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Astronomers Discovered the Missing Matter that Makes up 90% of Universe’s Baryon Content

October 10, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

spiral galaxySTATES CHRONICLE – Scientists are now more attracted to the idea of becoming the first discoverers of dark matter and dark energy. However, there is another element of the cosmos with a more concrete structure of particles that seems to be overlooked. Its nickname is ‘the missing matter.’ Two teams of scientists have recently identified the first profs that attest the existence of such a mysterious substance.

The Missing Matter Is the One that Keeps Galaxies Together

Several reports indicated that the visible part of the universe consisting of galaxies and galaxy clusters are filling only 10% of baryon content. Therefore, it has been scientists’ priority quest to identify the matter that makes up the rest of 90%. Thanks to latest advancements in research methods, scientists succeeded to point out the missing matter of the universe.

This compound is made of particles that are known as baryons. Professionals believe this matter is the one that keeps galaxies together through filaments of hot gas. However, there was no proof to back up this theory until recently.

The two teams of researchers started off by taking hundreds of thousands of pictures of pairs of galaxies with the Planck satellite. Afterward, they organized the photos by scaling and rotating accordingly. In the end, they obtained a comprehensive view of the galaxies.

The next step was to obtain the ideal light to observe phenomena and analyze them. Therefore, they amplified the signals of the filaments until they became bright enough to watch them.

This is how scientists found that the universe contains ten times more baryons than humans previously estimated. Even though scientists couldn’t catch a clear glimpse of the filaments despite their advanced equipment, other revelations gave its presence away. They counted enough baryons to reveal the strings of gas that connect galaxies together.

“This goes a long way toward showing that many of our ideas of how galaxies form and how structures form over the history of the universe are pretty much correct.”

Researcher Ralph Kraft at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics commented this discovery as proof for what scientists have already deducted. However, there is still a lot of mysteries humans have to learn when it comes to the universe.

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Filed Under: Science

Disney and Altice Agree on New Programming Deal to the Benefit of New Yorkers

October 2, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

remote controlSTATES CHRONICLE – Walt Disney Co. opened a new chapter with the New Yorkers by continuing its partnership with cable provider Altice USA Inc. The two behemoths drew a preliminary programming deal together.

The new offer will re-invite 2.4 million TV subscribers from the New York area to their favorite channels. Therefore, people will be able to enjoy ESPN, Disney Channel, and ABC again.

Optimum Subscribers Were Close to Losing Valuable Channels as of Sunday Night

On Sunday, a joint email on behalf of both Walt Disney and Altice USA reached the masses. The statement only informed TV subscribers that both companies are going to prolong their partnership. As per previous notifications, New Yorkers with Optimum cable contracts were ready to take their farewell of Disney content on Sunday night.

“We have reached an agreement in principle and have extended the deadline accordingly to try and finalize the terms.”

The conflict appeared when Disney importuned Altice with claims of adopting ESPN channel as well as its own entertainment ones. Altice wasn’t ready to embrace this new chapter due to high pecuniary demands that Burbank asked in exchange for ESPN. As of lately, this channel in particularly faced rating declines and subscriber losses. These events don’t justify the high price.

Contrary to its performance, ESPN has become the most expensive network. TV subscribers have to cover $7.54 for access to this sports channel alone per month. By comparison, 11 cable channels under Disney ownership cost around $12.58 per month.

The New Programming Deal Appeared after a Concession on Behalf of Altice and Not a Price Reduction

The new programming deal is a certification of the fact that Disney and other TV operators are not ready to give up on sports channels. This rejection to adapt to a time when subscribers watch less sports content costs companies a lot.

Disney has to keep up with massive sports rights fees. For instance, NFL demands $1.9 billion a year for “Monday Night Football.” At the same time, the NBA contract levels up charges with additional $1.4 billion a year.

As a result, Disney must produce extra $450 million annually by 2021 to indulge the inflation in its deals with sports content providers according to a MoffettNathanson Research report. However, Disney is still an important entertainment source that attracts 14% of Optimum prime customers for Altice to quit this partnership. Therefore, Altice decided to keep up with its partner’s demands, no matter how expensive this can get.

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Macaque Has An Odd Behavior As She Carried Around Mummified Baby

September 28, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

tonkean macaque monkey sitting on ground and looking to the side

A macaque monkey mother was noted to have a bizarre behavior after the death of her firstborn.

 

STATES CHRONICLE – A new paper released earlier this week in the journal Primates documents the odd behavior of a mother macaque, one that was monitored as she carried around and then ate parts of her mummified baby.

