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- Brain
Headers and memory loss
Soccer players who frequently use their heads score worse on memory tests.
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- Health & Medicine
Infection time
Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice.
- Brain
Explainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks
Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms.
- Health & Medicine
Flu in the air
Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases.
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‘Cool’ research for the president
Easton James LaChappelle was one of 14 White House Science Fair participants who presented his research to the president.
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- Plants
Old, cold moss grows again
Mosses are mini but mighty: Even after centuries buried beneath a glacier, some of these small, flowerless plants can regrow.
- Health & Medicine
An itch switch
Scientists identify a chemical that helps the brain know where to scratch.
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