The Beauty Products Blog.: 07/28/19

Sunday, 28 July 2019

Mankind will have used up its allowance of natural resources such as water, soil and clean air for all of 2019 by Monday, a report said.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/earths-2019-resources-budget-spent-by-july-29-report

After 28 days below the sea at a crushing depth of 120 metres, a team of four researchers emerged into the sunshine at the French Mediterranean port of Marseille on Sunday.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/28-days-later-french-deep-sea-divers-back-from-the-depths

An African elephant that spent a decade at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has moved across the country to a new home at Zoo Atlanta.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/msholo-the-african-elephant-leaves-san-diego-for-atlanta

It's not the operating room that is risky for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery; it's the recovery period. According to a large international study, only 0.7% of deaths in these patients occurred in the operating room, whereas 29% of deaths occurred after discharge from hospital. The study, which included patients at 28 centres in 14 countries, was published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/most-deaths-related-to-noncardiac-surgery-occur-after-surgery-and-after-discharge-from-hospital

A vast report, looking at the products and activities associated with non-fatal traumatic brain injuries for youngsters aged up to 19, in 66 US hospitals' emergency departments, has revealed that floors, beds and American football are posing some of the greatest risks.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/beds-are-leading-cause-of-non-fatal-head-injuries-in-infants

When Beryl Cummings asked her first-ever question in the auditorium at a genetics conference, she chose a topic she knew a lot about, formulated her question as meticulously as she could, and addressed her query to a female presenter.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/in-science-questions-matter-a-lot-men-are-more-likely-than-women-to-ask-them

The Air Force has begun to look at whether there's increased risk for prostate cancer among its fighter pilots. A new investigation by McClatchy shows just how serious the problem may be.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/are-fighter-pilots-at-greater-risk-for-prostate-cancer-the-air-force-is-now-asking

When Ebola broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a year ago, the global stockpile of a long-anticipated vaccine was 300,000 doses.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/despite-vaccine-ebola-is-spreading

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck not far from Athens and seismologists say it was an aftershock from a stronger quake more than a week ago.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/greece-magnitude-4-2-aftershock-strikes-close-to-athens

The head of the WHO on Saturday said a shortage in funding to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo was finally being filled.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/who-hails-new-drc-aid-in-fight-against-ebola

Deep in the isolated forests of eastern Serbia a digger gouges a channel through the trees for a pipeline to siphon river water, as the coal-reliant country's efforts to clean up its energy habit triggers a hydro "gold rush".

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/tensions-surge-over-serbias-small-hydropower-plants

With his two fishing rods planted firmly on the bank of the Vistula river, 85-year-old Tadeusz Norberciak peers at rocks exposed on the dry riverbed, a telling sign of Poland's looming water crisis.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/poland-needs-to-save-water-for-non-rainy-day

Nordic countries are experiencing searing temperatures as Europe's record-breaking heatwave moves north, with Norway on Saturday equalling its 1970 record, and many areas recording "tropical nights".

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/nordic-countries-sizzle-as-european-heatwave-moves-north

Fifty-five pieces of rhino horn were found encased in plaster at an airport in the Vietnamese capital, authorities said Sunday, as the country tries to crack down on sophisticated wildlife smuggling routes.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/vietnam-seizes-125-kilos-of-rhino-horn-hidden-in-plaster

When much of Venezuela was plunged into darkness after a massive blackout this week, President Nicolás Maduro blamed the power outage on an "electromagnetic attack" carried out by the U.S.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/ap-explains-how-big-a-threat-is-an-electromagnetic-attack