Tonkean macaques, found in Indonesia, are a monkey species that are usually herbivores. This particular specimen, dubbed Evalyne, nonetheless lives in an Italian wildlife park.

Most macaques’ first babies die either at or shortly after birth, and Evalyne’s was no exception. Her first child passed away five days after being born. However, Evalyne seemed unusually distraught. Researchers describe her as having become agitated and “repeatedly staring and screaming at her own image.”

While most macaque mothers abandon their infants’ corpses within a week, she continued carrying it with her for 18 days. The macaque did so even after this had mummified on the eight day after her death and the skull had detached fourteen days later.

Macaque Mother Exhibits Strangely Cannibalistic Behavior

Researchers describe Evalyne as having begun to “gnaw” the now dried flesh of the mummified corpse of her dead baby. Starting with day 19, she commenced eating “small parts of it”. By day 25, only one bone of it, likely an arm or a leg was left.According to the lead researcher, Arianna De Marco, typical monkey reactions to their child’s corpse ranges from disgust to curiosity. However, Evalyne’s continual care for the body, followed by her eating it, is unique among the residents of this park. A similar case has, however, been noted among Japanese macaques.

“We don’t know why she would behave this way,” De Marco said. “The change in behavior from extreme attachment to cannibalism is astonishing. There may be physiological reasons, it could also be interpreted as an extreme attachment to the corpse’s remains, but we still don’t know.”
Dr. Charlotte Canteloup of the University of Zürich’s Anthropological Institute and Museum proposed some hypotheses. One of them claims that Evalyne might have been hoping for nutritional gains. Still, the researcher admits that this is unlikely due to the mummified baby having little to offer her, from this aspect.
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Filed Under: Nature

North Carolina Teacher Uses Bread to Convince Kids to Wash Their Hands Before Eating

September 24, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

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A teacher from North Carolina used bread to teach their students a lesson in a very inspired way.

STATES CHRONICLE – A 60-year-old teacher from North Carolina found a clever trick to convince her students to wash their hands before eating. She used bread to show the kids the effect of unwashed hands on food and taught them a valuable lesson on the importance of hygiene. Now, parents are praising her initiative, and want to spread this trick everywhere on the internet.

Using bread to teach kids the importance of hygiene

Donna Gill Allen decided to teach her students the importance of hygiene with a little experiment meant to show them what happens if they don’t wash their hands before eating. Therefore, she took three bread slices as samples and showed them what dirt could do. The first slice was the controlled piece, which she placed in a plastic bag while wearing protective gloves.

Then, she touched the second slice after she washed her hands, and placed it in a different plastic bag. In the end, she passed on the third slice to all students, who hadn’t washed their hands. At the end, she placed this slice in the bag as well. Each bag was labeled accordingly and hung on the wall for all kids to see.

Now, kids will never forget to wash their hands before eating

Over the next days, they could see how all bread slices evolved, and learn a valuable lesson. The slice they had all touched with dirty hands started developing green mold, while the other two remained intact. Although it was a bit shocking for the kids, they definitely never skipped washing hands again.

Allen took photos of all the bread slices and posted them online. There, she taught other teachers how to conduct the experiment, and show their students how important hygiene is. Her post had an immense success and was shared over 75,000 times. Parents and teachers alike praise her idea and are determined to try it with their kids as well.

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Filed Under: Lifestyle

Two Possibly Habitable Planets Are Orbiting In The Stellar Nearby

August 14, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

possibly habitable planets on the tau ceti stellar map

Two possibly habitable planets are orbiting around the nearby Sun-like star, tau Ceti.

STATES CHRONICLE – International astronomers led by researchers from the University of Hertfordshire discovered four planets orbiting a nearby Sun-like star, tau Ceti. Two of these are possibly habitable planets, according to reports. Radial velocity, a technique using spectroscopy to measure the wobble in a star’s motion due to planets orbiting it, produced these finding. This discovery is an exciting step in the search for habitable planets, especially ones close enough to Earth for future interstellar travel.

Locating Possibly Habitable Planets

Tau Ceti, located just 12 light years from our planet, is in the constellation Cetus. In galactic terms, this is considered a stellar nearby neighbor. Tau Ceti is similar to our solar system’s Sun in size and brightness. This seemingly increases the probability that an orbiting planet could be habitable. NASA defines habitable planets as ones where liquid water can exist and pool. The four planets identified have orbits of 20, 49, 160, and 642 days.

The 160-day orbit planet is similar to Mars, on the hot side of possibly habitable planets. In contrast, the 642-day orbit planet compares to Venus and is on the cold end of planets able to support life.

