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‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here: Study identifies the regions most at risk

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 - by cmedia

Fraser River near Lytton in British Columbia. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In the summer of 2021, Canada’s all-time temperature record was smashed by almost 5℃. Its new record of 49.6℃ …

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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover, a study

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 - by cmedia

The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat that empower the virus to hijack the body’s molecular machinery and …