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Continue ReadingDuring the 1950s, strange events began happening around Minamata Bay, located in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan. Fish floated belly-up and birds collapsed while flying. Cats convulsed, salivated excessively, jumped…
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Continue ReadingImagine a pathogen that makes its host more sexually active. It may not kill its host right away. It may not kill its host at all. It is easy to…
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