The study project was truly international. Data collection required advanced spectrographs at the European Southern Observatory, Chile and the W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii. Fabo Feng, a research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, England was the lead author, and his co-author was Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Their article, “Color difference makes a difference: our planet candidates around tau Ceti,” has been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal.

NASA reports that in the past 20 years, more than 3000 planets orbiting distant suns have been identified. However, few of these are possibly habitable planets. Two of tau Ceti’s planets can potentially meet the requirement for sustaining liquid water. An issue is the amount of stellar nearby debris which could strike the planets. Still, some consider that even with these concerns, the tau Ceti system may be an initial target for interstellar colonization.

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Filed Under: Science

Gender-Based Brain Differences Are More Than Just A Myth

August 11, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

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A new study went to prove that gender-based brain differences are not a myth.

STATES CHRONICLE – The differences between males and females physically can’t be denied. Now, scientists are finding gender-based brain differences are just as evident.

Generalizations, like the notion that women over-think things can be met with opposition today, but there’s emerging evidence that gives this stereotype validity. Scientists discovered through the largest imaging survey ever conducted that the brain differences of women show more activity than those of men.

Brain Differences in Between Genders, Useful in Studying Disease Patterns?

A significant difference lies in women’s increased activity in the cerebral cortex, where most focus and impulse control originates. More activity was also shown in areas that control anxiety and emotion, while men demonstrated higher activity levels in visual and coordination parts of the brain.

The lead author of the study, Amen Clinics founder Daniel Amen, put together a team of researchers that examined around 35,000 brains. Specifically, the scientists looked at the brain scans of 119 healthy volunteers and compared them with 26,683 patients. These exhibited a variety of psychiatric conditions, including ADHD and bipolar disorder.

To determine a basis for where the brain is active while doing concentration tasks, the study examined 128 brain regions. Amen and his team observed the test subjects doing cognitive tasks while 46,034 tests were measured with SPECT or the single photon emission computed tomography. This helped determine the amount of blood flow to the brain.

The results showed striking differences in gender-based brain differences. Males had a higher propensity for problems in conduct and ADHD. In contrast, females showed higher rates of anxiety disorders and depression, which is a warning sign for Alzheimer’s. Presently, women were noted to be more likely to develop this disease.

“The results of the study could lead to a better understanding of Alzheimer’s and of our partners in general,” according to George Perry, editor in chief of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, in which the research paper was published.

The study may prove to be quite useful in understanding differences in gender regarding other psychological disorders, according to its team.

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Filed Under: Health

Increasing Levels of Carbon Dioxide Cause Crops to Lose Protein

August 4, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Vast wheat crop

Crops are at risk of losing protein if carbon dioxide levels keep rising

STATES CHRONICLE – Climate change and global warming put us at great risks, including animal extinction, strong heat waves, or economic collapse. However, they might also have other dangerous consequences we have failed to consider so far. Our food might become less nutritious. The increase of levels of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere make crops lose proteins.

Researchers from Harvard University developed a study where they assessed carbon dioxide levels and what they might lead to. Their models showed how these levels are extremely likely to continue rising. If this happens, 18 countries and their crops will be affected.

Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will cause a decrease of at least 5 percent of dietary proteins from crops like wheat or rice from all these countries. This is likely to happen by 2050, if we don’t do something to limit greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible. Also, around 150 million people will be affected by this protein deficiency.

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means less protein in crops

At the moment, more than half of the population of the globe gets its daily intake of protein from plants. To see how they will be affected if protein levels from the crops drastically fell, they exposed several of these plants to high levels of carbon dioxide and looked at how they reacted.

They observed how the levels of protein from potatoes, rice, wheat, and barley decreased between 6.4 and 14.1 percent. One of the main things that happens to them is losing the ability to absorb nitrate, which they could later convert into protein. This phenomenon puts around 354 million children and 1.05 billion women at risk.

There’s no doubt that humans have a great influence on these rising levels of carbon dioxide. These are also related to higher temperatures, which have already started affecting agriculture. What researchers want to warn us about is the fact that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so that temperatures won’t continue soaring.
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Filed Under: Science

American Mother Warns Parents to Be Careful with Trampoline Injuries

July 13, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Children playing on a trampoline

A little boy broke his femur while jumping on an indoor trampoline

STATES CHRONICLE – A woman insists on warning other parents of the dangers of using an indoor trampoline, after her son fell and broke his femur. She wants everybody to know this kind of fun might be dangerous, and adult supervision does not guarantee your kid stays safe.

The trampoline is not suitable for children under 6

Kait Ellen lived 12 horrible days after her son, Colton, broke his femur while playing in an indoor trampoline. The boy was jumping right next to his parents, when he suddenly fell and his bone couldn’t stand it. Later on, she was told her son, aged 3, was too young for such a toy, but no one had warned her about this beforehand.

