Why Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Kept So Cold?
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Learn about how the Faroe Islands created their own Google Street View using sheep; why some vaccines (like Pfizer\\u2019s and Moderna\\u2019s COVID-19 vaccines) have to be kept so cold; and why it\\u2019s easier to understand a second language than it is to speak it.
The Faroe Islands Created Their Own Google Street View with Sheep by Anna Todd
- Visit Faroe Islands - The ultimate guide to the Faroe Islands. (2016). Visit Faroe Islands. https://visitfaroeislands.com/
- Lockhart, K. (2016, August 31). Google Sheep View: Tech giant to map out Faroe Islands using sheep, ships and wheelbarrows. The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/08/31/google-sheep-view-tech-giant-agrees-to-help-to-map-out-faroe-isl/
- Google Street View on the Faroe Islands: https://goo.gl/maps/tA7359hiqbRd8uGfA
Why do some vaccines have to be kept so cold? by Cameron Duke
- How Influenza (Flu) Vaccines Are Made. (2020). https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/how-fluvaccine-made.htm
- Moderna Announces Longer Shelf Life for its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate at Refrigerated Temperatures | Moderna, Inc. (2020). Moderna, Inc. https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-longer-shelf-life-its-covid-19-vaccine
- RNA vaccines: an introduction. (2018). PHG Foundation. https://www.phgfoundation.org/briefing/rna-vaccines
- Why Does Pfizer\\u2019s COVID-19 Vaccine Need To Be Kept Colder Than Antarctica? (2020, November 17). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/17/935563377/why-does-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-need-to-be-kept-colder-than-antarctica
Scientists may have discovered why it\'s easier to understand a second language than speak it by Kelsey Donk
- Learning a new language changes the brain\\u2019s division of labor. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/sfn-lan111720.php
- Gurunandan, K., Arnaez-Telleria, J., Carreiras, M., & Paz-Alonso, P. M. (2020). Converging evidence for differential specialisation and plasticity of language systems. The Journal of Neuroscience, JN-RM-0851-20. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0851-20.2020
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