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Dolly Parton lists West Hollywood home for $1.39 million

Dolly Parton lists West Hollywood home for $1.39 million

West Hollywood is losing a celebrity. And this time it’s a real one, not one of those reality TV characters who troll our streets with paparazzi in tow. According to the real estate Multiple Listing Service, a house at 9060 Harland Ave. in the Norma Triangle neighborhood is on the market. The owner is none other than country music queen ... Read More »

Warmer climate to suit female sea turtles, Study

Warmer climate to suit female sea turtles, Study

Rising temperatures could lead to more female sea turtles but won’t affect population size, research from Swansea University (UK) finds. Above a certain incubation temperature of about 29 degrees, most sea turtle eggs will produce female hatchlings. Although the sex ratio will be altered the overall population size will not crash, at least for a few decades, because males breed ... Read More »

Venus Express gets ready to take the plunge (Video)

Venus Express gets ready to take the plunge

After eight years of study of the second planet in our Solar System, ESA’s Venus Express orbiter is winding up its science program in anticipation of a plunge into the Venusian atmosphere sometime in the next two months. The space agency says that the unmanned orbiter’s service life is coming to an end because its propellant is running low, so ... Read More »

Child mobile phone effects probed, New Study

Child mobile phone effects probed, New Study

Scientists have launched the world’s biggest investigation into the effects of mobile phones on the developing brains of children. The Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (Scamp) will focus on mental functions such as memory and attention which continue to develop into the teenage years. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked forward-looking studies of the effects of mobile ... Read More »

Exercise tied to decreased diabetes risk among high-risk women, Study

Exercise tied to decreased diabetes risk among high-risk women, Study

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that increased physical activity can lower the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus progressing to type 2 diabetes mellitus. A common complication of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that occurs or is first recognized during pregnancy. About one third of women of reproductive age with type 2 ... Read More »