The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t recommend parents to let children younger than 6 to use a trampoline. Their bones are much too fragile for continuous jumping, and cannot cope with such a repetitive pressure. Unfortunately, Colton’s parents were not aware of this when they chose to go and have fun in a trampoline park.

Such accidents happen often, and adult supervision is not enough to avoid danger

The little boy now has to wear a cast, and struggle with the pain and discomfort. His parents were not jumping in the same trampoline as him when the accident happened, so they couldn’t do anything to stop it. Also, none of their actions caused the boy to fall and break his bone. This is why they wanted to share their story with other parents, in hope they can avoid similar accidents.

Around 60 percent of trampoline injuries happen if more people jump on the same square. In these cases, the smallest one is most vulnerable. Also, children younger than 6 should avoid playing on them, as their bodies are not developed yet to withstand continuous bouncing. Even if you keep an eye on your children while jumping on trampolines, there’s no guarantee you can avoid accidents.
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Filed Under: Lifestyle

Non-Binary Parent from Canada Wants to Mark Baby’s Gender as Unknown

July 4, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Baby in a basket

A transgender parent from Canada wants their child to grow up genderless

STATES CHRONICLE – A non-binary transgender parent from British Columbia, Canada is fighting that their baby should not be constrained by gender. This would be the first time in history when a baby’s gender would be marked as ‘unknown’ in their birth certificate.

The parent wants to raise the baby without gender restrictions

Kori Doty, the parent of the Searyl Atli, identifies as neither male nor female. They said that, at the time of their birth, doctors decided what gender Doty should have before they could do that, and this thing followed them for the rest of their life. The biological identification of the doctor did not coincide with Doty’s identification, so they had to make the proper adjustments.

Now, Doty doesn’t want that the same thing should happen to the baby. Therefore, no official papers should get involved in their gender marking. The parent wants to raise Searyl as genderless and, when the child is self-aware enough, they would be able to tell their parent how they identify themselves.

Doty insists that they do everything for the sake of the baby. They don’t want Searyl to grow up with restrictions and feel compelled to be either a boy or a girl. Rather, they want to encourage the child to find out who they really are.

Issuing a non-binary birth certificate is difficult

Doty has been trying since November 2016 to have a birth certificate issued for baby Searyl. The health card of the child has been marked with U for gender (meaning that it is either undetermined or unassigned).

However, getting a genderless birth certificate is more difficult. Certain provinces in Canada allow non-binary options for gender but, in British Columbia, you can be either male or female in the papers. Doty thinks this should change, and documents all over Canada should give up on binary gender designations.
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Filed Under: Lifestyle

Oklahoma Doctor Charged with Murder After Five Opioid Overdose Deaths

June 27, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

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A doctor from Oklahoma was charged with second-degree murder after prescribing her patients dangerous opioid combinations

STATES CHRONICLE – On Friday, a doctor from Oklahoma was charged with second-degree murder after five of her patients suffered deadly overdoses from taking painkillers and other dangerous medicine. Investigators claimed the combination of these drugs proved deadly for the patients.

Increasing opioid epidemics in the US

This case is one of the state’s many attempts to solve the opioid crisis, so many other doctors and medical professionals were charged with murder and sentenced to prison after their patients overdosed. A judge from the County of Oklahoma issued a warrant for the arrest of Regan Nichols, after several of her patients died while she was working at a clinic in Midwest City.

In 2015, around 33,000 deaths in the United States were caused by opioids, mostly heroin and prescription painkillers. Since 2000, the number of these deaths increased greatly, and determined the authorities to do something to stop this opioid epidemic.

The doctor prescribed dangerous combinations of drugs

Mike Hunter, the Attorney General in Oklahoma, declared that Nichols prescribed way too many opioid drugs, which put the lives of her patients in danger. The investigation revealed that, between 2010 and 2014, she prescribed over 3 million doses of dangerous medicine.

For instance, in 2010, a 47-year-old patient received a prescription from Nichols for anti-anxiety drugs, muscle relaxants, and opioid painkillers. This combination is regarded as deadly by both investigators and other medical experts. As a result, the patient was dead after six days.

The same case occurred in 2012 but, this time, the patient hadn’t received a thorough examination since 2008. Surprisingly, this patient survived for one month, despite having taken a worrying amount of narcotics which should have worked as a red light for Nichols.

Investigators claim that Nichols prescribed the patients drugs they didn’t need. Also, she combined three dangerous types of medicine, which most often lead to deadly overdose. Therefore, she was charged with second-degree murder.
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