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Poop Transplants And Microbiome Makeovers: How We’ll Engineer Our Bacteria To Feel Better

Don’t get squeamish. You’re going to take a poop pill one day soon, and it’s going to change your life.

Irritable bowel syndrome is one of those amorphous diseases of our modern times. Its potential causes involve the double whammy of diet and stress, and it’s hard to diagnose except by its symptoms, which can include bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea or constipation. More than 1 in 10 people in the U.S. suffer from it.

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Use This App To See Colors Through The Eyes Of Other Animals

Ever wonder what ultraviolet LizardVision™ is like?

The way different species view colors varies wildly across the animal kingdom. Human eyes, for example, are sensitive to the colors red, green, and blue, a step up from most of our fellow mammals who are only sensitive to blue and yellow. Meanwhile, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects live in a brightly hued world of ultraviolet color invisible to the human eye.

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Google Creates Alphabet, A New Umbrella Company For A “Slimmed-Down Google”

Sundar Pichai, now Google CEO, will focus on the core business while Google X and other far-flung efforts get split off

In what is surely one of the most startling corporate blog posts ever published, Google CEO Larry Page has announced that the company is creating a new holding company, Alphabet, Inc. It will replace Google as the publicly-traded overarching entity. Google, Inc. will be part of it, and will be run by Sundar Pichai, formerly Google’s product chief.

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Kroger recalls seasonings for risk of salmonella

Kroger has recalled four types of seasoning after a sample from a South Carolina store tested positive for salmonella.
Kroger Ground Cinnamon, Kroger Garlic Powder, Kroger Coarse Ground Black Pepper and Kroger Bac’n Buds were produced on the same equipment as the product found with the contamination, according to a news release. The company has recalled all of the seasonings as a precaution.

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Lynnhaven Mall goes through major makeover

VIRGINIA BEACH
Have you been to Lynnhaven Mall lately?
You’ll hardly recognize it.
Gone are the clunky escalators; gone, too, is the second floor with its food court. Center court, once a kiosk-cluttered maze, is now an airy, bright lounge with cushioned seats and sofas.
Maria Lamb went to the mall with her 5- and 7-year-old daughters on a mission one July morning.

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Don’t forget: State sales tax holiday this weekend

The state’s sales tax holiday begins today and goes through Sunday. 
The holiday runs through the weekend and exempts certain school supplies, clothes and shoes from sales tax. This holiday also exempts hurricane and emergency preparedness items along with certain energy efficient appliances.

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Wasserhund brewery brings German lagers to Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH
Behind every good beer, there’s a story.
The Wasserhund Brewing Company story starts in a small apartment in Northern Virginia, travels to Germany and lands in Virginia Beach at Hilltop.
On a mid-July afternoon, Aaron Holley, his wife, Christine, and his brother-in-law Craig Lubinski rolled up their sleeves inside the new brewery.

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