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Month: May 2021

Daily MOS: The Errant Proteins of Mad Cow Disease

May 6, 2021 SciBabe 0

As did some of my weirder stories from grad school, it started on a farm in Sussex, England. As it turns out, cannibalism isn’t good for cows.

Daily MOS: British Nuclear Testing in Australia

May 4, 2021 SciBabe 3

I just had to go digging for a story of nuclear fuckery in Australia and hooboy, it’s a terrifying look into one of the deadliest animals in Australia: humans.

Daily MOS: Calorie Counting Works, But…

May 3, 2021 SciBabe 1

If all else fails, eat the rich.

Daily MOS: A Brief History of Celiac Disease

May 2, 2021 SciBabe 4

From the patient’s point of view, nothing has changed since the 1950s. Treatment is still avoiding bread that chews worth a fuck.

Daily MOS: The 1959 USSR Smallpox Outbreak That Wasn’t

May 2, 2021 SciBabe 0

9.5 million vaccines were distributed, and over 9,000 people were quarantined, ending the outbreak. This all happened in just nineteen days.

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