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<;p>;Remember the free hanging rope climb exercise in PE class‚ remember how difficult that was? Well‚ evidently there are some people who turned that challenge into a passion. Frenchwoman Anouk Garniers new world-record rope climb is stunning. The arms of a normal fit person scream with lactic acid burn just watching it. Climbing 360 feet‚ []<;/p>;<;p>;The post <;a href=";https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/french-woman-smashes-previous-world-rope-climbing-record-by-reaching-eiffel-towers-2nd-floor-watch/";>;French Woman Smashes Previous World Rope Climbing Record by Reaching Eiffel Towers 2nd Floor(WATCH)<;/a>; appeared first on <;a href=";https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/";>;Good News Network<;/a>;.<;/p>;

<;img width=";1280"; height=";720"; src=";https://www.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fortnite-Avatar-Elemental-Shrine-Firebending.jpg?fit=1280%2C720"; class=";attachment-full size-full wp-post-image"; alt=";Fortnite Avatar Elemental Shrine Firebending"; decoding=";async"; loading=";lazy";>;Four new Avatar Mythic weapons have entered Fortnite: Firebending‚ Earthbending‚ Airbending‚ and Waterbending. If you want to get one of these every match‚ then make sure to memorize where you can get them!How to get the new Avatar mythic weapons in FortniteThere are two ways to get the four new elemental Mythic Avatar weapons in Fortnite.Generally‚ there is a small chance of getting one of the element bending weapons when looting any chest in the world‚ but thats not a realistic practice to make headway for your Chakra quests‚ especially if you want that Appa Glider!If you want a guaranteed way to get a bending weapon of your choice‚ then make sure to head to an Elemental Shrine. Below is a map of all Elemental Shrines in the game‚ and what bending weapon theyll produce.Screenshot: PC InvasionRed dots = Fire Shrines that will have Firebending.Green dots = Earth Shrines that will have Earthbending.Dark blue dots = Water Shrines that wi...

<;img width=";1280"; height=";720"; src=";https://www.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fortnite-air-power1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720"; class=";attachment-full size-full wp-post-image"; alt=";Fortnite Air Power(1)"; decoding=";async"; loading=";lazy";>;Looks like Avatar has made its way to Fortnite. Rather than controlling blue people‚ youll be in control of one of the elements: Earth‚ Wind‚ Air‚ or Fire. The elements add another layer to the combat that can be hard to counter. The Air Element can help you get around in the form of the Air Wheel. However‚ you can do some cool things with it like jumping long distances. To learn how to use the Air Wheel and jump in Fortnite‚ you should read this guide.Fortnite: How to jump while using the Air WheelUsing the Air Wheel has a learning curve to it‚ but once you understand the movements and their timing. Getting around and doing things like the Chakras Quests can become easier. However‚ obtaining the powers might be a little out there.Screenshot: PC InvasionLocating the Air Element can be a task since there are a few spots for the shrine to appear. I found one inNorth Grand Glacier‚ but there are others if youre not near the area I mentioned. Once you go up ...

<;img width=";1280"; height=";720"; src=";https://www.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ATLA-Elements-Key-Art.jpg?fit=1280%2C720"; class=";attachment-full size-full wp-post-image"; alt=";Atla Elements Key Art"; decoding=";async"; loading=";lazy";>;The Avatar Elements event in Fortnite has a Battle Pass‚ and to advance in it‚ you need to gain Chi. And quite a lot of it.Fastest way to get Chi in the Fortnite Avatar eventWith the Fortnite Avatar event‚ the Elements pass and Elements quests became available‚ as well as all the bending abilities. The Elements quests will earn you Chi upon completion whichll contribute to the Elements pass to earn you rewards.There are 11 stages to the Elements pass‚ with each stage requiring 1‚000 Chi. The pass has a free track and premium track‚ so even f2p players can earn cool cosmetics. Considering how the Elements quests are dropping (new quests every few days)‚ your progress will be very limited‚ so unfortunately you cant beeline the Element pass till completion.Screenshot: PC InvasionThe fastest way‚ then‚ to earn Chi is by looking at the quests available to you currently and picking the easiest ones to focus on for your next Battle Royale match. Strive to...

