THOMAS LOHNES/AFP via Getty ImagesThis story was produced in partnership with Coda Story.The first vaccine is always the hardest.Before she took her baby son to the clinic to get his routine two-month shots, Anita Emly, 34, cried through the night. For several years, she had immersed herself in pseudoscience and anti-vaccine propaganda, filled with horror stories of autism, paralysis and death. Terrified by what she had read, she began to refuse vaccinations for her children.Emly gave birth to her son in February 2020, shortly before the coronavirus started to tear through her home city of New York. In response to the chaos around her, she did something remarkable: she changed her mind.Growing up in Astoria, Queens, Emly’s family were sometimes distrustful of doctors. She described how her father, a first-generation Indian immigrant, preferred to save western medicine for emergencies. “He would kind of laugh, like, ‘Haha, Tylenol,’” she said, explaini
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Why Scientists Are Excited An Unusual Creature Is Coming Out of Winter Hibernation in Captivity
Duke Lemur Center recreates the seasonal swings of native habitat, helping to unlock the secrets of hibernation.
The fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest hibernating relative. Researchers at the Duke Lemur Center have been changing up their care to more closely match the seasonal fluctuations they experience in the wild.
Photo by David Haring. If you binged on high-calorie snacks and then spent the winter crashed on the couch in a months-long food coma, you’d likely wake up worse for wear. Unless you happen to be a fat-tailed dwarf lemur.