Few chnages

_config.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ timezone: Asia/Calcutta
 
 title: A Unified Website # the main title
 
-tagline: Website that has content on multiple topics for example - technology, music, public speaking etc.  # it will display as the sub-title
+tagline: Website that has content on multiple topics for example - technology, music, public speaking etc).  # it will display as the sub-title
 description: >-                        # used by seo meta and the atom feed
   Contains blog posts based on any topics aka "categories".
   
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ social:
   email: aparnaittkot@gmail.com  # change to your email address
   links:
     # The first element serves as the copyright owner's link
-    - https://github.com/aparnaittekot #change to your github homepage
+    - https://aparnaittekot.com/ #change to your github homepage
 
 # google_site_verification: mlwABpnF22MCyeNCQoei9VdIPvqy_uV7b4v_vArTxXM # change to your verification string
 # --------------------------
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ avatar:
 
 # boolean type, the global switch for ToC in posts.
 toc: true
-future: true
+future: false
 
 disqus:
   comments: true  # boolean type, the global switch for posts comments.

_posts/2023-01-16-ode-to-joy.md

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ type: MusicCover
 
 Here's my beginner's version of the classic song Ode to Joy by Beethoven.
 
-[![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yNwC4E_Pshc/0.jpg)](https://youtube.com/shorts/yNwC4E_Pshc)
+[![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yNwC4E_Pshc/0.jpg)](https://youtube.com/shorts/yNwC4E_Pshc)

_posts/_drafts/2024-06-03-frogs-can-fight-fungal-infection.md

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+--- 
+title: Frogs vs Fungal Infection
+categories: [InterestingFacts]
+tagline: How does frogs fight fungal infection with ease?
+description: How does frogs fight fungal infection with ease?
+tags: [toastmasters, redqueeneffect, research]
+date: 2024-06-01 00:00:00 +0530
+name: Interesting Facts, Red Queen Effect
+type: InterestingFacts
+---
+
+Can you imagine a species can fight fungal infection? Yes. Frogs can! 
+
+### The Infection
+
+A fungus `Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis` is affecting lots of specifies world wide [1]. 
+
+### How does Frogs protect themselves?
+
+PhD candidate `Nicholas Wu` from UQ’s School of Biological Sciences said the unique qualities of frog skin is what was allowing the fungus to have such a devastating impact.
+
+“Frogs are particularly susceptible to the fungus because of their thin-permeable skin, through which they breathe, drink and exchange salts,” he said.
+
+“The fungus feeds on the skin and directly damages it, meaning they can’t regulate themselves and die as a result.”
+
+The researchers extracted skin and blood samples from infected green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) to determine how the fungus damages skin function.
+
+### More problems?
+
+“We found that a frog’s natural response to fighting the infection was likely causing even more problems,” Mr Wu said.
+
+“Frogs shed their old skin in attempt to remove the fungus and this process – called sloughing – helps restore the skin function temporarily.
+
+“But it also causes the skin to be thinner and more permeable, placing the frog at greater risk of infection.”
+
+The fungus is rapidly affecting amphibians, with the majority of chytrid-susceptible species already endangered, including the corroboree frog native to Australia’s Southern Tablelands.
+
+“And for humans, frogs can help keep a check on nuisance insects like flies and mosquitoes, which can act as disease vectors.
+
+“The properties of amphibian skin have untapped potential for biomedical and drug research, so there are very real and direct human impacts.
+
+“Frogs are critical to our world’s health – it’s time we step up and protect these precious species.”
+
+### Citations
+[1]
+Anna E. Savage and Kelly R. Zamudio <br>
+Published Paper : [Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations
+](https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.3115) <br>
+30 March 2016 <br>

_posts/_drafts/2024-06-15-origins-of-chess.md

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+--- 
+title: Origin of Chess
+categories: [InterestingTopics]
+tags: [toastmasters]
+date: 2024-06-01 00:00:00 +0530
+layout: page
+type: InterestingTopics
+---
+