Title: People With Down Syndrome Face Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19
Category: Health News
Created: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM
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For the first time ever, astronomers were able to see the effects of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of the innermost large moon of Jupiter. Io is the most volcanically-active body in the Solar System apart from the Earth. Astronomers know of more than 400 volcanoes strewn across the surface of Io. These eruptions release vast quantities of sulfur gas which freezes, falling to the surface of Io, coating the moon in red, orange, yellow, and white deposits. You’ve got another thin coming, Lucy The atmosphere of Io is astonishingly thin — a billion times thinner than the atmosphere of…
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Title: Knee or Hip Replacements Cut People’s Risk for Falls: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
A group of Uber drivers have filed a legal case in Amsterdam claiming that the platform’s algorithm unfairly dismissed them from the service without appeal. Dutch news outlet NOS reports that four Uber drivers, three British and one Portuguese, filed the case at a district court yesterday. The drivers say automated firing is not allowed and according to European law, there must be human intervention before such an important decision is made. Uber is contesting the claims, and told the BBC that humans had intervened before the drivers’ accounts were deactivated. “As part of our regular processes, the drivers in this…
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Title: Poverty Might Raise Black Kids’ Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Category: Health News
Created: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM