Each pathogen relies on a unique set of strategies and surface & secreted molecules that enable it to colonize and infect host cells, which are collectively known as “virulence factors.” Studying these strategies helps scientists unravel the disease mechanism, identify…
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To the Bat Cave: In Search of Covid’s Origins, Scientists Reignite Polarizing Debate on Wuhan ‘Lab Leak’
Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that the covid virus escaped from a Chinese lab is gaining high-profile attention. As it does, reputations of renowned scientists are at risk — and so is their personal safety. At the…
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The Serious Addiction You May Not Know You Have And What To Do About It
When you hear the word “addiction,” what are some of the things that come to mind? Perhaps you may associate the word with substance abuse, or maybe it brings to mind tobacco smoking, vaping, drinking, or binge eating. There are also certain…
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The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Buy Tools At Dollar General
Dollar stores are to today’s shoppers what five-and-dime stores were to older generations: a place where you can fill your cart and still come away with change in your pocket. That’s why people keep flocking to Dollar General for their…
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Why you might not be the body shape you think
Hourglass, bottom hourglass, top hourglass, spoon, rectangle, diamond, oval, triangle, and inverted triangle… there are nine official female body shape classifications. However, new research shows that just moving the tape measure by 1cm could shift 40% of women into a…
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Here Are The Colors You Should Use If You’re Decorating A Comforting Space
Ever hear of a “green room” in theater? It’s the room performers wait in before they go on stage, and while some joke it’s called “green” because that’s the color of nauseatingly-nervous actors’ faces, it actually refers to the color…
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Add the Superman Hold to Your Back Workouts
Once you progress beyond the basics, training your whole body using only your bodyweight can be a bit of a challenge. You can hit many of your major muscle groups and ramp up your heart rate easily—think legs, core, chest,…
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Here Are The Colors You Should Use If You’re Decorating A Creative Space
You’re planning your creative space, and now it’s time to decorate. Where do you start? It’s a daunting task. Do you go for just one color, or decorate the room in all of the colors of the rainbow? Whites and…
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The French tech whiz bringing COVID data to the masses
At just 25 years old, Guillaume Rozier is devising the most popular tools to emerge during France’s COVID-19 pandemic—the data websites charting the costs of the crisis, and the progress in the fight to end it. “I would never have…
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Which Tattoo Colors Fade The Fastest?
Getting a tattoo is more than just walking into the shop and going under the gun. The design, location, and colors that you choose will make the difference between a piece that looks vibrant and sharp for years to come,…
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