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If the COVID-19 virus mutates beyond Omicron, getting people to practice social distancing will require more than threats about long-term health issues or death.
Discovery+ has unveiled details for a trio of upcoming unscripted series that feature celebrities at the center of popular genres: the docuseries Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight, the real estate series Kendra ...
How to plan for 2021 after saying good riddance to 2020 Your 2021 New Year's resolutions should look different than those you made in the past. Image: VICKY LETA / MASHABLE Finally, it's time to end this miserable year. If the 2020 memes are any indication, we've long been ready to start over. Perhaps, like the calendar meme posted by the actress Reese Witherspoon in August, you too have felt trapped in a loop that has only two settings: shock and despair. The end of December typically brings fresh optimism, the conviction that by marking a milestone you can set new goals and imagine how...
Rehab Addict Rescue, a spin-off of its popular Rehab Addict franchise, this January. Produced by Los Angeles-based Bodega Pictures, the eight-episode series will follow Rehab Addict host Nicole Curtis (pictured) as she helps homeowners overwhelmed by a renovation. In addition to airing on the network, each new episode of Rehab Addict Rescue will be available on Discovery, Inc.’s forthcoming subscription streaming service, Discovery+. Executive producers for Bodega Pictures are Joshua Ackerman and Benjamin Nurick. Curtis is also EP. Liz Brach executive produces for HGTV. Rehab Ad...
Humans guard against illnesses by avoiding those who look or act sick. But how does that "behavioral immune system" contend with pandemics like coronavirus, which can spread without symptoms? Pathogen-avoidance psychology describes how people detect and react to cues of infection risk. "You may experience anxiety or in certain contexts you might experience disgust. That's really tied to this idea of preventing infection, because the kinds of things that we become disgusted by are those that are highly pathogenic," said Joshua Ackerman, an associate professor of psychology at the University of...