QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT, B.C. Bigger and bigger, with a puff and a blow, the orca surfaces, supreme in his kingdom of green. Northern …