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“Examples of such a cure that develops naturally suggest that current efforts to find a cure for HIV infection are not elusive, and that the prospects of getting to an ‘AIDS-free generation’ may ultimately be successful,” Xu Yu, of the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Harvard, told CNN in an email. Yu and her colleagues reported the findings on November 15 in Annals of Internal Medicine. The team previously described the first-known person—a 67-year-old woman named Loreen Willenberg—to naturally achieve this so-called sterilizing cure last year in the journal Nature....

Among engineers and DIYers, Arduino is renowned for pioneering the open-source electronics platform that has fueled the maker movement since 2005. Watch the video for an engaging discussion with Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi about how the prototyping process works and why it is so important for realizing big ideas. Explaining the vision behind Arduino, Banzi also offers a glimpse into the Fab Lab, a workshop where he shows students how to use electronics to bring ideas to the next phase....

“All mammals gravitate to eating the most energy-dense foods,” David Levitsky, professor of human ecology and nutritional sciences at Cornell University, says. “Fat is the most energy-dense food available.” It’s just that sober, you won’t usually give in to those cravings. But after a night of boozy indulgence, you lose such learned inhibitions as disciplined eating, Levitsky says. Another explanation involves brain chemistry, specifically a brain chemical called galanin. William Gruchow, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has studied and written about galanin and its effects on various neurotransmitters....

I’m not the only one wondering. Scientists have just begun to ask these kinds of questions. Dishonored isn’t the first game to insert a moral choice system into it, but it’s a relatively new idea–only in the past decade or so have designers started using the systems regularly. You make a choice–often starkly good or bad ones, although many have started to look at using moral gray areas–then deal with the results....

• Storage capacity: Garment racks may have one, two, or three hanging racks, shelves for shoes, or several shelves for sweaters, socks, and storage boxes. Also consider where you want to store the rack. Measure carefully to make sure you get a rack that will fit within the designated area. • Mobility: Wheels or no wheels—with garment racks, that’s the question. If dance competitions, theater productions, or events are in your future, a mobile unit with wheels could be handy....

However, the Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE can’t break fully from a connected device. You’ll still need your smartphone if you want to stream music from Spotify, get and respond to text messages, make calls, or receive Twitter updates or photos, etc. Replacing your phone isn’t Garmin’s goal. Instead, the company has packed an already feature-rich running watch with a number of reassuring wireless tools. So read on to find out if the latest iteration of the Forerunner 945—and the added cost of its LTE—are right for you....

The first step: grind your beans. For cold brew, you want a coarse grind. The grind should be no finer than the texture of coarse sea salt. It will make the filtration process easier and your coffee taste less bitter. Sure, you could go to a store and have beans ground, but it seriously does taste fresher if you do it immediately prior to brewing. Plus, it’s great for experimenting with your own blends of multiple roasts....

Similar treks may have sustained a small community in southern Germany for nearly seven centuries, according to a new study in Science examining the 4,000-year-old group’s DNA. By uniting cutting-edge genetic techniques and traditional archeology, researchers reconstructed family trees and traced migration patterns across Europe to reveal a depth of social complexity and inequality that had previously been lost to time. The study focuses on 104 individuals who lived during the early Bronze Age, when humanity was beginning to swap stone tools for more sophisticated instruments crafted from metal....

In a display of bipartisanship on June 9, 2020, the US Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to be 22nd Air Force chief of staff with a vote of 98-0. The unanimous vote cleared the way for the decorated pilot and experienced commander to become the first Black individual in history to lead a branch of the U.S. military as its highest-ranking officer. Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett congratulated Brown on his confirmation and highlighted the important role he will play leading the Air Force into the future and carrying on the strategic vision of the current Air Force chief of staff, Gen....

If you’re on board and this is the first time you’ll attempt such a challenge, we’re here to help. The first step for a successful No Red October is a trip to the grocery store to stock up on the foods and gadgets that might make you consider going no red for life. Have your protein alternatives ready If you’re big on red meat, your first instinct will probably be to just cut juicy steaks out of your meal planning....

