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10 facts about Cancer: 1. Those who sleep less than six hours a night are more likely to develop colon cancer than those who sleep more. 2. One in eight deaths in the world is due to cancer. Cancer causes more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. 3. Nitrates are chemical additives used to preserve and add flavouring to most lunch meats, including cold cuts and hot dogs. Once in the body, they react with body chemicals and turn into cancer-causing carcinogens.   4. Cancer is not just one disease; rather it is a set of diseases. Different agents cause each type of cancer. 5. Childhood cancers represent less than 1% of all new cancer diagnoses, yet it is the second leading cause of death in children, second to accidents. 6. Professor Devra Davis argues that cancer research has been plagued by corporations and politicians manipulating and “fudging” data about cancer-causing toxins such as benzene and tobacco for money. Additionally, she argu...

10 Facts about Moon: 1. The Moon is drifting away from the Earth: The Moon is moving approximately 3.8 cm away from our planet every year. It is estimated that it will continue to do so for around 50 billion years. By the time that happens, the Moon will be taking around 47 days to orbit the Earth instead of the current 27.3 days. 2. The Moon has only been walked on by 12 people; all American males: The first man to set foot on the Moon in 1969 was Neil Armstrong on the Apoll o 11 mission, while the last man to walk on the Moon in 1972 was Gene Cernan on the  Apollo 17 mission. Since then the Moon has only be visited by unmanned vehicles. 3. The Moon has quakes: These are caused by the gravitational pull of the Earth. Lunar astronauts used seismographs on their visits to the Moon and found that small moonquakes occurred several kilometres beneath the surface, causing ruptures and cracks. Scientists think the Moon has a molten core, just like Earth. 4. The first s...

10 Facts about Nuclear Energy 1. Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined. 2. Every 18 to 24 months, a power plant must shut down to remove its spent uranium fuel, which becomes radioactive waste. 3. In 1905, Einstein discovered that mass could be changed into energy and vice versa. In 1918, Sir Ernest Rutherford showed that atoms could be split. By 1942, the world had its first nuclear reactor. 4. Today, 104 nuclear plants supply about 2 0% of the United State’s electricity. The oldest plants have been operating since before 1979. 5. Contaminated food was still sold in the Ukraine after the Chernobyl accident. One worker described the conditions after the accident: “Contaminated meat would come from the factory. The internal organs of the cattle would be black and rotten, but still, the meat was sold." 6. Currently, nuclear waste in the United States is stored in cooling pools of water and in dry storage casks at nu...

10 facts about Depression: 1. Even positive events such as graduating, getting married, a new job can lead to depression. 2. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression than men. Women may be at a higher risk for depression due in part to estrogen. 3. Men typically experience depression differently from women and use different means to cope. For example, while women may feel hopeless, men may feel irritable. Women may crave a listening ear, while men may become social ly withdrawn or become violent or abusive. 4. Self-mutilation (cutting or burning) is one way in which individuals show they are depressed. 5. Once men hit midlife, they may face an increased risk of depression due to the decrease of testosterone. 6. Depressed people get colds more frequently than non-depressed people. 7. The average video gamer is typically a 35-year-old male who is most likely depressed, overweight, and introverted. 8. Hippocrates recommended rebala...