The best athletes in the world need to be explosive, and in some regards, it makes sense that we model our training after them when we want to achieve the same thing. Given we have a good foundation, jumping training…
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Read This Before Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
It might not have looked like much when 90-year-old Margaret Keenan stepped up to the blue armchair. But hers was what the Associated Press called “the shot watched round the world” when she became the first person to receive a tested and…
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39% Of People Agree That This Is The Best Winter Accessory You Can Own
Holiday movies set during winter always make the chilly season sound like a fairy tale. Between shots of people drinking hot cocoa, having snow fights, and curling in front of the fireplace, watching these movies on repeat can genuinely make you wish…
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Researchers find very high rates of COVID-19 in the Brazilian Amazon
By testing approximately 1,000 blood donation samples each month in in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Manaus, an international team of researchers have shown that, while both cities have experienced large epidemics with high mortality, as much as…
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How to tackle a fear of needles in preparation for the Covid-19 vaccine
If you’re feeling nervous about getting the Covid-19 vaccine, you’re not the only one. While some have fears due to concerns about how the pandemic has been handled and others have bought into misinformation online, there’s another group of people…
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COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects. Here’s why that shouldn’t stop you from getting the shots
A friend of Paul Offit’s volunteered for one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials but, like everyone who participated, was not told whether he was injected with a placebo or the real thing. The morning after getting the second dose, the…
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Editing the DNA of human embryos could protect us from future pandemics
Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of “germline genome editing”—a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of sperm, eggs or embryos. If you remove a gene that causes a certain disease…
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These Bodybuilders Attempted the U.S. Army Fitness Test Without Training
The U.S. Army Physical Fitness Test has become a popular challenge for YouTubers, especially the swole variety who train hard but don’t necessarily keep functional fitness front of mind. In a new video, bodybuilders and fitness influencers Austin Dunham, Jorge…
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Read This Before Using The Break Room At Work
Your company may have decided it’s had enough of working from home, and wants everyone back in the office, even if it means staggering hours. And if you’ve been missing your colleagues, being back at work means getting a chance…
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Americans should embrace COVID-19 vaccines for the common good
Mask use, lockdowns, quarantine requirements and other breaches of once-normal life have drawn heated debate throughout the pandemic. A central question to much of it: Where does one’s freedom end and another’s begin? Dr. Carlos Espinal of the Robert Stempel…
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