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‘Melania’ Sets Amazon Prime Video Streaming Release Date

“Melania,” documentary that follows the first lady in the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 9. The film was directed by Brett Ratner, who was best known for directing the first three “Rush

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Voices from Iran: protests, fear and scarcity

From Kurdistan in western Iran to the shores of the Gulf and in Tehran, AFP reporters have spoken to Iranians throughout the week to build a picture of their lives under daily US and Israeli bombardment. Most spoke of anxiety, but also frustration about rising prices and, for

Al Monitor •

A new 'molecular switch' for inborn immunity identified

Innate immune sensors—known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)—detect specific molecular components of bacterial or viral intruders. The PRRs forward the signals which results in the production of interferons, which in turn guide the immune cells. However, until now the

Phys.org •

“For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad”

Here’s a gem from the archive of the NY Times. One day in September 1976, NY Times food critic Mimi Sheraton and Colonel Harland Sanders stopped into a Manhattan Kentucky Fried Chicken . The Colonel, then estranged from the company he founded, strolled into the kitchen after

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