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Camp Century: Abandoned Cold War ‘city under the ice’ rediscovered by NASA | Science, Climate & Tech News
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NASA scientists have rediscovered a long-lost “city” buried under 100ft of ice, 58 years after it was abandoned as a US base during the Cold War. Camp Century, built in 1959 in northwest Greenland, was a never-completed secret launch site for ballistic missiles to reach the Soviet Union. As ice began to crush the site,…
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Giving children salt water nasal drops can cut duration of a cold and stop it spreading, study suggests | UK News
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Giving children a solution made up of salt and water can cut the duration of a cold by two days, researchers have suggested. A study found that cold symptoms lasted for an average of six days after using salt water nasal drops – also known as saline solution – compared to eight days after using…
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Extremely cold days increase risk of cardiovascular deaths, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Extremely cold temperatures increase the risk of death among people with cardiovascular disease, according to new research. As freezing conditions brought heavy snow to much of the UK overnight, a study in the journal Circulation warned people who suffered from conditions including an irregular heartbeat were at greater risk whenever the weather turns harsh. UK…