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Kanika Gupta
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Food Source Blocked by Iceberg, Kills 150,000 Penguins
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:04 PM EST150,000 Adelie penguins have suffered an untimely death on Cape Denison in Antarctica in the last five years as a giant iceberg blocked their only source of food, say scientists.
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First Case of Black and White Twin from the Same Egg Reported in Britain
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTThe twin sisters born out of the same egg are identical twins but born with different skin colors, one is black and the other one is white, the first of its kind in UK.
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Facebook’s Birthday Video Cam, a highly-anticipated feature released on iOS
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTFacebook has introduced a new feature, only restricted to iOS right now, that allows the users to record 15-second birthday wishes for their friends.
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Facebook Reactions Now Live and Active
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTFacebook on Wednesday released a new feature called “Reactions” for users all over the world.
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Facebook Launches Suicide Prevention Tool to Help People in Britain
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTFacebook has come up with yet another innovative way to help people who might be at risk of self-harm.
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Ebola Victims May Live with Lifetime Brain Problems, Nerves
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTAlthough the world has been officially freed of Ebola outbreak, many people who have been victimized by this deadly disease are still facing neurological problems, reveals new study.
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Eating Carrots Can Minimize the Risk of Breast Cancer by 60%, Study
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTAccording to a latest study, eating carrots can minimize a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer by up to 60%.
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Dodo, an Extinct Bird, Was Smart with a Great Sense of Smell, Says Study
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTDodo is an extinct bird and was always thought to symbolize stupidity. However, a new research counters that belief by revealing that dodo was actually very smart. The brain size of Dodo with regards to its body size was equal to that of present day pigeon.
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Coral Reef Growth Declining Due to Environmental Changes
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTCoral Reefs are host to at least 25% marine life that are now facing decline due to changing environment and struggling to maintain these calcium-carbonate-based structures.
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Charlie Sheen’s HIV Confession has Huge Impact Online, Says Study
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:03 PM ESTCharlie Sheen was anything but a public health promoter that he is now thought to be. After Sheen confessed on a national television that he is infected with AIDS, it prompted the highest number of HIV-related searches on Google and over 1 million of these searches involved information regarding public health, reports Sci-tech Today
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As Many as Half cases of Asthma Diagnosed in Children May Not Even Have the Respiratory Condition, Says Study
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:02 PM ESTThere is a possibility of asthma being misdiagnosed in up to half of children who have been diagnosed with the condition, according to a new research conducted in Netherlands but published in British Journal of General Practice.
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Apple Making It Harder to Hack into iPhones
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:02 PM ESTEngineers at Apple are said to be developing new security measures that will make it absolutely impossible for the government to break into an iPhone that is locked
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An Object that Offers Hidden Protection to Women against HIV
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 02:02 PM ESTA vaginal ring has the potential of protecting women in Sub-Saharan Africa from the risk of HIV, say public health experts that are excited at the prospect.
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Alfalfa Sprouts Responsible for E. Coli Outbreak
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 01:26 PM ESTRecent cases of E. Coli were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin that affected nine people, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. Two people have been serious after the infection and are currently in hospital.
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The Mystery of a Plane Spotted Underneath Lake Harriet in Minneapolis Solved
By Kanika Gupta | Mar 01, 2016 10:49 AM ESTA ghostly image of a passenger plane “submerged” in Lake Harriet, spotted on Google Maps, gave birth to a mystery. However, thanks to the experts, that mystery has now been solved. Rare pictures of a plane that appeared to have been sunk at the bottom of a US lake had surfaced on Google’s satellite map
