When an athlete crouches down at the starting blocks of an Olympic Games event, every aspect of their diet and training has been finely tuned to achieve one aim: to win. Even when it comes to their minds, they can allow no doubt and no loss of focus. If an athlete is competing on the… Read More »
Video “Almost Sunrise” In a clip from “Almost Sunrise,” Katinka Hooyer, a medical anthropologist and postdoctoral research fellow in Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, talks about the meaning of love and feeling moral pain. By THOUGHTFUL ROBOT PRODUCTIONS on Publish Date June 5, 2016. embed No doubt in the course… Read More »
Cleaning & Organizing Lauren GelmanNov 21 Norovirus—or stomach flu—can really put your body through the ringer. Here’s what infectious disease experts recommend to outsmart the germs, stay healthy, and recover quickly. Hello, stomach flu! iStock/Thinkstock Meet winter’s Public Enemy No. 1: norovirus, also known as stomach flu or the cruise ship virus. Norovirus is everywhere:… Read More »
Mexican authorities have said they will deport around 500 Central American migrants who tried to “violently” and “illegally” breach a Mexico-US border fence. Hundreds of migrants stormed the international border crossing between Tijuana and California on Sunday to pressure the US into hearing their asylum claims, but Mexican authorities said the protest was now contained. Despite heightened tensions, Mexico’s… Read More »
Researchers have identified a gene that makes someone more likely to be bitten by a mosquito. Gordana Rasic of the QIMR Berghofer medical research institute in Brisbane was part of an international study into the genetics of the insect. She told the ABC they had discovered several new genes, including ones that determine why some… Read More »