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Vaccine Life Hack: Use Both Arms
Here’s one weird trick for making the most out of your next two-dose vaccine: get a shot in both arms. A recent study found evidence that a two-arm approach can noticeably, if modestly, improve the body’s immune response to covid-19 compared to two shots in the same arm. More research will be needed to confirm…
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Mess With a Wild Iguana That Wants Your Cake
Welcome to another instalment of Gizmodo’s Animal Crime of the Week. Last week, we admired the trash-stealing cockatoos of Australia. This week features a bitey, cake-stealing iguana that added injury to insult by giving its victim a nasty, rare infection. This weird tale comes from a case report published by Stanford University doctors last April.…
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Zoo Hopes Plan to Introduce Famous Cursing Parrots to Larger Flock Doesn’t Backfire
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in the UK is trying a new plan to contain its growing group of foul-mouthed African grey parrots. The zoo will introduce the expletive-loving birds to a larger flock in hopes that the other parrots will pass along their good manners. But there is a chance that the experiment will only…
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Scientists Just Invented a Video Camera That Lets You See How Animals See Colour
Scientists say they’ve invented a piece of technology that will let us peer through an animal’s eyes better than ever before. The tech uses a combination of novel hardware and software to produce images and videos that accurately represent the colours seen by animals, such as bees and birds. In new research this week, the…