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Ancient Bronze Statues Unearthed from Etruscan Healing Spring in Italy
Bronze statues, including snake sculptures and a child priest holding a divination ball, have been unearthed at a sacred hot spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy. Dating back to the Etruscan era and later used by Romans, the site was a place for votive offerings tied to healing rituals. The excavation also revealed preserved organic remains, suc...
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Virtual Autopsy Shows 'Screaming Woman' Mummy Endured Agonising Death
A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...
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''Incredibly Surreal'': Woman Sees Her Own Heart On Display At Museum, 16 Years After Transplant Surgery
She expressed how she hopes it would support organ donation, which she described as "the greatest gift possible."
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Researchers Develop Machine That Can Preserve Human Liver Outside Body for Several Days
A multidisciplinary Liver4Life research team from Zurich has developed a special machine that can stretch the lifecycle of human livers. They say the perfusion machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the liver.
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Celeb Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar Shares Why One Should Eat Home-Made Pickles Daily
Pickles Benefits: Pickles are touted as valuable sources of vitamin K (co-factor in absorbing vitamin D), vitamin A (eyesight and immunity), probiotic bacteria (live organisms that confer health benefits to the host), shared Rujuta Diwekar
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Processed Foods: 6 Alarming Ways Consuming Processed Foods Can Harm You
Processed food: Due to a little bit of health consciousness, the world is moving towards the organic, raw and fresh foods. You must shun processed foods now, because they are harming you in more ways than one.
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NASA Picks Ancient Martian River Delta for 2020 Rover Touchdown
Experts believe the 45-kilometer wide basin could have collected and preserved ancient organic molecules and other signs of microbial life.
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Things To Look For When Buying Peanut Butter
In addition to peanut butter's natural goodness, most of the times manufacturers add unnecessary sugar and other preservatives to it as enhancers. To save oneself from such deceits, below are some tips to keep in mind to buy the right kind of Peanut Butter to live a healthy life.
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Stormy Daniels' Attorneys Ask The Trump Organization, Banks To Preserve Records
Attorneys for Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who has said she was paid to remain silent about an affair with President Donald Trump before he took office, wrote letters on Thursday to the Trump Organization and two banks asking them to preserve messages, documents and financial records they say relate to that payment.
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Doctors Focus On Need For Faster Organ Retrieval
Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan, a kidney transplant surgeon of Mohali's Fortis hospital explains that time plays a crucial role for the transplant because the organ can be preserved only for a short span of time.
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Head for the Vendors with a Strategy in Mind
Beyond preserving's seasonal time crunches - sour cherries are here and gone! - it's important to be organized and tactical, and to put up only what you'll eat or give away before it expires.
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Magical Benefits of Fermented Foods Like Yogurt, Idli or Dhokla
Fermentation preserves food because the organisms that are being cultivated, do not allow the growth of other bacteria that would otherwise spoil the food.
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New Approach to Preserving Organs for Later Use
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a new approach to preserving tissues and even organs for later use.
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Poachers-Turned-Conservationists Help Preserve Bio-Diversity in Sunderbans
Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife.
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NATO Chief Vows No Loss of Gains in Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday reaffirmed the alliance's commitment to stabilising Afghanistan and ensuring that the gains made are preserved after the foreign combat mission ends in 2014.
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Ancient Bronze Statues Unearthed from Etruscan Healing Spring in Italy
Bronze statues, including snake sculptures and a child priest holding a divination ball, have been unearthed at a sacred hot spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy. Dating back to the Etruscan era and later used by Romans, the site was a place for votive offerings tied to healing rituals. The excavation also revealed preserved organic remains, suc...
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Virtual Autopsy Shows 'Screaming Woman' Mummy Endured Agonising Death
A virtual autopsy of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in Egypt in 1935, reveals a dramatic and painful death, with her face frozen in a scream due to a cadaveric spasm. This condition occurs when muscles stiffen immediately before death, often due to extreme distress. The study, published on August 2, 2024, in Frontiers in Medicine, highligh...
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''Incredibly Surreal'': Woman Sees Her Own Heart On Display At Museum, 16 Years After Transplant Surgery
She expressed how she hopes it would support organ donation, which she described as "the greatest gift possible."
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Researchers Develop Machine That Can Preserve Human Liver Outside Body for Several Days
A multidisciplinary Liver4Life research team from Zurich has developed a special machine that can stretch the lifecycle of human livers. They say the perfusion machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the liver.
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Celeb Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar Shares Why One Should Eat Home-Made Pickles Daily
Pickles Benefits: Pickles are touted as valuable sources of vitamin K (co-factor in absorbing vitamin D), vitamin A (eyesight and immunity), probiotic bacteria (live organisms that confer health benefits to the host), shared Rujuta Diwekar
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Processed Foods: 6 Alarming Ways Consuming Processed Foods Can Harm You
Processed food: Due to a little bit of health consciousness, the world is moving towards the organic, raw and fresh foods. You must shun processed foods now, because they are harming you in more ways than one.
-
NASA Picks Ancient Martian River Delta for 2020 Rover Touchdown
Experts believe the 45-kilometer wide basin could have collected and preserved ancient organic molecules and other signs of microbial life.
-
Things To Look For When Buying Peanut Butter
In addition to peanut butter's natural goodness, most of the times manufacturers add unnecessary sugar and other preservatives to it as enhancers. To save oneself from such deceits, below are some tips to keep in mind to buy the right kind of Peanut Butter to live a healthy life.
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Stormy Daniels' Attorneys Ask The Trump Organization, Banks To Preserve Records
Attorneys for Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who has said she was paid to remain silent about an affair with President Donald Trump before he took office, wrote letters on Thursday to the Trump Organization and two banks asking them to preserve messages, documents and financial records they say relate to that payment.
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Doctors Focus On Need For Faster Organ Retrieval
Dr Priyadarshi Ranjan, a kidney transplant surgeon of Mohali's Fortis hospital explains that time plays a crucial role for the transplant because the organ can be preserved only for a short span of time.
-
Head for the Vendors with a Strategy in Mind
Beyond preserving's seasonal time crunches - sour cherries are here and gone! - it's important to be organized and tactical, and to put up only what you'll eat or give away before it expires.
-
Magical Benefits of Fermented Foods Like Yogurt, Idli or Dhokla
Fermentation preserves food because the organisms that are being cultivated, do not allow the growth of other bacteria that would otherwise spoil the food.
-
New Approach to Preserving Organs for Later Use
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a new approach to preserving tissues and even organs for later use.
-
Poachers-Turned-Conservationists Help Preserve Bio-Diversity in Sunderbans
Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife.
-
NATO Chief Vows No Loss of Gains in Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday reaffirmed the alliance's commitment to stabilising Afghanistan and ensuring that the gains made are preserved after the foreign combat mission ends in 2014.
