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Lost Birds Rely on Earth’s Magnetic Field to Get Back on Track

Source: Audubon magazine https://tinyurl.com/4kzfkjy6 A new study suggests that migratory birds have a kind of built-in GPS that helps them navigate the world, even when they’re far from home. By Rachel Fritts March 04, 2021 The birds were getting restless. It was 2018 and fall was in the air, triggering their instinct to leave Austria […]

Mitochondrial solar sensitivity: evolutionary and biomedical implications

Sommer AP. Mitochondrial solar sensitivity: evolutionary and biomedical implications. Ann Transl Med. 2020 Mar;8(5):161. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.11.100. PMID: 32310246; PMCID: PMC7154450. Depending on cellular demand or oxidative stress, mitochondria produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby controlling the entire scale of cellular energy supply or disease, respectively. While deficiency in ROS can compromise […]

Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis

Shawna M. Nadybal, Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski, Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis, Environmental Research, Volume 189, 2020, 109959, ISSN 0013-9351, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109959.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120308549) Abstract Excessive exposure to ambient light at night is a well-documented hazard to human health, yet analysts have not examined it from an environmental […]

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

Source:  https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/afrls-golden-horde-to-test-swarming-munitions-in-digital-colosseum/ The new simulation environment will use ‘digital twins’ to rapidly test and iterate “collaborative autonomous networked technologies,” AFRL explains. By THERESA HITCHENS on March 05, 2021 WASHINGTON: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is shifting the focus of its Golden Horde program from testing its own swarming weapons to developing a digital environment, nicknamed Colosseum, to […]

How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you

Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change. Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/05/1020376/resist-big-tech-surveillance-data/ by Karen Hao, March 5, 2021 Every day, your life leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs that tech giants use to track you. You send an email, order some food, stream a show. They get back valuable packets of […]

Does exposure to 4G LTE cell phone radiation impair cell phone users’ health?

Source: Electromagnetic Radiation Safety https://www.saferemr.com/2016/05/does-long-term-exposure-to-4g-lte-cell.html Friday, March 5, 2021 Does exposure to 4G LTE cell phone radiation impair cell phone users’ health? Although 4G has been in use for over a decade and far more people in the world are currently exposed to 4G mobile phone radiation than 5G, little attention has been paid to […]

The effect of 4.5 G (LTE Advanced-Pro network) mobile phone radiation on the optic nerve

Erkin Özdemir, Ülkü Çömelekoglu, Evren Degirmenci, Gülsen Bayrak, Metin Yildirim, Tolgay Ergenoglu, Banu Coşkun Yılmaz, Begüm Korunur Engiz, Serap Yalin, Dilan Deniz Koyuncu & Erkan Ozbay (2021) The effect of 4.5 G (LTE Advanced-Pro network) mobile phone radiation on the optic nerve, Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, DOI: 10.1080/15569527.2021.1895825 Abstract Purpose Rapid development in mobile phone technologies increase the average mobile phone […]

Skin Exposure to Narrow Band Ultraviolet (UVB) Light Modulates the Human Intestinal Microbiome

Bosman ES, Albert AY, Lui H, Dutz JP, Vallance BA. Skin Exposure to Narrow Band Ultraviolet (UVB) Light Modulates the Human Intestinal Microbiome. Front Microbiol. 2019;10:2410. Published 2019 Oct 24. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02410 Abstract The recent worldwide rise in idiopathic immune and inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has been linked to […]

Letter: Heart Rate Variability and Magnetic Field Exposure Among Train Engine Drivers—A Pilot Study

Bioelectromagnetics/Early View Letter Hansson Mild, K., Bergling, R. and Hörnsten, R. (2021), Heart Rate Variability and Magnetic Field Exposure Among Train Engine Drivers—A Pilot Study. Bioelectromagnetics. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22329 Extract from the introduction: Several studies have shown that magnetic field exposure can affect heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). In this pilot study, the authors studied […]

Promotion of cell ageing by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (LTE signal)? (Choi et al. 2020)

In this study, Choi et al. (2020) used a modulated RF-EMF, for which only few experimental data are available so far. The authors exposed cultured cells with a typical LTE signal (Long Term Evolution; 4G) on a 1.7 GHz carrier frequency, and investigated its effect on aspects of cell vitality and proliferation. Different types of […]