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Oct 02 2023
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They sequence a strange cancer that spreads through the sea among cockles

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State Portal

Human beings are not the only animal that suffers from cancer. What's more, there are some rare types that do not affect us. This is the case of two types of cancer that occur among cockles, which have been affecting this mollusk for hundreds, possibly thousands of...

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Oct 02 2023
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Cockles with transmissible leukemia illuminate the unusual contagious cancer

By Manuel Ansede Portal

There are more than a dozen transferable tumors in mollusks, the Tasmanian devil and even in dogs, but cases in humans are absolutely exceptional.

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Oct 02 2023
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Astronomers, up in arms against satellite constellations: “The sky is also the heritage of humanity”

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State Portal

Since Elon Musk's aerospace company, SpaceX, began to put its Starlink satellite constellation into orbit, astronomers have raised their voices on multiple occasions to warn of their danger of 'polluting' our vision of the heavens...

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Oct 02 2023
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Unwanted loneliness also increases the chances of developing Parkinson's

By Clara Brascia Portal

A study that has observed almost 500,000 people for 15 years shows that those who say they feel lonely are more likely to suffer from the disease

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Oct 02 2023
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The meteorite that split a mountain in two

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State Portal

More than 150 million years ago, in the middle of the Jurassic period and at the same time that dinosaurs dominated the Earth, a meteorite fell from the sky, crashed into a mountain almost 1,500 meters high in what is now northwest China and the…

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Oct 02 2023
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 for Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for the covid vaccine

By Miguel Ángel Criado Portal

The Swedish Academy jury highlights that these “groundbreaking discoveries have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system.”

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Oct 02 2023
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How breast milk promotes newborn brain development

By Ignacio Morgado Portal

A study reflects the differences between girls who were fed only with their mothers' milk or with bottles

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Oct 01 2023
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Have we found a 'crack' in the structure of the Universe?

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State Portal

What at first glance seems like a simple pair of galaxies, several billion light years away, could actually be something whose existence scientists consider possible, but that no one has been able to see until now: a 'fold' in...

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Sep 30 2023
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Sara García, astronaut candidate and oncologist: “We still surpass the machines”

By Daniel Mediavilla Portal

The researcher defends the usefulness of human presence in space to study aging and cancer, to apply that knowledge on Earth

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Sep 30 2023
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October solar eclipse: three keys to not miss it (where, when and how to see it)

By A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State Portal

A solar eclipse will occur on October 14 and, if you are in the right place, you will be able to enjoy one of the most impressive astronomical events. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth and, depending on…

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