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Raising Global Asbestos Awareness #GAAW

Asbestos is a natural mineral known to cause a variety of life-threatening health concerns and illness. However, as dangerous as exposure to asbestos can be, asbestos remains a commonly unknown substance to many, as it does not receive the precautionary attention it deserves. Today asbestos use is not yet banned in the United States and remains in use in the production of many products and is housed in buildings and homes built prior to 1980.
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IBM Security Shares Tips To Stay Safe This Tax Season

54M Americans Wait Until Last Minute to File Taxes; Cybercriminals Poised to Exploit Tax Deadline to Cash in on Refunds

CAMBRIDGE, MA – 05 Apr 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today released a new report taking a closer look at the techniques and motivations of cybercriminals targeting taxpayers in the United States. Between December 2016 and February 2017, IBM X-Force researchers saw a 6,000 percent increase in tax-related spam emails. The researchers see this increase and other factors as evidence that cybercriminals are not slowing down their attacks in the days leading up to Tax Day 2017. (more…)

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Neue Hoffnung für die Saigas?

Saiga-Antilopen waren deutlich flexibler als gedacht.

Senckenberg-Wissenschaftler haben herausgefunden, dass die heute vom Aussterben bedrohte Saiga-Antilope in der Vergangenheit sehr viel flexibler bei der Wahl ihres Lebensraumes und ihrer Nahrung war als bisher vermutet wurde. Die Wissenschaftler verglichen anhand von Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffisotopen im Kollagen der Antilopenknochen die Ernährung fossiler und heutiger Saigas. (more…)

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