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It’s been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific

Tropical storms have spawned in the Pacific in what seems like assembly-line fashion in recent weeks, as El Niño conditions that emerged in June have caused waters to grow warmer than normal, setting off a chain of unusual weather around much of the world. “It’s ramping up to be perhaps the strongest El Niño on record,” University of Miami hurricane expert Brian McNoldy said.

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Israeli scientists help solve genetic mystery linking hearing loss and gray hair

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and international partners identified a rare genetic variant that disrupts hearing and may alter hair pigmentation.

  • Palestinian family experiences generations of congenital hearing loss and gray hair.
  • FMN1 gene's Formin-1 protein crucial for inner ear structure and hearing.
  • Study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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