There are over a billion websites on the internet, yet most people never use more than a dozen.

Here are 10 little-known websites that give you superpowers.

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Bypass paywalls.

If I regularly read a website, I'll pay for it. But when I occasionally need to check an article from a website I don't regularly read, I use RemovePaywall to lift the paywall.
2. https://t.co/bDgAYMmPAL

Make the best possible meal with whatever you have.

If you can't decide what to eat, just let MyFridgeFood know what's in your fridge and it will tell you what meals you can make and how you can make them. A great way to discover new recipes.
3. https://t.co/Hsti3SFfvz

Craft better sentences.

Most of us use more words than necessary. Trim the fat from your writing with this AI copyeditor. Just paste your text into the page and the robot will show you how each sentence can be improved.
4. https://t.co/EISFVgQ1o9

Type emails & documents by speaking.

Typing can be arduous, especially when you're on the move. But https://t.co/EISFVgQ1o9 lets you compose messages in Google Chrome simply by talking, and it's faster and more accurate than a human typist.
5. https://t.co/XxuLGK8twv

Get answers based on the latest research.

Google is cool and all, but it tends to favour popular answers over correct ones. https://t.co/XxuLGK8twv uses AI to find evidence-based answers from the latest academic research.
6. https://t.co/wxov5IkMfN

Protect you privacy.

Increasingly you must provide an email address to access websites or sign up for services. This often leads to your inbox being spammed. 10minutemail lets you create temporary email addresses so you can keep your main one safe.
7. https://t.co/GIOwe4ReCg

See both sides of the debate.

Online, it's easy to get trapped in echo-chambers of like-minded people where your beliefs are never challenged. Kialo presents a more complete view of reality by showing you the best arguments on both sides of a debate.
8. https://t.co/86JMKV31gs

Read millions of books for free.

A pdf search engine that lets you download and read over 80 million books for free. (I don't condone piracy, so please check you're not breaking any laws before downloading!)
9. https://t.co/0s4nZrdRHR

Convert text instructions into Excel formulae.

Forgotten an Excel formula? Simply tell ExcelFormulaBot in plain language what you want to do, and it will tell you the formula to do it.

h/t: @bresslertweets
10. https://t.co/7khFxgAZJi

Modify any media.

TinyWow is an online toolbox that lets you do hundreds of things with your files, such as editing PDFs, converting videos to GIFs, and removing backgrounds from pictures.

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Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.

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Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.


...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.


Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.

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