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When preparing for a date, a human might use a small spritz of cologne or perfume. And male ring-tailed lemurs also splash on some cologne to impress the females. The only difference is they secrete their own scents from glands near their wrists. And during the breeding season, the males rub the secretions from their […]

Roughly one-third of the U.S. population—or 118 million Americans—could feel one or more extreme weather events annually by 2050 if population and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, new research from the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows. That more than doubles the 47 million Americans who currently experience extreme heat and cold, prolonged […]

Purple rashes, swollen legs, clogged catheters and sudden death—blood clots, large and small, are a frequent complication of COVID-19, and researchers are just beginning to untangle why. For weeks, reports have poured in of the disease’s effects throughout the body, many of which are caused by clots. “This is like a storm of blood clots,” […]

COVID-19 deaths and infections appear to have slowed down for now, but as we begin to emerge from our homes in an attempt to return to normal, we need to brace for the storm to surge back. The nation has watched Georgia, my home state, just now end its shelter-in-place order. But depending on how […]

In late March, Deborah Birx, one of the top coronavirus advisors in the United States, made a stunning admission: medicine cannot save us from COVID-19; only our conduct can. “There’s no magic bullet. There’s no magic vaccine or therapy,” she said during a briefing at the White House. “It’s just behaviors. Each of our behaviors […]