At the heart of the program is an innovation from WMP, which was the first to introduce the use of Wolbachia, a bacterium that blocks the dengue virus and other pathogens such as Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever, preventing them from growing in the bodies of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that normally transmit these viruses. […]
Kuchar’s remorse was in stark contrast to his attitude the previous evening, when the former US Ryder Cup star had rejected the umpire’s offer to finish his round in the fading daylight, even though Rai had already secured the title and the $1.4 million (£1.1 million) first prize in North Carolina. Having already hit their […]
Late 20th-century Soviet science fiction writers and brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky argued that the sole purpose of a spacefaring species’ life was to ensure the well-being of the universe by promoting sentience, consciousness, and even happiness. To which Dolls, one of their most compelling alien protagonists, grumbles: Yes, but what kind of consciousness? What […]
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People talk a lot about the bittersweet feelings that come with age-related milestones like turning 30 or 40. But there’s one milestone you don’t hear about as much: when you realize you’re older than all the Olympic athletes competing in your favorite sport. Did I really think I would one day qualify for the U.S. […]
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If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you probably know that canned fish is trending right now. (Seriously, I want whoever does the PR for canned fish to do the PR for my entire life.) People on the app can’t get enough of anchovies, smoked oysters, and the girly-pop-crowned “most popular canned fish ever”: […]
