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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Getty Center staff spent 6000 hours trying to keep moths out of galleries during past year

    LA’s museums were devoid of human life for most of last year. Unexpected guests crept into the gallery spaces: moths. At the Getty Center, staff spent thousands of hours undertaking a massive moth remediation .

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 28, 2021 • 8m Listen

    LA’s museums were devoid of human life for most of last year. Unexpected guests crept into the gallery spaces: moths. At the Getty Center, staff spent thousands of hours undertaking a massive moth remediation.

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    Cut back on excessive sanitizing to save ‘good germs’ as pandemic eases, says scientist
    1. 0:00CDC allows vaccinated people to go maskless outdoors. But keep them on indoors, says scientist
    2. 9:15‘Good germs’ keep us healthy. Scientists fear we’re killing them with all the COVID sanitizing
    3. 17:29Respiratory illnesses are up in Inland Empire as more Amazon delivery trucks hit the road
    4. 26:00‘Mother Grains’: Go beyond all-purpose flour, make these buckwheat crepes with chef Roxana Jullapat
    5. 41:00Getty Center staff spent 6000 hours trying to keep moths out of galleries during past yearYou’re reading this
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