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Featured Article: Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a drug that kills or prevents the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses, fungi, or parasites. They compose one class within the larger group called antimicrobials. (Antimicrobials include anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic drugs as well.) Antibiotics are relatively harmless to the host, and therefore can be used to treat infections.
Popular Article: Berber
The Berbers (Imazighen, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. Originally, Berber was a generic name given by the Romans to numerous heterogeneous ethnic groups that shared similar cultural, political, and economic practices. It was not a term originated by the group itself. Despite the appearance of two significant Berber dynasties, the Almoravids (eleventh century) and the Almohads, (twelfth century) the Berber tribes could never unite long enough to rid themselves of the numerous conquerors who invaded their lands. As a result, Berber history can only be followed as the history of individual tribes.
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Harriet Tubman was buried with full military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York (source: Harriet Tubman)
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