Category: Science
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If a chronic health condition is making you feel guilty for not being ‘perfect’, try some self-compassion | Gaynor Parkin
“I was so looking forward to the night out and celebrating with my friends. The restaurant reassured me over and over the food was gluten free, and then came back to say the noodles weren’t after I’d already eaten some! I was really freaked… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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‘Money pervades everything’: the psychotherapist delving into our deep anxiety about finances | Psychology
I am a generous tipper. I’ve always thought, to the extent that I have thought about it at all, that this is a positive trait. Recently, however, I’ve begun to wonder. Is it normal to feel a deep sense of anxiety after ordering a takeaway… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression? | Psychology
Last week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty at Poole magistrates court of “using threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm,… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We see its light every day. For centuries, scientists have tracked the dark spots dappling its radiant face, while in recent… Continue Reading News Source: www.wired.com
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Aurora australis offers second chance of ‘bloody awesome’ southern lights display on Sunday | Australia weather
Australians should have a second chance to see the aurora australis on Sunday night, experts say, after a Saturday southern lights display so spectacular it left at least one astronomer in tears. Social media users posted pictures of brightly… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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Pig kidney ‘xenotransplant’ patient dies two months later | Medical research
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died about two months later, with the hospital that performed the surgery saying it did not have any indication the transplant was the cause. Richard “Rick” Slayman had… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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Southern lights ignite the sky in geomagnetic glory – in pictures | Australia news
Aurora australis has proven to be the weekend’s must-see event, offering the most ‘extreme’ celestial display in two decades. While people flocked to viewing spots from… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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Some say it’s ‘genetic discrimination’, but insurance companies are fighting for access to these test results | Insurance (Australia)
Hereditary bowel cancer claimed the lives of three women in Dwayne Honor’s family. They had Lynch syndrome, a genetic condition that increases the chances of certain cancers developing. But he never expected it to affect his insurance. For years… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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Northern lights illuminate skies in US and Canada – in pictures
Rare sightings of aurora borealis in North America as atmospheric phenomenon fills overnight skies from California to Ontario Continue reading… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com
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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is no more – but its remarkable success must not be forgotten | Coronavirus
Last week’s announcement that AstraZeneca would no longer market its Covid vaccine brings an end to one of the century’s most remarkable medical stories. Created within a year of the arrival of the pandemic, the AZ vaccine was cheap, easily… Continue Reading News Source: www.theguardian.com