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The water at the nuclear power plant in Japan will have treated radioactive water
The first release of treated water and the risk of exposure to radioactive isotopes in Japan’s ocean water is expected to last 17 days. The first release of treated water is expected to last 17 days. The government has been working on a complex filtration system that removes most of the radioactive isotopes from the water.
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Increased Amazon carbon emissions can be explained by decline in law enforcement
Researchers have said that the southern Amazon is becoming a carbon source, due to decline in law enforcement in the region. They added that the world’s third-largest wetland has been losing vegetation at an average rate of 1 crore per year since 2015. The researchers also said that if global warming hits 2.5C above pre-industrial temperatures, the Amazon would reach a tipping point.
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People who are paralyzed use brain-reading devices to talk
University of California San Francisco neurosurgeon Edward Chang has said, “The effective rate of communication for existing technology is laborious at five to 15wpm…when compared to the 150 to 250wpm for natural speech.” Chang said that the implant that his team used to translate a paralysed woman’s brain signals into a synthetic voice was able to achieve low word-error rate.
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There has been a rise in high-risk patients going to Illinois hospitals
Texas Supreme Court has allowed the state’s abortion laws to go back into effect after a district judge’s ruling that the laws were unconstitutional. The judge had ordered the state to stop enforcement of the laws when doctors treat patients with serious pregnancies-ending problems. The state had appealed the judge’s ruling, which was upheld by the US Supreme Court.
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One Texas doctor considers abortion bans to be personal and professional
Doctors in Texas, the US’ second-largest state, have said that the state’s abortion bans are unclear with pregnant fetuses and brain complications. Austin Dennard, an OB-GYN, said that doctors in Texas have to choose between intervening early with the risk they could be charged for violating the abortion ban and delaying care, with the risk of their patient suing them for malpractice.
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Hilary is making its way toward California with punishing rains
The US has issued a ‘Tropical Storm Warning’ for Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary moves across the region. “Heavy rains associated with the system are expected to cause catastrophic and life-threatening flooding to the region,” the warning stated. Hilary was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday, hours after it made landfall in Baja California, Mexico.
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Hilary made a name for herself in Mexico with punishing rains
Tropical storm Hilary is approaching Southern California and parts of the Southwest on Sunday, bringing fierce winds and historic rainfall to areas that have not seen tropical storm conditions in more than 80 years. Hilary is moving near the Baja California peninsula. It’s expected to sweep across southern California by the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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A new discovery could help fight Chikungunya in South America
Chikungunya has been detected in mosquito bites for the first time in Argentina’s Buenos Aires. “Wherever the mosquitoes go, we’ll have chikungunya, and it’s a global concern,” the city’s Health Minister said. The first case of chikungunya was reported in Mozambique earlier this year and the virus has now been detected in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
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Hilary is a tropical storm and it could be the first tropical storm in 80 years to hit California
Tropical storm watches were issued for the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Orange County areas in California after Hurricane Hilary hit Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Hilary is expected to bring heavy rains to the West Coast and Southwest United States through the weekend. “Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours,” the National Hurricane Center said.
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Michael Oher’s petition was called offensive by the Tuohy family
Michael Oher, the former US National Football League (NFL) offensive lineman who was made famous by the 2009 film ‘The Blind Side’, has said he wants his family to end his conservatorship. “I’m grateful for letting me stay my senior year there,” he added. Oher said his family persuaded him to sign the documents that agreed to the conservatorship nearly 20 years ago.
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