The above finds support when compared with another analysis conducted by the World Health OrganisationWHO, which claims that the lack of regulation of commercializationadvertising and cross-border promotion of alcohol have a negative effect on young people and consumers of these types of drinks. The report indicates that controls on alcohol marketing are very limited compared […]
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In the name of perfection Sweden has sterilized tens of thousands of people
Nearly 30,000 people were sterilized to create a “pure” and wealthy race, free from physical and/or mental, or even socio-economic “defects”. The poorest families were particularly affected. This is a eugenics scheme based on a hideous “racial biology” implemented by Sweden between 1934 and 1976, which also led to the establishment of a private institute. […]
Which was first: the egg or the chicken? Science finally solved the riddle
Based on genetic studies and research on the evolution From birds, the scientific answer to the chicken and egg riddle is clear: the chicken came first. “Our study makes us pause and wonder if the egg that hatched the first chicken was really a chicken egg. There had to be an embryo that became the […]
Baby was born with his sister’s fetus in his head and had to be removed
To this end atypical case is mentioned ‘fetus within fetus’ where in the womb the two fetuses merge and one grows inside the other, in this case the mother of the girl, originally from China, who was pregnant Twins He only had one and the other was in his sister’s head. “Intracranial ‘fetus within fetus’ […]
US approves promising Alzheimer’s drug
The drugs lecanemabwhich will be given the trade name Leqembi, is being developed by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai and the American Biogen and has already been shown to be effective in slowing down the effects of neurodegenerative diseases in at least two studies. However, there has also been scientific research into the possibility that […]
Francia Márquez will be at NASA for the launch of Artemis I
Colombian Vice President France Marquezwill attend the launch of the Artemis I space mission, which aims to reach the moon, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Caño Cañaveral, Florida (USA). This is the first international trip for Márquez, who has already Floridasince she took office as vice president and committed to “promoting and enhancing the […]
Chinese missile destroyed over Indian Ocean
Part of the Chinese rocket that unchecked into Earth’s atmosphere this Saturday disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, the US military said, without specifying whether the wreckage caused any damage. “Space Force Command confirms that the People’s Republic of China’s Long March-5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean on July 30,” the Space Force […]
Misinformation about climate change leads people to doubt science
Decades of misinformation about climate change have left their mark, leading many people to question the scientific evidence, say researchers on the topic. Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard academic who has written about the history of climate change disinformation, called it “a tragedy” to realize that “Millions of Americans Think Scientists Are Lying Even About Things […]
Polish institute classifies cats as invasive alien species
A Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species”, citing the damage they cause to birds and other wildlife. The reaction of some cat lovers has pushed the lead author of the study on the defensive. Wojciech Solarz, a biologist at the Polish State Academy of Sciences, was unprepared for the […]
Fast, ‘ultraluminous’ astronomical event captured in a distant universe
An international scientific team has captured the first example of an extremely bright and rapidly evolving astronomical event in the distant Universe, a phenomenon as bright as a stellar explosion or “super-luminous” supernova, it was released this Friday. The research results were published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, where this transient phenomenon is reported to […]