Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is busy mixing up the biggest, baddest physique of his career—and, thankfully, he’s giving his massive Instagram audience a look at the recipe for some insight into what he’s doing. Yes, we can smell what The Rock is cooking: big ass muscles. The superstar actor has opened up to his followers […]
Fully vaccinated people in the U.S. can visit indoors — mask-less and without social distancing — with other fully vaccinated people, according to new, long-awaited guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson regularly shares updates relating to his workouts and nutrition, and has upped the intensity and rigor in his training and diet recently as he prepares to start filming DC’s Black Adam. In an Instagram photo posted this week, Johnson showed off his back, which was covered in red, sore-looking circular bruises […]
Studies of the microbiome in the human gut focus mainly on bacteria. Other microbes that are also present in the gut—viruses, protists, archaea and fungi—have been largely overlooked. New research in mice now points to a significant role for fungi in the intestine—the communities of molds and yeasts known as the mycobiome—that are the active […]
An international collaboration of researchers have developed a computational method to identify malaria parasites as they move around the world with their human hosts—key to measuring impact of elimination campaigns. Led by University of Melbourne Professor Karen Day, Laboratory Head at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) and Bio21, the team […]
One of the most significant genetic risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease is a gene called APOE4, which is carried by almost half of all Alzheimer’s patients. A new study from MIT shows that this gene has widespread effects on brain cells’ ability to metabolize lipids and respond to stress. In studies of human brain […]
Catching up with your BFF is fun, bonding time with your baby releases feel-good endorphins and walking the dog promotes a sense of calm. So it makes sense to buddy up in order to give your workout a lift and boost your motivation. Buddying up is nothing new — and even with social distancing still […]
Around one in six sports bettors started a new form of gambling during the initial COVID-19 lockdown, and one in three placed bets more frequently, according to a new study. Experts from the Universities of Glasgow and Stirling explored gambling behaviors of those who regularly bet on sports before and during the first U.K. lockdown […]
A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital and the Massachusetts Department of Health compared one of the latest rapid antigen tests for COVID-19—the Abbott BinaxNOW—with a highly accurate PCR test in a high-volume, drive-thru testing environment. They found that the rapid test detected almost all adults who tested positive by PCR if they had had […]
Despite how much everyone loves to hate it, more people online date than you may think. That’s right, according to the Pew Research Center, three in 10 adults in the United States report having used a dating site or app at some point in their lives. Of course, usage varies significantly by age and sexual orientation, […]
