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152 billion tons of fresh water are released into the ocean by a massive iceberg.

152 billion tons of fresh water are released into the ocean by a massive iceberg.

  A68A was the sixth-largest iceberg on record when it broke off its ice shelf in July 2017. During the first two years of its life, the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula was very cold and it stayed the same size. The European Space Agency called it a “mega iceberg.”   Researchers from the …

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Bitcoin is back in the green after plunging below $33,000 and hitting a new low.

Bitcoin is back in the green after plunging below $33,000 and hitting a new low.

  Monday was a good day for Bitcoin, even though it started the day down. When bitcoin fell to $32,982.11 on Monday, it was its lowest point since July. By afternoon, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap was up 5.6 percent to $37,183.25, as broader equities rose. Russia’s central bank said last week that they …

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New research is studying why some are attracted to people of the same sex and others aren’t.

  Having more older brothers increases the chance that a person will get married to someone who is the same sex at some point in their lives according to a new study.   These maternal antibodies build up over many pregnancies with male foetuses, which means that men with more older brothers are more likely …

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BU Research Shows that COVID-19 Vaccines Don't Cause Infertility or Damage Pregnancy Chances.

BU Research Shows that COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Damage Pregnancy Chances.

  In a study of couples trying to get pregnant, they found no link between COVID-19 vaccination and the chance of having a baby in women or men who had the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines.   Amelia Wesselink, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health and the study’s …

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US intelligence services can "surveil" Google and get access to the data of European citizens.

US intelligence services can “surveil” Google and get access to the data of European citizens.

  Google instructed to provide data to US intelligence services meaning that Google storing data in the US of EU citizens would be in breach of the European GDPR. The data of European citizens therefore can’t be sent across the Atlantic. This is in accordance with a new ruling by the Austrian Data Protection Authority. …

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There may be more hospitalizations in the UK due to obesity than previously assumed, according to a new study.

There may be more hospitalizations in the UK due to obesity than previously assumed, according to a new study.

  New research led by the University of Bristol says that being overweight may cause more hospitalizations and more diseases and deaths than previous studies say. The study, which was published in Economics and Human Biology, used a genetic method to look at the effect of body composition on more than 300,000 people who went …

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People with charismatic tendencies, who are also psychopathic, are more likely to get away with their crimes.

People with charismatic tendencies, who are also psychopathic, are more likely to get away with their crimes.

  People who are “successful psychopaths” might have a lot of charisma, according to new research in the. Welsh, a PhD student at The State University of New York at Binghamton, is one of the people who conducted the new research. It has found that some psychopathic people do well in their jobs, and they …

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If Russia invades Ukraine, Germany has threatened to cut the gas pipeline.

If Russia invades Ukraine, Germany has threatened to cut the gas pipeline.

  Germany said on Tuesday that if Russia invades Ukraine, it could stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project from Russia. Western countries have backed Ukraine because of a Russian troop buildup that has raised fears of war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine on Wednesday, then go to Berlin to talk …

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