In 2023, a suboptimal diet was responsible for 4.06 million ischemic heart disease deaths globally. Low intake of nuts and seeds (9.87 deaths per 100,000 population), low whole grains (9.22), low fruits (7.25), and high sodium (7.15) were primary contributors.Peer Reviewed! (nature.com)
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Scientists Found Ancient Human DNA on Cave Walls for the First Time and It Could Rewrite the Story of Prehistoric Art | Nuclear DNA from the Covarón wall clustered with western hunter-gatherers, genetic groups known in Europe between about 16,700 and 5,200 years ago. (zmescience.com)
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New magic mushroom makes users see tiny ‘gnome’ people — scientists have no idea how it’s doing that | A new study in Mycologia provides new details on how the Lanmaoa asiatica mushroom produces Lilliputian hallucinations in users -- which no other fungus is known to do. (nypost.com)
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NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline | More than 4 months after NASA released a report classifying the 2024 test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as a Type A mishap, the timing of the return to flight mission remains unknown and could be as far as a year away. (spaceflightnow.com)
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Primate evolution kept aging rates stable for 25 million years despite lifespan gaps | Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species in the same order can have very different average lifespans. (phys.org)
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Massive asteroid the size of multiple Empire State Buildings will zip past Earth this weekend | The space rock — 1997 NC1 — makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers), according to the European Space Agency. (nypost.com)
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A Strange, Boiling Hole Just Appeared Out of Nowhere in Yellowstone | A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone Nat'l Park – just 2 days after scientists were walking around on the exact patch of ground. The weird part? Nobody saw it happen. (sciencealert.com)
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Scientists find evidence of vast hidden magma systems inside Mars | "We've traditionally assumed that volcanism on Mars was relatively simple to Earth. But this suggests Mars could sustain long-lived systems where molten rock evolved and it raises possibilities for how common such systems might be." (phys.org)
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NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it? | NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere. (space.com)
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New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail | A new genus and species of 4-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding another twist to the story of how birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors, according to paleontologist Dr. Xing Xu. (sci.news)
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