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ScienceHealthScientists Are Looking Beyond Antibiotics to Stop the Drug-Resistant Bacteria Crisis
As the world continues to work toward defeating a pandemic caused by a virus, another type of pathogen is increasingly becoming a major threat. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been a growing problem for years due to the overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, as well as “poor infection prevention and control,” according to the World … Continued
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Tech NewsRobocall Hell, Divination Bot Returns, and a Fake MD: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
The winds of time blow strangely here, in our unfortunate state of internet-enabled perpetual present, but how the heck is it already March? This is not a rhetorical question. If you could explain this to me, that would be great. Yet in keeping pace with the relentless march of seconds turning into minutes turning into … Continued
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Surgeons Remove 915 Coins From the Belly of a Sea Turtle
In Thailand, it’s believed that throwing coins onto a turtle will bring longevity and good fortune. For many years, a female green sea turtle in the eastern town of Sri Racha had to endure this superstition while wading in a public pool. She consumed 915 coins in the process. Early today, veterinarians in Bangkok operated … Continued
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Touching Photos Show A Baby Koala Clinging To Mom While She Has Surgery
A six-month-old koala named Phantom was allowed to hold on to his mother while she was being operated on to treat a collapsed lung. As the Courier Mail reports, the pair managed to survive after being hit by a car on a highway west of Brisbane. No bones were broken, but the mother, named Lizzy, … Continued
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io9Walking On All Fours: The World Of Animal Prostheses
Replacing one lost leg is challenging, but what about two, three or four? Martin Kaufmann trained as a prosthetist and began his ‘human career’ working at clinics in the American Midwest. But when his cousin’s dog had a stroke and lost function in one leg, he was struck by the lack of options for an … Continued
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ScienceAnimalsPablo Escobar’s Hippos Are Going Under the Knife for Contraception
By now you probably know the story of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s hippos, which are now wreaking havoc in Colombian wetlands. If you don’t, here’s a quick recap. While Escobar was in power, he worked on creating his own personal zoo on his property, Hacienda Napoles. He imported everything from rhinos and giraffes to … Continued
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A Hippo Learns The Only 100% Effective Birth Control is Abstinence
As part of their management of their animals, zoos get together to create breeding recommendations for each species. But sometimes the animals have their own plans. Despite being on contraceptives, a Los Angeles Zoo hippo delivered a surprise baby on Halloween. When the zoos that comprise the Association of Zoos and Aquariums get together to … Continued
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Can Brown Bears, House Cats, and Gorillas Teach Us About Human Health?
The fact that humans and animals suffer from many of the same diseases is no longer controversial. But do they have similar causes? How do factors like air quality, social stress, and the built environment contribute to health and illness in people and animals? We live-tweeted the Zoobiquity conference today, which was devoted to discussing … Continued
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ScienceAnimalsPregnant Sloth Gets a C-Section, A First For Her Species
As founder of Sloth Institute Costa Rica, Sam Trull is a busy woman. But when a pregnant sloth fell out of a tree, her commitment to rehabilitating wildlife reached new levels. The animal got an emergency C-section, perhaps the first ever for a sloth. The newly re-designed BBC Earth reports what happened on September 27 … Continued
