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What Ever Happened to Mad Cow?
One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that appeared in animals in the 1980s and killed over 200 people during the height of the outbreak in the late 1990s. You don’t hear much about mad cow today, but the threat still looms. Here’s…
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2021’s Best Photos of the Microscopic World
The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World Competition have been announced, showcasing the best microphotography that 2021 had to offer.
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A Dementia-Like Illness Has Sickened Over 40 People in Canada
Doctors in Canada are puzzled over a cluster of people coming down with a dementia-like brain disorder with no known diagnosis. Over the past half-decade, dozens of residents in New Brunswick are thought to have developed the condition, which includes symptoms such as memory loss, behavioural changes, and hallucinations. It is still unknown whether these…