Viruses

WATCH: Bug-Like Virus Stabs Germs With Tiny Needle

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Video, Bacteriophage, Antibiotics, Salmonella, Coliform, Viruses, Slidepollajax, Germs, Science News

It's the smallest armor-piercing weapon in the biological universe. That's how some have described the microscopic "needle" that a family of odd-l...

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The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science Journalism

Seth Mnookin | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Deadly Viruses, Science Writing, Vaccine Scare, Autism, Vaccinations, Autism Vaccines, Science Journalism, Viruses, Outbreak, Science News

The seemingly never-ending contraction of the media industry has resulted in a shedding of specialists in every journalistic medium. That does not, however, mean that the public's hunger for information about science, medicine and technology is shrinking.

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Dangerous Acquaintances

Edward J. Sylvester | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Viruses, Influenza, Biological Weapons, World News

The Obama administration has been moving in the right direction in improving research funding for emerging pandemic viruses such as H5N1, but much needs to be done to assure that efforts to prevent the next lethal outbreak don't inadvertently lead to it.

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Viruses 'could help fight cancer'

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Research, Genetically Modified, Health, Virus, Viral Therapy, Tumours, Cancer Therapy, Cancer, Viruses, Labs, Home News

PRESS ASSOCIATION - Future cancer treatments could consist of genetically modified viruses that infect and destroy tumours, new research suggests. ...

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How to Look at Mondrian

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vision, Seeing, Fingerprints, Cheddar Cheese, Oil Painting, Candle Flames, Porcelain Teeth, Spectra, Twigs, How to Use Your Eyes, Art Theory, Visual Studies, Painting, Sand, Sight, X-Rays, History, Piet Mondrian, Art, Mondrian, Visual Culture, Grass, Galaxies, Art History, Art Criticism, Visuality, Egyptian Scarabs, Sunsets, Viruses, History of Art, Fine Art, Glimpsing, Attention, Looking, Staring, Gazing, Distraction, Patience, Arts News

Our eyes are far too good for us. They show us so much that we can't take it all in, so we shut out most of the world, and try to look at things as br...

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Writer Wednesday: Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Viruses?

Nathan Bransford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hemingway, Old Spice Guy, Writers, Writer Wednesday, Writing, #Writerwednesday, Writing Problems, Viruses, Yoda, Books News

Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? There are pernicious writerly germs out there infecting pages all around the world. Left uncured th...

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"Antibacterial" Soaps: Buyer Beware!

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simplesteps, Endocrinedisruptor, Tsca, Antimicrobial, Triclosan, Antibacterial, Bacteria, Viruses, Triclocarban, Green News

Scientific studies have shown that soaps with Triclosan or Triclocarban are not any more effective at preventing disease than regular soap, but they are more harmful to the humans who use them.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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Swine Influenzas

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Economic Crisis, Swine Flu, Financial Crisis, Mexico, Epidemic, Media, Viruses, International, Business News

We have been dealing with economic swine flu for the better part of two years now. The speculative fever that gripped the world moved like a virus. Almost all were infected.

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Secrets to Avoiding Winter Flu Blues

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Homeopathic Remedies, Cold, Cold Remedies, Natural, Vermont, Flu, Natural Food, Frank Lloyd Wright, Homeopathy, Los Angeles, Sugar, Stress, Prevention, Burbank, Winter Heating, Viruses, Flu Season, Health, Healthy Living News

Studies indicate it is not the cold of winter that causes an increase in flu, but the lowered humidity.

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Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Viruses, Email Viruses, Virus Threats, Ipods, Viruses, Gadgets, Business News

From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory _ pre-instal...

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Microsoft Helps Nab $900M Piracy Ring

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Copies, Windows, Microsoft, U.S. Customs, Microsoft Piracy, Computer Viruses, Software Piracy, Microsoft Knockoffs, Spyware, Viruses, Business News

SEATTLE — Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more ...

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Mac Users Beware: Hackers Unleash First Trojan Horse Aimed At Macs

Salon.com's "The Machinist" Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mac, Computer Virus, Apple, Computer, Phishing, Trojan Horse, Computers, Viruses, Hackers, Business News

If you're running a Mac and are in the mood for some free porn today, do not, while visiting a site purporting to offer such goodies, linger upon a We...

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