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<;p>;The largest study of hospitalized COVID patients carried out in the UK to date has revealed people with long COVID may have patterns of inflammation that can be picked up in a blood sample. The patterns seem to mirror the collection of symptoms that each individual experiences‚ and could help doctors devise more effective treatments.<;/p>;<;p>;Long COVID‚ sometimes referred to by other names like <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/long-covid-is-just-like-other-post-viral-syndromes-health-chief-argues-73403"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;post-COVID conditions<;/a>;‚ is a term that covers a whole range of symptoms that linger after someone has recovered from an initial COVID-19 infection. Theres been <;a href=";https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43661-w"; target=";_blank";>;some debate<;/a>; around <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/up-to-3-in-every-100-covid-infections-could-last-more-than-a-month-73052"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;how common<;/a>; the condition is‚ but many still go by the estimate that one in 10 COVID-19 cases leads to some degree of long COVID.<;/p>;<;p>;Given how many infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded since the start of the pandemic‚ even with the development of <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/man-takes-217-covid-19-vaccines-in-29-months-for-private-reasons-is-fine-73253"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;vaccines<;/a>;‚ thats a lot of people contending with often <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/long-covid-can-destroy-your-ability-to-exercise-now-we-know-how-72339"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;debilitating<;/a>; long-term illness.<;/p>;<;p>;With one in ten SARS-CoV-2 infections leading to long COVID and an estimated 65 million people around the world suffering from ongoing symptoms‚ we urgently need more research to understand this condition‚ said one of the lead investigators‚ Professor Peter Openshaw‚ in a <;a href=";https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252415/long-covid-leaves-telltale-traces-blood/"; target=";_blank";>;statement<;/a>;. At the moment‚ its very hard to diagnose and treat.<;/p>;<;p>;As such‚ the new study led by a team at Imperial College London assessed a group of patients whod been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 infection at least six months prior. While any COVID infection can lead to long-term symptoms‚ those with the most severe initial disease are thought to be most at risk.<;/p>;<;p>;Of these patients‚ 426 were experiencing symptoms of long COVID‚ whereas 233 had fully recovered. The team analyzed samples of blood plasma‚ looking at 368 separate proteins known to be involved in immunity and inflammation.<;/p>;<;p>;Compared with the patients who had fully recovered‚ the long COVID patients had detectable patterns of blood markers consistent with ongoing immune system activation. These included markers of <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/long-covid-symptoms-linked-to-high-levels-of-inflammatory-protein-73070"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;inflammation<;/a>; in the myeloid cells of the bone marrow‚ which give rise to white blood cells‚ as well as a cascade of interlinked proteins called the complement system. Complement is fired up whenever there is infection or tissue damage in the body‚ and its known to be associated with numerous <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/inverse-vaccine-could-reverse-symptoms-of-multiple-autoimmune-diseases-70644"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;autoimmune diseases<;/a>;.<;/p>;<;p>;It is unusual to find evidence of ongoing complement activation several months after acute infection has resolved‚ suggesting that long COVID symptoms are a result of active inflammation‚ explained first author Dr Felicity Liew.<;/p>;<;p>;It was even possible to link certain patterns of these blood markers with different <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/long-covids-200-symptoms-have-been-narrowed-down-to-just-12-69140"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;symptom groups<;/a>;. Long COVID has been associated with a <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/long-covid-is-still-affecting-some-peoples-brains-two-years-after-infection-69954"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;huge range of effects<;/a>; on many different systems within the body‚ but this analysis revealed five distinct signatures:<;/p>;<;ul>;<;li>;fatigue<;/li>;<;li>;cognitive impairment<;/li>;<;li>;anxiety and depression<;/li>;<;li>;cardiorespiratory<;/li>;<;li>;gastrointestinal<;/li>;<;/ul>;<;p>;<;br>;While people can fall into more than one group‚ this information could still be helpful when it comes to designing trials for more targeted treatments. The team highlights a class of drugs called IL-1 antagonists‚ which are currently used to treat <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/accidental-discovery-leads-to-promising-rheumatoid-arthritis-vaccine-61191"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;rheumatoid arthritis<;/a>;‚ but target components of the immune system that appear to be activated in some subtypes of long COVID.<;/p>;<;p>;There are some limitations that the team address. As Dr Liew points out‚ we cant be sure that this is applicable to all types of long COVID‚ especially if symptoms occur after non-hospitalized infection.<;/p>;<;p>;But a key takeaway‚ according to Professor Openshaw‚ is the clear need for an even greater understanding of the intricacies of long COVID: This work provides strong evidence that long COVID is caused by post-viral inflammation but shows layers of complexity.<;/p>;<;p>;We hope that our work opens the way to the development of specific tests and treatments for the various types of long COVID and believe that a one size fits all approach to treatment may not work.<;/p>;<;p>;The study is published in the journal <;a href=";https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-024-01778-0"; target=";_blank";>;Nature Immunology<;/a>;.<;/p>;

