Before humans sent the first dogs and chimps into space, there was genuine fear: Can a living creature evolved for gravity survive in sustained zero-G? Many posited that the result would be fatal, as gas bubbles formed in the veins or stomach acid rose to eat the body from within. …
Read More »Google’s Search Term Filtering
Google announced at the start of September it would reduce the visibility of search terms shown in reports for advertisers. Privacy was the reason cited by Google but advertisers quickly called the motives into question and complained about the loss of transparency into a large amount of ad spend. A …
Read More »How the Fed Rate Hike Will Affect Your Retirement Income
Now that the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates, retirement investors are in a quandary. In the short term, rising rates are causing the values of outstanding bonds to fall—the typical core bond fund has given up 0.8% over this past week. Further losses may be in store, since the …
Read More »How Title & Meta Description Update Will Affect Your Rankings
Here you can see how the last line of meta description changes as per the query in case 2, when pdf word included in query Google displayed a new line from the content in meta description with pdf word in it. The criteria used by Google to come up with …
Read More »Scientists Demonstrate that Diets of Organisms Can Affect Their DNA
In a study on eukaryotic and bacterial parasites, a duo of researchers at the University of Oxford has detected differences in DNA sequences that could be attributed to the composition of their food. Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite of the order Kinetoplastida. Image credit: Myron Schultz / CDC. “Organisms construct their …
Read More »Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome – How Can It Affect Your Child?
By Dr J P Singh, Pediatrics Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) is a rare disease that is characterized by regular recurring instances of severe vomiting and nausea. A pattern occurs where a period (can range from few hours to few days) of severe vomiting and nausea is followed by a period of time …
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