The blue light from our beloved devices can upset our circadian rhythms. The Philips Wake-Up Light changes color and brightness level to simulate a natural sunrise and sunset in your bedroom. It’ll help your restless friends ease in and out of sleep. A white noise smartphone app is no replacement for the real deal. No one wants to wake up every 90 minutes because Waves #2 on Spotify keeps repeating....

Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro options The Pixel 6 line spans two phones: the standard Google Pixel 6 and the more advanced Pixel 6 Pro. The former offers a 6.4-inch OLED display with a 90 Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling. The Pixel 6 Pro steps up to a 6.7-inch display with a dynamic refresh rate that can go as high as 120 Hz for smooth motion, or as low as 10 Hz to save battery when looking at static images....

Google is in the midst of transitioning users from its old Play Music service to its YouTube Music subscription plan that launched back in 2018. Now, the company is making it easier with a new tool designed to help users automatically port their data over to YouTube Music with a single click. To initiate the process, simply go to music.youtube.com/transfer. Google says it could take anywhere from a few seconds to days to complete the port, depending on how much content and data lives in your Play Music account....

“This decrease speaks volumes to how effective having a second form of verification can be in protecting your data and personal information,” Guemmy Kim, Google’s director of account security and safety, wrote in a press release Tuesday. In 2018, less than 10 percent of active Gmail users were signed up for 2SV, according to The Register. In May 2021, Google announced it would start enrolling some users in 2SV. 2SV, and the similar protection called two-factor authentication (2FA), are tools to keep your accounts secure beyond just using a password....

The selfie machine, officially called the Ioio (pronounced yoyo) Plotter, uses an algorithm to plot your photograph onto paper. Like all Android Experiment projects, the developer, Ytai Ben-Tsvi, has made his code available on Google’s site. You may not be able to buy a selfie-drawing machine, but you can certainly make one. “All it takes is Ytai’s code and some experience with physical computing,” Google’s Isaac Blankensmith tells us. “If you’ve used an arduino, you can do it....

Two types of people are on the mountain during wildlife round-ups. Runners and huggers. I’m a hugger, an intense hugger, and I must hug until a runner arrives. I’m helping the Idaho Department of Fish & Game capture big game animals. It’s my job to keep a mule deer doe wrapped tightly in my arms until a wildlife biologist, or runner, comes to collar it. Two feet of snow padded my fall when I jumped on the deer, but it’s also delaying the biologists....

By all credible accounts, attacks against government computers worldwide are escalating at an alarming rate. According to the Office of Management and Budget, there were nearly 13,000 “incidents” reported to the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber-response center last year, more than twice the amount reported the previous year. In one attack, the Pentagon was forced to take an estimated 1,500 computers temporarily offline after a sophisticated cyber-assault compromised an e-mail system....

“HBO Max has a competitive feature set, but it has had performance and customer issues,” Zaslav described during the call while later adding that he’s confident their new product will be “superb.” “Performance and customer issues” is a very nice way of describing HBO Max’s recurring problems, such as the platform regularly crashing during times of high viewership. Rumblings of looming troubles ahead for HBO Max could be heard a while now, most notably earlier this week with the sudden announcement that the studio would shelve its high-profile Batgirl film....

As COVID-19 sweeps across the country, forty percent of America’s homeless population could become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the novel virus that causes COVID-19, according to a recent report. This percentage would put more than 20,000 of these individuals in hospitals and kill thousands. The findings are based on limited data from federal and local government agencies and predict that homeless people could be in a much worse situation than the general public, especially if local and federal administrations don’t produce a plan to address the problem....

If you’re thinking of hosting a holiday celebration at home and serving fondue, you should have the gear to satisfy a large group. As far as fondue pots go, they should have the mechanisms in place to melt cheese, chocolate, and beyond. The Artestia Electric Stainless Steel Fondue Pot fits the bill, and for a limited time, you can snag it on sale for 33 percent off. Worried about splashes?...