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A potential new weapon in the fight against COVID-19: Food coloring
Ordinary food coloring suspended in tiny droplets in the air can generate oxygen free radicals that collide with airborne virus particles.wwing/iStock/Getty Images PlusThe Research Brief is a short...
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9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be widely...
Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images PlusAs fall approaches rapidly, many are wondering if the race for a vaccine will bear fruit as early as...
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I'm a lung doctor testing the blood from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment...
A nurse holds plasma donated by a man who recovered from COVID-19.Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images South AmericaImagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It...
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Here's what it'll take to clean up esports' toxic culture
College videogame team members practice League of Legends.AP Photo/M. Spencer GreenIn day-to-day life, you probably haven’t had someone yell at you, “Get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich!” If...
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IBD: How a class of killer T cells goes rogue in inflammatory bowel disease
There are currently no permanent treatments for most patients with inflammatory bowel disease.PokPak05/iStock/Getty Images PlusBetween 6 and 8 million people worldwide suffer from inflammatory bowel...
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I'm a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a...
A nurse holds plasma donated by a man who recovered from COVID-19.Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images South AmericaImagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It...
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Brewing Mesopotamian beer brings a sip of this vibrant ancient drinking...
Cylinder seal (left) and modern impression (right) showing two people drinking beer through long straws. Khafajeh, Iraq (Early Dynastic period, c. 2600–2350 B.C.). Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of...
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Challenge trials for a coronavirus vaccine are unethical – except for in one...
There's a faster way to complete vaccine trials, but is it ethical?Skaman306/Moment via Getty ImagesThe world urgently needs a vaccine for COVID-19. Only when a vaccine is approved and people are safe...
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Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge...
Billions of people are going to need a coronavirus vaccine and that demand is going to be hard to meet. Francesco Carta fotografo/Moment via Getty ImagesThe race for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is well...
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A man was reinfected with coronavirus after recovery – what does this mean...
Is it possible to get COVID-19 twice?May James/AFP via Getty ImagesA 33-year old man was found to have a second SARS-CoV-2 infection some four-and-a-half months after he was diagnosed with his first,...
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The tech field failed a 25-year challenge to achieve gender equality by 2020...
The tech field has a long way to go to achieve gender parity.10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesIn 1995, pioneering computer scientist Anita Borg challenged the tech community to a moonshot:...
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Declining antibodies and immunity to COVID-19 – why the worry?
An artist's impression of antibodies (red and blue) responding to an infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (purple). KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty ImagesMost people are aware that...
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TikTok is a unique blend of social media platforms – here's why kids love it
Young people creating a TikTok video in Lithuania.Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua via Getty ImagesTikTok, a social media platform targeted at young mobile phone users, was the second-most downloaded...
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When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results can be disastrous
A healthy wild-type _Arabidopsis_ plant (left) and a mutant plant suffering from a microbe imbalance (right).Sheng-Yang He, CC BY-SAMany of us have heard about inflammatory bowel disease, a...
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Cool touch shirts can make you feel cool on hot days, but which materials...
The material that your shirt is made of plays a big role in how hot you feel. RUNSTUDIO/Photodisc via Getty ImagesIt’s another hot and sweaty summer day, and you see an ad for a sports T-shirt claiming...
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The US has lots to lose and little to gain by banning TikTok and WeChat
Banning TikTok and WeChat would cut off many Americans from popular social media.AP Photo/Mark SchiefelbeinThe Trump administration’s recently announced bans on Chinese-owned social media platforms...
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COVID-19 clues in a community's sewage: 4 questions answered about watching...
Germs flushed down the drain can be detected at water treatment plants.Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty ImagesResearchers around the world are testing wastewater for the SARS-CoV-2...
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How to use precision medicine to personalize COVID-19 treatment according to...
A humorous message about actor Tom Hanks at the closed Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesTom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were among the earliest...
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Video: How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even...
Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson at The Ohio State University have been studying ice cores from around the world for over 30 years. They collect, store and study ice cores to understand the...
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School bus safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: 8 recommendations
Mask mandates, open windows and empty seats can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.AP Photo/Brynn AndersonShort trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than before.Those are my top...
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