<;p>;Bonobos have a bit of a reputation for being the chillest of all the <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/a-third-of-africas-great-apes-are-under-threat-from-mining-for-battery-metals-73679"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;great apes<;/a>;‚ with an attitude of peace and love rather than the violent ways of their chimpanzee cousins. But new research is set to turn that assumption on its head‚ with male bonobos found to be frequently more aggressive than male chimpanzees.<;/p>;<;p>;The team looked at three <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/chimpanzee-vs-bonobo-whats-the-difference-69486"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;bonobo<;/a>; (<;em>;Pan paniscus<;/em>;) groups in Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/champions-for-chimpanzees-bonobos-and-painted-dogs-win-at-tusk-2023-71747"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;chimpanzee<;/a>; (<;em>;Pan troglodytes<;/em>;) communities at Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Researchers concentrated on 12 bonobos and 14 chimpanzees within these groups and followed these individuals for entire days‚ making a note of how often they had aggressive interactions and who these aggressive interactions were with. They also noted whether the interactions involved fighting or biting‚ or whether they were non-physical.<;/p>;<;p>;This type of study technique is known as a focal follow‚ and the study used 14 community-years of focal follow data for their research.<;/p>;<;p>;You go to their nests and wait for them to wake up and then you just follow them the entire day from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep at night and record everything they do‚ says anthropologist and lead author Maud Mouginot‚ now at Boston University‚ in a <;a href=";https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1040107"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;statement<;/a>;.<;/p>;<;p>;The researchers found that‚ contrary to what they expected‚ the male bonobos were more aggressive than chimpanzees. The <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/incredible-photo-of-wild-bonobo-cradling-a-mongoose-probably-isnt-what-it-seems-65141"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;bonobos<;/a>; had 2.8 times as many aggressive encounters and three times as many physical interactions‚ with higher rates of female-male and male-male aggression than chimpanzees.<;/p>;<;p>;Male bonobos were pretty much only aggressive to other male bonobos‚ whereas the chimpanzees were also aggressive to females. Male chimps were typically found to be aggressive in groups of males‚ which researchers think might be part of the reason the chimpanzees were found to be less aggressive overall.<;/p>;<;p>;The idea is not to invalidate the image of bonobos being peaceful the idea is that there is a lot more complexity in both species‚ continued Mouginot.<;/p>;<;p>;These male groups‚ known as coalitions‚ have the potential to cause more injuries and weaken the group as a whole against other threats. Bonobos‚ by contrast‚ had almost exclusively one-on-one interactions‚ but have never been observed to kill each other and are not thought to fight over territory.<;/p>;<;p>;Chimpanzees and bonobos use aggression in different ways for specific reasons‚ says Mouginot.<;/p>;<;p>;In both chimps and bonobos‚ it seemed that the meaner the male the more success they had with mating. This was extra-surprising to see in both species‚ since they have very different social structures. In chimp communities the male-dominated hierarchies can form coalitions that force females into mating. However‚ in bonobo groups‚ the females outrank the males in a <;a href=";https://www.iflscience.com/male-dominance-in-primate-groups-may-not-be-the-default-after-all-72535"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;co-dominant social dynamic<;/a>;.<;/p>;<;p>;The team found data that showed the two males with the highest rate of contact aggression in the Kokolopori bonobos had sired 80 percent of the offspring.<;/p>;<;p>;Male bonobos that are more aggressive obtain more copulations with females‚ which is something that we would not expect‚ said Mouginot. It means that females do not necessarily go for nicer males.<;/p>;<;p>;The study is published in <;a href=";https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00253-7"; target=";_blank"; rel=";noopener noreferrer";>;Current Biology<;/a>;.<;/p>;