Scurvy, Bird Flu and a Big Old Meteorite

An enormous meteorite’s impact 3.26 billion years ago may have made
conditions on Earth more hospitable for life in the long run.
Washington State is the sixth state to report cases of bird flu in
humans. Weight-loss procedures and treatments could lead to an
uptick in scurvy cases if patients and physicians aren’t vigilant
about vitamin C. And scientists are learning more from the remains
of a Norse soldier whose body was dumped in a well some 800 years
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