Friday, June 30, 2023

APOD - Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

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A dark background is filled with many light-blue ellipses.  Toward the center, near circles that are labelled as the orbits   of the inner planets of our Solar System are drawn.  Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Illustration Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech

Explanation: Are asteroids dangerous? Some are, but the likelihood of a dangerous asteroid striking the Earth during any given year is low. Because some past mass extinction events have been linked to asteroid impacts, however, humanity has made it a priority to find and catalog those asteroids that may one day affect life on Earth. Pictured here are the orbits of the over 1,000 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). These documented tumbling boulders of rock and ice are over 140 meters across and will pass within 7.5 million kilometers of Earth -- about 20 times the distance to the Moon. Although none of them will strike the Earth in the next 100 years -- not all PHAs have been discovered, and past 100 years, many orbits become hard to predict. Were an asteroid of this size to impact the Earth, it could raise dangerous tsunamis, for example. To investigate Earth-saving strategies, NASA successfully tested the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission last year. Of course, rocks and ice bits of much smaller size strike the Earth every day, usually pose no danger, and sometimes create memorable fireball and meteor displays.

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Suzanne Somers on self-care, fitness, and aging

A Q&A with Suzanne Somers, the Yuka app, and how to decode product labels.
 
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IN a nutshell
Hello, and welcome to Friday, friends! If you've ever wondered whether Suzanne Somers still uses her Thighmaster, you're in luck because we got to ask her that very question for today's interview. Get her answer and much more below.
After our Q&A, we'll be talking about:
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Be well,
Morgan Mandriota
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  Written by Morgan Mandriota
June 30, 2023 • 4.5 min read
 
 
 
Suzanne Somers is an actress, author, businesswoman, and, notably, a spokesperson for the beloved Thighmaster. We scored the opportunity to ask Suzanne questions about her personal and professional wellness journey over the years.
*This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: What's your biggest takeaway from writing "Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness"?
A: You will be amazed at the progressive means to balance your body's hormonal and nutrient levels.
Q: You've been outspoken about refusing chemotherapy at the time of your cancer diagnosis. Do you mind sharing what led you to this decision?
A: In those early days, the success rate with chemo had hardly changed in decades. It's quite different today. There are targeted technologies.
Q: Do you have a self-care routine? What does it look like?
A: I eat as though my life depends on it. I grow a lot of our food at our home in Palm Springs. It's beautiful to harvest a perfectly ripe fruit or vegetable and devour it immediately.
Q: What's your secret to staying so fit and aging so gracefully?
A: My mind believes everything I tell it, so every morning upon awakening, I say, "I am healthy and happy. I'm in love with my husband. I love my family. I love my work. I am grateful."
Q: Do you still use the Thighmaster?
A: I still do 50 reps 3 times a day with my Thighmaster and Buttmaster.
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Yuka is a mobile app that scans health, food, and beauty products and checks how safe they are to use on a scale of "bad" to "excellent." You'll usually get instant results and detailed descriptions about a product's ingredients, complete with lists of studies and citations behind their claims so you don't have to go fact-checking elsewhere.
This app revolutionized the way I use and shop for products. When I wrote about it for the first time back in April, so many of you emailed us to say you use it and love it, too. If you haven't tried Yuka yet, go check it out!
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Let's decode what different product labels really mean
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Let's decode what different product labels really mean
Items are covered in all sorts of labels nowadays. Whereas eggs can be free-range, cage-free, or pasture-raised, skin care products are often nontoxic, organic, or natural. What on earth do these things mean? Are they a mishmash of nonsense to seem greener or more health-focused, or do they truly represent the ethics and values of the brand or product at hand?

"To use some labels, like organic or non-GMO, products have specific guidelines and standards they need to comply with. Other labels, like natural or nontoxic, are more arbitrary and don't really tell you much," explains Healthline's resident registered dietitian Lisa Valente, MS. "Sometimes, these labels may help guide you, but other times they can add to confusion."

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