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Processed Foods and Cancer Risk - Antarctica Journal News

Processed Food and Cancer Risk

While shopping in the grocery store you may want to stay away from the processed food isles.  Research has shown a definitive link between processed food and cancer risk.  They found that there is a 12% chance of you getting ...

Resurrecting an ancient virus

French researchers have revived a dormant and previously unknown virus from a 30,000-year-old sample of Siberian permafrost. The pathogen poses no threat to humans, but its zombie-like return to an infectious state demonstrates the remarkable durability of microbes and raises ...

Dark matter is (probably) more complex than you think

Scientists typically believe that dark matter behaves in a simple way: if one clump encounters another, the two interact solely through gravity. However, researchers have published findings which suggest that there's more involved. They've noticed dark matter (the blue lines ...
Homo Naledi – Distant Relative?

Homo Naledi – Distant Relative?

A team from the University of Witwatersrand found some bones that had characteristics of early human ancestors.  They discovered these bones in the Rising Star caves in South Africa back in 2013.  The bones showed that these early humans – ...

Dogs and pigs dying overnight in china

Yanshi, China Dead dogs, pigs: Another sudden mass animal die-off has left many Chinese worried about their own health. Scores of pigs and dogs dropped dead overnight in Dongtun village, apparently from poisonous gas emitted from a chemical plant. “All ...
Irish Healing Soil

Irish Healing Soil

Researchers have found soil that is from the Boho Highlands of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland to help with killing some of the world’s deadliest superbugs.  The soil has some unknown strain of bacteria that produces antibiotics.  This healing soil has been ...

A deadly fever spreads

A devastating disease caused by airborne fungal spores is colonizing the Southwest in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “a silent epidemic.” The disease, coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, strikes more than 20,000 people per year in the ...
Antarctica Journal Q&A: Similarities and differences – COVID-19 and influenza

Similarities and differences – COVID-19 and influenza

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for the public health measures that ...
Tattoos Could Actually Poison You

Tattoos Could Actually Poison You

When you decide to get a tattoo there are a few things you should consider before getting one.  Don’t do it if you are not of sound mind, like if you have been drinking with your buddies.  Have you checked ...
Painkillers - Deadly Risk To Women

Painkillers – Deadly Risk To Women

Overdoses of prescription painkillers have become one of the leading causes of death among women. More women now die from overdoses of prescription pills like OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocet than from cervical cancer, homicide, or street drugs such as heroin ...