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Global warming that led to the melting of glaciers and ice sheets is one of the main reasos why the world's sea levels are now rising at an accelerated rate

Rise In Sea Level Is Now At An Accelerated Rate

According to a new study, the water level in the world's oceans is rising at an unprecedented rate. Based on the research, the sea level was inaccurately measured until around the year 1990, when it was actually less than what scientists reported it was. However, based on recent data, it has been determined that the rate of the rise of water levels has multiplied exponentially since then.

Ahead Of The Game: Ebola Vaccine Frontrunners

With an astounding death toll and thousands still being affected on a daily basis, there is an evident and urgent need for a vaccine against the lethal Ebola virus that is sweeping West Africa. Experts from global health agencies are saying that hundreds of thousands of doses of the potential vaccine is required to provide protection just to the health workers that are working on the front lines during Vegas global health crisis. At least 12 million more are needed to vaccinate the people within...

Birth Control And HIV: What You Absolutely Need To Know About A Potential Correlation

According to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, there is a possible correlation between an increased risk of contracting HIV and the use of a specific type of injectable birth control for females. Depo-Provera is a type of hormonal contraception that is said to increase a female subject’s susceptibility to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), increasing her potential to transmit and contract the virus by up to 30 percent.
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Cancer Cells

Cancer Death Rates Fall

The American Cancer Society has published a report indicating a significant fall in cancer rates since 1991.
A Self Driving Car Introduced by Google

Google’s New Self-Driving Car Prototype

Google has unveiled a working prototype of its self-driving Google Car in California. The vehicle looks like a little beetle pod with two large headlights and a nose at the front and rounded corners. Once ready, the car will be able to drive, stop for pedestrians, obey traffic signals, watch out for hazards - all without the need for a human driver.
A pedestrian braves the elements during a winter storm on January 22, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The winter weather system, which is expected to continue into the night, has battered the Atlantic provinces with gusting winds and heavy snowfall.   REUTE

Common Cold Grows In Chilly Weather, Study Finds

Chilly weather numbs the body's ability to fight the common cold. The virus that causes common cold replicates better at cooler temperatures because at cooler temperatures the human antiviral immune system is not as responsive as at higher temperatures.

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