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Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald has even argued that the ratcheting up in virulence of the flu virus that summer was a direct response to conditions on the Western Front.8 It is often said that the optimal strategy for an agent of infectious disease that is transmitted directly from host to host is to moderate its virulence, so that an infected host remains alive for long enough to spread the disease far and wide.

Pale Rider

Laura Spinney

In 1947, a Mississippi hotel denied service to the Haitian secretary of agriculture, who had come to the state to attend an international conference.

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

Stimmt aber gar nicht, schreibt „Wirecutter“. Die Webseite publiziert Produktrezensionen und will bei Kaufentscheidungen behilflich sein. „Citronella-Kerzen funktionieren nicht wirklich. Hören Sie auf, sie zu kaufen“, titelt „Wirecutter“, das zur US-amerikanischen Tageszeitung „New York Times“ gehört.

Citronella-Kerzen Gegen Mücken – Warum Das Keine Gute Idee Ist

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