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Spread the love Earth is surrounded by rocky bodies and bits of debris from when the solar system formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. On Saturday, one of those leftover rocks will whiz past Earth. The asteroid is called 2024 MK and, at its closest, it will pass roughly 290,000 km from Earth. While we have […]
Spread the love A restricted diet could help the immune system tackle cancer. In a new study in mice, fasting was shown to effectively reprogram the metabolism of specific white cells tasked with killing tumors. An international team of experts led by researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York looked at […]
Spread the love Though lettuce and other leafy salad vegetables are crucial parts of a balanced diet, a literal “rocket salad” may not be the healthiest choice for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). New research has shown that microgravity, the condition in which ISS astronauts live, can make lettuce more vulnerable to pathogens […]
