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Augmented Humans: Technology is Changing Lives
Technology is helping people live a longer, healthier and happier life. Here is our take on some of the amazing and heart-touching moments where technology made a difference in someone’s life.
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Sleep More, Sneeze Less: Increased Slumber Helps Prevent Colds
Just a couple extra hours can make a real difference, a study shows. Adults who slept only five or six hours were four times more likely to get sick when exposed to a common cold virus.
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The struggles of the world's hairiest family
Jesus Aceves was born with a rare condition that means he has thick hair all over his face. About 30 members of his family also have hypertrichosis making them almost certainly the hairiest family in human history. They feature in a documentary Chuy, The Wolf Man by film-maker Eva Aridjis which is being released in Mexico this month. As a child, the thick, dark hair that covers his entire face quickly earned Aceves the nickname "The Little Wolf".
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Here's Why Your Knuckles Crack
A new study helps confirm an old theory. The human body has always been something of a two-legged calliope—a sound effects machine capable of an almost unlimited range of noises. Some are pretty easy to understand—the whistle, the sneeze, the, well, you can figure out the others. Some are more mysterious—which brings us to knuckle-cracking.
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Sleep isn’t needed to create long-term memories – just time out
Need to remember something important? Take a break. A proper one – no TV or flicking through your phone messages. It seems that resting in a quiet room for 10 minutes without stimulation can boost our ability to remember new information. The effect is particularly strong in people with amnesia, suggesting that they may not have lost the ability to form new memories after all.
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Slow Mo Gargling Uvula - The Slow Mo Guys
Gav shows you a super close up and intrusive simulation of what it is like to make out with Dan.
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Making sense of a miscarriage
Holly Cave wants to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. There are no easy answers, but talking about miscarriage could help us change the way we think about it.
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NASA's Scott Kelly Grew 2 Inches: What a Year in Space Does to the Body
After living for nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is two inches taller than his identical twin brother Mark. One of the main goals of his groundbreaking mission is to study how well humans can endure — mind, body and spirit — on a long-duration spaceflight. Kelly, who has spent more time in space than any other American astronaut, reports that overall he "feels pretty good" and now begins what may be a year-long...
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To eat or not to eat: The science behind running on empty
My brain loves science, but my body begs to differ.
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If you’re just not a morning person, science says you may never be
Morning people and night owls are born that way. It's time we accepted that.
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How fat cells work and why it’s impossible to “burn” them off
When we think about our weight it’s often tied to how much fat we have in our bodies. But earlier this year, scientists debunked body-mass index (BMI), a calculation of someone’s percentage of body fat based on their height and weight, as a measure (paywall) of overall health. The authors argued that having a high BMI didn’t necessarily mean that patients faced the same health risks that obesity can lead to; conversely, having a low BMI didn’t mean that patients were healthier.
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At 12 I grew a beard and had a period - BBC News
Alec Butler was brought up as a girl, but as an adult Alec realised they were intersex - someone whose sex is neither completely male nor female.
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Welcome to the Devolution: The High-Tech World Is Making Us Weak and Weird
Convenience is great, but at what cost to our health and length of life? Our bodies weren’t meant for this world we’ve built. That’s why your back hurts. The things you think are normal are not. The world around you is an alien landscape, a science fiction movie set. This is not the matrix. This is our everyday, modern life. But if you’ll take a step back with me, you might find that there is hardly anything ordinary about the world we’ve built. The very built-ness of our world is precisely...
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Why Do We Get Goosebumps?
When we feel extreme emotions or temperature, our sympathetic nervous system releases a chemical called norepinephrine. Adrenaline floods the body and stimulates tiny muscles in the skin called arrectores pilorum.
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The chemicals we off-gas change when we watch something funny or thrilling
One day, air testing over a theater audience could be used to review new movies.
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Saskatoon woman says she was fired for having allergic reaction on the job
A Saskatoon woman says she was fired from her retail job earlier this week -- not for being late or slacking off, but for having an allergic reaction on the job. Danielle Duperreault has several life-threatening allergies, including one to bell peppers. On Monday while at work at a local Urban Planet clothing store, Duperreault ate some of her colleagues’ seasoned nuts, not realizing they contained pepper powder. Within minutes, her tongue began burning and her skin started itching and she realized she was going into anaphylactic shock.
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Scientist claims he's discovered a magnetic 'sixth sense' in humans
A researcher in US thinks he might have finally found evidence of humanity's sixth sense - the ability to detect, in some subconscious way, Earth's magnetic field. The ability to sense Earth's magnetic field has been confirmed in birds, insects,...
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Paralyzed Muscle Movement Can Be Restored Through Repeated Stimulation
Patients that have experienced damage to their spinal cords may see success with a treatment involving repeated muscle stimulation. A new study was conducted at Helsinki University Hospital and it los very promising. Dr Anastasia Shulga was the leader of this study and she attempted something completely new. This was the first time that this type of long-term nerve stimulation was given to patients with spinal cord injuries for rehabilitation purposes. Two patients took part in the study, which involved a combination of magnetic transcranial stimulation and peripheral nerve simultaneous stimulation.
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Why paper cuts hurt so much
Paper seems completely harmless, but anybody who has refilled a photocopier or thumbed too quickly through a book knows that this humble material harbours a deep, dark secret. Deployed properly, it can be a serious weapon: paper cuts are just the worst. There isn’t a whole lot of scientific research effort directed at understanding the pain of paper cuts, probably because nobody would sign up for a randomised, controlled study that involved a researcher intentionally inflicting this kind of torture on study participants.
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5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!
Our bodies do a lot of weird things, and many of them are completely involuntary. Why do we often jerk our bodies awake right before falling asleep? Why do we yawn? Why do we hiccup? Why do some people sneeze when they look at the sun? And why does your eye twitch? This week we'll look at the science behind these crazy involuntary behaviors!
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