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American scientists have discovered that some people they do not regain their sense of smell after becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 because the virus causes a continued immune insult which decreases the amount of olfactory nerve cells. The find, published on the 21st of the journal 'Science Translational Medicine'finally explains how a problem It affects millions of people around the world. The investigation It also sheds light on the possible underlying causes of other prolonged symptoms of covid-19, such as general fatigue, shortness of breath or lack of concentrationthat could trigger biologics by similar mechanisms, according to the researchers. "One of…

From the closest large galaxy to our own, Andromeda, they can now see an Earth where what is born is not a human baby, but an entire biological genus, the genus Homo. «Stardate 100669.9. Here is the exploration trailer from the planet TOI-836b, reporting from the third planet in the Sun star system. We have just witnessed the birth of a human being, a member of what, at least in appearance, is the most intelligent species of the observed world. We request confirmation of the registration of the event from our planet of origin, through the distance of 89.7 light…

A study of the Portuguese site of the Gruta de Figueira Brava finds the remains of a feast of oxen that took place tens of thousands of years ago Few things create as much group cohesion as meeting around a table and share a plate of food in company. This premise is as true now as it was tens of thousands of years ago. Proof of this, the surprising discovery made in the portuguese deposit of the Figueira Brava Grotto where, according to a group of Spanish archaeologists, the remains of a great seafood platter that some Neanderthals organized nothing…

This number system helps us understand the magnitude of an earthquake even if we are miles of kilometers away The earthquake magnitude that shake the planet is measured with the well-known Richter scale. This method, coined in 1935 by seismologists Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg, was created to distinguish small earthquakes that occur continuously (and almost imperceptibly) in a territory of the highest intensity tremors that have an impact on the terrestrial geography, landscapes and human activities. Thanks to the figures that this escalation reflects, we can understand the magnitude of an earthquake even though we are miles and…