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The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Key Differences
Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace.
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A decades-long drop in teen births is slowing — and advocates worry a reversal is coming
The war against abortion rights, sex ed and more may unravel decades of progress
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Having a third nipple, what is it like?
All your life, you thought you just had an odd-looking little mole. From 2011, what it’s like when a doctor says that you belong in the ranks of Marky Mark, centuries of witches, and Krusty the Clown.
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New protein could hold the key to stopping Parkinson's
Tigar, a newly discovered protein in the world of Parkinson's, could be the key to stopping the degenerative disease according to research from the University of Sheffield.
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The Nastiest Injury in Sports
Here is the thing about ACL tears: They're not just another injury. They are the Godzilla of injuries. They are painful beyond tolerance, they take eons to rehab, and they always leave a lingering doubt in the athlete's mind that he will ever be whole again. An ACL tear tests one's mettle. An ACL tear goes to the very heart of resilience and mental toughness. An ACL tear is the standard against which the athlete himself measures his determination. An ACL tear is the absolute limit.
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Napoleon's Penis - Top 10 Famous Stolen Body Parts
People have been fixated on Napoleon's penis since Napoleon's doctor allegedly cut it off during his autopsy in 1821 and gave it to a priest in Corsica. The penis, which was not properly preserved, has been compared over the years to a piece of leather, a shriveled eel and to beef jerky.
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Would you take smart drugs to perform better at work?
Drugs that boost brainpower are increasingly being taken by healthy people to study or work harder. Could this become the norm, or a condition of employment? Would you let your child get on a bus driven by someone on mind-altering drugs? What about having an operation conducted by a surgeon taking stimulant pills? Unappealing at first glance; however would your opinion change if you knew those drugs made the driver less likely to crash, and the surgeon better able to keep a steady hand?
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No Two People Smell the Same
A difference at the smallest level of DNA - one amino acid on one gene - can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino acid on the same gene in your friend's body could mean he finds the same odor offensive, according to researchers at Duke University.
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Stop Worrying About Size—90 Percent of Human Penises Are Between 5 and 7 Inches
Intellectually, a man knows that the size of his penis shouldn’t be specifically relevant in a relationship, to him or to a woman. His common sense tells him that it will certainly not be the major or controlling factor in a woman’s response to him. And yet … he can’t help believing that it is.
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What Is a Hangover?
Yippee! Let's poison ourselves with beverages that will make us violently ill! It was your battle cry last night, and today you're paying the price. But what is that hangover you're experiencing, exactly?
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Why Late Nights Are Bad for Your Immune System
Jet lag, shift work, and even late nights staring at your tablet or smartphone may be making you sick. That's because the body's internal clock is set for two 12-hour periods of light and darkness, and when this rhythm is thrown off, so is the immune system. One reason may be that the genes that set the body clock are intimately connected to certain immune cells, according to a new study.
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What the Man With No Ass Crack Can Teach Darwinists and Creationists
The curious case of the now virally famous man with no ass crack suggests that the battle between Darwinists and Creationists may come down to … the cloaca.
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Why We Get Car Sick
In this short video, the folks at Head Squeeze explain why we get car sick (and sea sick, and motion sickness in general). While the explanation is interesting, the most useful bit may be the tip about moving farther forward in the vehicle—I have several relatives who can survive a front-seat ride but simply won't make it in the back.
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Cold Air Could Help You Lose Weight
"Temperature training" may be what is missing from your weight-loss plan. New evidence suggests that regular exposure to mildly cold air may help people lose weight by increasing the amount of energy their bodies have to expend to keep their core temperature up, researchers say.
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Researchers grow human lungs in lab for first time
In a breakthrough that could one day revolutionize transplant medicine, researchers have successfully grown human lungs in a lab for the first time, Medical News Today reported.
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Sit More, And You're More Likely To Be Disabled After Age 60
The more you sit, the less physically active you are, which can lead to all sorts of health problems, including an early death. But too much sitting increasingly looks like a health risk all its own. Researchers at Northwestern University say that for people 60 and older, each additional hour a day spent sitting increases the risk of becoming physically disabled by about 50 percent — no matter how much exercise they get.
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Every Minute Of Exercise Could Lengthen Your Life Seven Minutes
At a recent dinner party, a geeky friend of mine was cheerily justifying the piles of money he spends on a personal trainer. He’s feeling so great that it’s worth every cent, he exulted, “And the best part is the return on the time! Every minute you spend working out comes back to you, because you’ll live that much longer!”
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NASA Selects 10 Proposals for Unprecedented Twin Astronaut Study
Only one set of twins has ever been into space, and now those twins are providing an unprecedented opportunity for scientists to understand better the effects of microgravity on the human body. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) will fund 10 short-term, first-of-its-kind investigations into the molecular, physiological and psychological effects of spaceflight in a continuous effort to reduce the health impacts of human space exploration.
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What happens to prosthetics and implants after you die?
Millions of prosthetics, breast implants, and pacemakers now exist – so what happens to all these augmentations when their owners die or no longer need them? Frank Swain investigates.
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Humans can distinguish more than 1 trillion odors
Biology textbooks are riddled with passages relating how bad humans are at perceiving odors. As the oft-quoted statistic goes, humans can only perceive "10,000 odors" — a number that sits particularly well with some dog-lovers, who like to remind us that canines have 300 million odor receptors, while we only sport 6 million.
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