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Heightened Bitcoin volatility post-halving reflects speculative trading trends
Heightened Bitcoin volatility post-halving reflects speculative trading trends News Desk · 3 weeks ago Onchain HighlightsDEFINITION: Implied Volatility is the market’s expectation of volatility. Given the price of an option, we can solve for the expected volatility of the underlying asset. Formally, implied volatility (IV) is the one standard deviation range of the expected movement
Heightened Risks: Stunted Growth Linked to Living at Higher Altitudes
Children at higher altitudes in India have a significantly increased risk of stunted growth, influenced by educational and healthcare access factors, underscoring the need for focused nutritional and health interventions.Children living at 2000+ m above sea level in India are 40% more at risk than those living 1000m below. Children in rural areas seem to
E. coli shows a heightened ability to evolve antibiotic resistance
A recent study published in Science on November 24 suggests that E. coli bacteria might be much better at developing antibiotic resistance than previously believed. The researchers, led by SFI External Professor Andreas Wagner, conducted experiments to map over 260,000 potential mutations of a crucial E. coli protein responsible for the bacteria’s survival against the
Heightened food worries linked to worse mental health during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Joel Muniz on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns may have worsened worries over food insecurity among many Canadians and negatively impacted their mental health, according to a nationwide survey conducted during the first wave. People who were younger or who had household incomes below $50,000 were more likely to worry about…