NASA employees are drawing up plans to shelve an ongoing space mission that tracks greenhouse gases and crop health, as the Trump administration takes aim at the agency's budget.
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Results Amongst the 465 included participants, mosquitoes showed a clear fondness for those who drank beer over those who abstained from the liquid gold (Fold Change 1.35, 95% CI 1.12–1.63, PFDR<0.001). Attraction was also contagious: participants that successfully lured a fellow human into their tent the previous night also proved more enticing to mosquitoes (FC 1.34, 95% CI 1.14–1.58, PFDR=0.002). Meanwhile, skipping the morning showering routine and using sunscreen reduced mosquito attraction (FC 0.52, 95% 0.38-0.70, PFDR<0.001). Streptococci were more abundant on the skin of highly attractive individuals (Puncorrected=0.017), and the overall abundance of malodour associated bacteria was high – possibly reflecting the container’s smell.
Reading that paragraph makes me feel like I’m actually there in the mud at Glastonbury.
Is this how we get the first computer virus that can jump species into humans? Imagine humanity being taken down because some kid’s college essay, when DNA-encoded, happened to be deadly. That’s how you put the plague in plagiarism.