Author: Jenn Dandy

Viruses are a particularly fearsome “germ.” Though viral infections may resemble bacterial infections, antibiotics are useless against viruses. There are very few dedicated antivirals to kill them off. But who even knows if ‘kill’ is the right word to use for something that stretches the definition of ‘alive’? Viruses: they’re like microscopically tiny zombie-robots, hijacking…

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Far from simply keeping us alive and giving museums a reason to exist, bones have actually been used a multitude of different ways over the centuries. So the next time you have a bone on hand and no dog to give it to, perhaps you can put it to use in one of the following ways.

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Being a scientist, doctor or a researcher takes dedication and a sometimes a thirst for knowledge…at any price. These ten researchers took the ultimate challenge and tested their theories on themselves, sometimes with fatal results. Here are the top 10 researchers who used themselves as lab rats. 10. Jonas Salk (b. 1914 d. 1995) Known…

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