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August 28, 2022

A Vaccine against Fake News

Fact-checking does not fully reverse the effects of misinformation. Basically the damage is done. There is another way....

August 27, 2022

It’s Time to Get Serious About Preventing Pandemics

We are being hit by a veritable smorgasbord of zoonotic microbes ranging from SARS-CoV-2 to Monkeypox to most recently, the Langya virus that spread from shrews into Chinese farmers causing fevers and in some cases, severe liver and kidney abnormalities....

August 26, 2022

‘Truly Scary’ Climate Change Diseases Study

Climate change could open a ‘Pandora’s box’ of ancient diseases....

August 25, 2022

Ukraine celebrates Independence Day, with a new level of meaning as it fights back against Russia

I stood on Kyiv’s main boulevard, Khreshchatyk, one year ago, on Aug. 24, 2021, celebrating along with thousands of Ukrainians who were watching the Independence Day parade...

August 25, 2022

Phantom Pregnancies in Dogs

The names “false pregnancy,” “phantom pregnancy,” “pseudo-pregnancy,” and “pseudocyesis” all refer to an unspayed female dog who exhibits maternal (mothering) behavior along with the physical symptoms of pregnancy after estrus (“heat”) but who is not actually pregnant....

August 24, 2022

Dog Owners Take More Risks, Cat Owners are More Cautious – New Research Examines How People Conform to their Pets’ Stereotypical Traits

Dog owners tend to take bigger risks and respond more to reward-oriented advertisements. Cat owners, on the other hand, are more cautious and more likely to react to ads emphasizing risk aversion....

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