According to the University of Florida Department of Entomology, female carpet beetles can lay up to 100 eggs at a time, with those eggs hatching in just a single week in some cases. Unfortunately, preventing them from taking hold in your home isn’t as easy as you might hope. According to Brett Craig, training manager for Arrow Exterminators, carpet beetles can be brought in on any type of natural fiber-based cloth, carpet, taxidermy, or even through an open window during high pollen seasons....

Jacqueline Gollan, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, says caution fatigue is just like any other fatigue. Essentially, you grow tired of all the hand washing, mask-wearing, and social distancing, and start to do them less and less over time.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “Whether it’s wearing masks or standing six feet away from people, caution fatigue is low motivation or energy to comply with safety guidelines,” she said in an interview with Northwestern University....

RELATED: Shakira Just Shared a Rare Photo of Her Lookalike Son. Channing just shared a sweet photo of Everly posing on the beach as the sun set behind them. While Channing is smiling at the camera, Everly’s eyes are fixed upwards. “You were looking at the full moon in this pic and telling me the prophecy of the full moon mermaid,” Channing explained in the caption. “Then we ran into the water and looked for her and played with glow sticks in the night water, calling out to the mermaids....

READ THIS NEXT: This Is the One Weed You Should Never Pull, Experts Say. While plants can die at any stage of life, they’re most vulnerable as seedlings (about two to three weeks after germination). At that stage, one of the most common killers is damping-off disease. According to the University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Horticulture, damping-off is caused by several soil-borne fungi that are moved around in the soil and on soil-contaminated items like garden tools and plant pots....

READ THIS NEXT: These Are the Products You “Need to Stop Buying” at Dollar Tree, Shopper Says. Hot ticket items are nothing new, especially when it comes to holiday shopping. But while the rush for Furbies and Tickle Me Elmo might be decades behind us, a few more recent examples show seasonal items can still attract customers in droves—even if they seem like odd choices. In July, customers got into the Halloween spirit extra early when Home Depot announced the return of its fan-favorite 12-foot tall decorative skeleton dubbed “Skelly....

The study, published in the PLOS One journal on Sept. 17 and conducted by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), shows that the coronavirus pandemic will likely result in reduced life expectancy for many regions if infection rates continue to grow. “Our study provides the first assessment of the potential impact of COVID-19 on period life expectancies according to a range of scenarios of prevalence rates over a one-year period,” Guillaume Marois, lead researcher for the study, said in a statement....

The new study, which was released in pre-print and has not yet been peer-reviewed, comes from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa, where the variant known as SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 has raised concerns. The researchers took blood from 44 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 prior to September, which is when the South African strain of the virus was first discovered, CNN reports....

RELATED: American Is Cutting Flights From These 4 Major Cities, Starting May 1. The next vacation you book may require one less connection on the ground. On Feb. 18, Delta announced that it would be adding three long-haul flights to Hawaii to its schedule. The new departures will be from Detroit and John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Honolulu. In addition, Delta’s global hub at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta will see a new direct flight added to Kahului Airport in Maui....

The newest COVID variant to come to light is believed to have originated in California. A Jan. 18 study from Cedars-Sinai said the new variant was found in over one-third of Los Angeles’ COVID patients. Cedars-Sinai says this strain is “believed to be in part responsible for the dramatic increase in cases over the last two months.” More studies need to be done to understand the transmissibility of this variant....

RELATED: If You See This on Your Skin, Your Heart Attack Risk Is Higher, Study Says. A 2020 study published in the medical journal Heart found that taking a hot bath every day may significantly lower your risk of heart disease and heart attack. The study drew on extensive medical and personal data gathered between 1990 and 2009 from the Japan Public Health Center-based Study Cohort I, which included complete data sets from over 30,000 middle-aged participants with no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or cancer....

READ THIS NEXT: Walmart and Dollar General Are Under Fire for Doing This to Customers. Dollar General is no stranger to backlash. In the last few months, shoppers have received warnings about the company. In mid-April, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) sent out a press release, notifying consumers that Dollar General was among a number of retailers who were fined due to “excessive price-scanner errors” at stores across the state....

1 A Navy-Trained Dolphin The US Navy trains bottlenose dolphins to locate mines with their sonar cells, but for this project two dolphins were strapped with GoPros so researchers could watch them hunt fish. The scientists at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California, were surprised when one of the dolphins decided she preferred snakes over fish, and ate eight yellow-bellied sea snakes in one day. This is the first time a dolphin has been documented eating sea snakes....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Just Gave This Essential Update on the Next COVID Variants. During a Nov. 8 interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly, White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, discussed the current COVID situation and what the pandemic might look like as the U.S. heads into the winter. According to Fauci, “things are going in the right direction with the diminution of cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” but it’s not all good news....

RELATED: If You’re Over 40, This One COVID Symptom Might Never Go Away. During a White House COVID briefing on Nov. 3, top COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, opened up about both long COVID and child vaccinations. According to the infectious disease expert, children can experience extended illness from the virus as well. “There’s ongoing and residual symptoms and complications reported in children—referred to as ’long COVID’—which occurs in children, maybe to a lesser extent, about 4 to 6 percent,” Fauci said....

Currently, CDC guidelines remain very cautious for those who’ve received both of their shots, recommending that “while experts learn more about the protection that COVID-19 vaccines provide under real-life conditions, it will be important for everyone to continue using all the tools available to help stop this pandemic.” But while appearing by video conference at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Feb. 8, Fauci addressed a question about when people who’ve been fully vaccinated will be able to safely spend time together once again....

In an Instagram Live interview with actor Matthew McConaughey on Instagram Live, Fauci was asked whether or not contaminated surfaces were capable of spreading the virus. His answer quickly laid out the facts: “It is conceivable but very unlikely that you could get it through fomites—meaning inanimate objects… doorknobs, or computers. It can occur, but it is [a] very minor component of transmission.“ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Fauci continued to explain how early studies of the novel coronavirus may have misled researchers into thinking the virus was mostly transmitted by touching objects....

During a Feb. 16 interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Fauci revealed a new estimated timeline for general public vaccinations: May or June. “That timeline will probably be prolonged, maybe into mid-to-late May and early June,” Fauci told CNN. According to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those in the general public should be vaccinated last, following healthcare workers, those over the age of 65, other essential workers, and those with underlying medical conditions....

There’s a long-held perception that light wine drinking can help you maintain strong cognitive function. “We know there are some older people who believe that drinking a little wine every day could maintain a good cognitive condition,” study lead author Ruiyuan Zhang, a doctoral student at UGA’s College of Public Health, said in a statement. This study set out to see if that belief stands up to science. As it turns out, this conviction isn’t just something people say to justify an extra glass of wine after dinner....

RELATED: If You Keep Saying This, It May Be a Sign of Dementia, Experts Say. Starting your day with a high-fiber meal such as oatmeal every morning could slash your risk of developing Alzheimer’s by more than a quarter, new research shows. Kazumasa Yamagishi, MD, PhD, a lead author of the study out of the University of Tsukuba published in Nutritional Neuroscience, explained that the reason isn’t yet fully understood....

The couples were close socially; Taylor and Reynolds’ friendship even dated back to when they were teenagers. But after Todd’s death, their relationships shifted. And while Reynolds and Taylor’s careers continued on just fine, the same cannot be said for Fisher. Read on to find out how the affair led to significant fallout. READ THIS NEXT: Elizabeth Taylor’s Affair With This Actor Was So Scandalous, the Vatican Got Involved. Reynolds and Taylor’s friendship began when they were both young actors working for MGM....